It's Been Real, and It's Been Fun.

 Hey, y'all!

All good things must come to an end, and the time has come for me to say goodbye to Quilltree. Lately, my priorities with my writing have shifted, and I'm focusing less on articles about the craft and more on honing my skills and making my own work as good as it can be. I also have a lot of non-writing-related stuff happening in my own life--including university classes, church commitments, and work.

Never fear! I'm not disappearing from the Internet entirely. In the interest of publishing my long-form fiction someday, I'm maintaining my platform on my email list and my official author website, as well as on social media--if you'd like to continue following my writing journey, find me on Instagram and Pinterest as @averyryannekuhn.

All of my past articles, including the Christian Writers' Reading Challenge and my Advent writing prompts, will remain accessible for as long as anyone wants to read them. I hope to revise and adapt the Reading Challenge into a better-organized form and repost it to my website someday, so stay on the lookout! As for my Advent writing prompts, I'll continue to post those on Instagram during the holiday season. I'll also send out a special Christmas short story to my email list, so if you want to see exclusive content from my fantasy worlds, click the link in the paragraph above!

Thank y'all so much for these great years of blogging and readership, and I hope to see you all in my other Internet nooks!

~AR Kuhn

Merry Christmas!

🎄 Because today is Christmas day, there's no weekly post. Enjoy your family time!

~AR Kuhn

The Unexpected Hiatus

 Hey y'all,

If you're a faithful reader of this blog, then first of all, thank you! I am so grateful for your readership and I hope my posts are helpful to you (or at least a bit entertaining).

Second, you may have noticed that for the past couple of months, I've been a bit, well, inactive. The last time I posted a Quote of the Week was in... *races off to check* September. Oof. If you've been reading for a while, you know that when the Quote of the Week disappears, things are getting desperate.

Long story short, apologies for the unexpected hiatus. My first semester of university was a big adjustment, and between homework, class time, and writing time, the time I usually spent on this blog evaporated like mist.

Now that I have a semester of experience under my belt, I'm going to be more intentional about...

• Posting something every week
• Creating posts in batches when I have extra time
• Scheduling posts

...and ultimately creating more content for y'all to enjoy! Some things to look forward to in the future are:

• more installments to the As We Go Along snippet series (which will hopefully get a real title soon)
• the completion of the Four Correlations aesthetic series and the Symbolic Dichotomies theme series
• more updates about my own writing journey and what I'm learning
• more resources for Christian writers in particular
• and of course more prompts, writing advice, and fun posts for word lovers!

Thank you so much for your patience and readership. As we come out the Thanksgiving season and enter into Christmas, I find that one of the things in my life I'm most thankful for is the community of writers and readers who can share our joys, sorrows, and revelations.

Write On!

~AR Kuhn