Intimate Details

Intimate Details - Afterword

Thank you for sticking around this long, faithful reader. I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Intimate Details is, to me, actually much more significant than many of my other works. The one exception being Archmage, I suppose, but I digress. It’s been quite a journey, and after many edits, removals, and even a month-long hiatus, it seems we’ve reached the end of our journey.

It’s been one helter-skelter helluva ride, hasn’t it? I once quoted someone (might have been someone else, might even have been myself) but it was something to the effect of: “Stories are easy to start. It’s ending them that’s tricky.”

I never knew just how tricky they could be. Sure, I’ve struggled with this sort of thing in the past, but never to this extent. Truth be told, I had been thinking about the end of Intimate Details for well over two months before ever putting my fingers to the keys on the final chapter. The epilogue was no easy feat to write, and of course, I’m fraught with trepidation at publishing it. Still, I have to be confident. The story is finished, for better or worse.

Did I develop as an author? Yes. Fuck yes. I’ve learned many things over the course of writing this story; mostly about myself to be completely honest. I’ve learned some limitations I have, many of them self-imposed. Others still that are more concrete and non-negotiable.

Still. I’m glad I managed to accomplish this. When I set out to write Intimate Details, I intended it to be a passionate, relationship-centric drama. I think I’ve accomplished just that, and did so well. A marked change of pace from Archmage and Melody’s Tale, the story in Intimate Details focuses less on action and scope, and more on the development between two people. Did I master it? No. But I think I did a damn good job for my first try.

Some readers look on this and see smut. Others see romance. Others still see humans and cringe away.

When I look at Intimate Details, I see one thing and one thing only:

Progress.

Thank you for reading.

-Loyal2-1