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Hey! So I know I've kind of disappeared for awhile, but I have been working. The plan was to post the last half of Shifters today.

But I say "was" for a reason.

Earlier today, I went back and read through what I had written. And to my great disappointment, many of the chapters were littered with errors. Not small grammatical errors, but large plot errors that would make an observant reader say "What?".

So I've made my decision. Since I want to make Shifters the best it can be, I've decided to withdraw from the current Textnovel competition. I will take the next month or two to fix the errors I have found, and then resubmit the story for the December contest.

I will also probably make the story private for a little while, until I can put up something coherent. But when I put it back up you'll get to see the edits I have already made to Chapters 28-53, as well as the plot edits I will be making over the next month or so.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I believe it will benefit the story. Thank you all so much for your support! I really never would have gotten this far without you!!!

-Annabelle

Last post for today, I promise :)

I've edited Chapters 26 and 27, so I'm officially halfway through! And I've added it up: Chapters 1-27 total to about 30,337 words, now that I've edited them. My new goal is about 80,000 words. Think I can do it? lol

Thank you so much for all your support, again! 91 votes!!!

-Annabelle

More on oops...

Ok, so Chapters 11-20 are 10,033 words in total. Just in case you wanted to know :)

-Annabelle

25 and OOPS!

Ok, so after I finished editing Chapter 25 I realized that I made a big mistake.

You know how I said Shifters was like 68,000 words? Well, it's not. Evidently the words counter decided to count all those weird spaces that the computer keeps inserting as words.

I did look at the copy of Shifters I have saved, and Chapters 1-10 appear to have about 13,339 words in total. I don't know about the rest, but I'll let you know soon :)

Oh well :)

-Annabelle

21-24

Sorry, I know these posts are kind of repetitive :(

I've edited Chapters 21-24, and I'm hoping to have Chapters 25-27 done by tonight. Then, I'll be officially halfway through!!!

My other goal for tonight is to hit 70,000 words, and I think I'm definitely going to accomplish that. I'm already at 68,000! Yay!

Alright, that's enough talk for now :) Back to work!

-Annabelle

20

I've edited Chapter 20, and I'm moving onto Chapter 21 :)

88 votes!!! Thank you, everyone!!!

-Annabelle

18 & 19

I've edited Chapters 18 and 19, and I'm working on 20. I'll let you know when I've done more :)

-Annabelle

PLAYLIST 2

The playlist works!!! It's at the bottom of the page. However, please be warned: Some of the songs contain slightly inappropriate content. It's not too bad though; it's probably only PG-13ish stuff.

Enjoy!!!

-Annabelle

PLAYLIST

I'm currently trying to post the playlist. I hope it works!!!

-Annabelle

Editing Day, Part 3

I've edited Chapters 15, 16, and 17. I need to stop to do some summer homework, so maybe I'll do more tonight, and maybe I won't. If I don't get a chance to, I'll definitely be back to it tomorrow.

And by the way, Shifters has hit 60,000 words!!! My goal for now is 100,000, and although there is a big possibility that I won't reach it, it's always good to aim high. If I hadn't aimed high, I never would have written this book :)

So enjoy the edits!!! Many things have been written in that did not happen before, so be sure to take a look!

-Annabelle

Editing Day, Part 2

Hey! I've edited Chapters 12, 13, and 14, and I'm still going. This might be a record :)

Chapters 13 and 14 are kind of like Chapter 11, in that they haven't changed too much. I'm finding that as I go through the chapters, most of the action is there, it's the description that's lacking. And these chapters take place in settings that have already been described.

I'll be posting again even later today. And thank you for the incredible 85 votes you've given Shifters!!!

-Annabelle

Editing Day!

I am excited to announce that today I will be editing all day!!! I have already edited Chapters 9, 10, and 11, and I'm still going! Chapter 11 hasn't changed too much, but I figure that a short chapter won't kill anyone :) I'm currently working on Chapter 12.

I'll post again later today to let you know what I am able to get done.

-Annabelle

P.S.- If some of the later, unedited chapters don't match up with the earlier chapters, just know that they will when I'm done with them :)

Just Checking In :)

I'm back from vacation and working on all that needs to be worked on!!!

79 votes!

-Annabelle

More Chapters

I've edited Chapters 6-8, and I'm currently working on 9. I'm hoping to pick up the pace as the month goes on. Shifters will definitely be finished by then :) However, I will be going away this weekend, so the real cramming won't happen until next week.

Also, I mentioned on Textnovel that I will be posting a playlist soon. I also said that I will be accepting song suggestions. So tell me your ideas! Comment on either this post or the story itself and let me know what you think.

76 votes! Woohoo!!! Thanks, guys!!!

-Annabelle