After 5 years...

Good afternoon, Ayeng here.

Broken Hearts and Lost Souls was one of the stories I wrote way back 2020, and it was the start of my serious writing journey. I know what you're thinking: paano ka ba nakasulat ng story with sensitive themes at the age of 14? Well, I have no idea at all. But now, it's been almost 5 years since I wrote this novel, at hindi na ako magpapaligoy-ligoy pa: 

This story will be unpublished starting today: one day before #1824DaysWithMarJade.

A year ago, I touched this novel because of a special chapter. But three years ago, I finally finished MarJade's story for a second time. Ngayong malapit na akong tumanda sa industriya ng pagsusulat (wow, ang lalim), I'm sure that even my viewpoints have been changed. Kung kakausapin ko 'yung 14-year-old me noong April 10, 2020 at 16-year-old me noong December 1, 2021, isa lang ang masasabi ko: nagpapaka-try hard lang ako na isulat 'yung kwento na kung tutuusin ay parang 2010s vibe ang pagkakakwento.

And that's BHALS in a nutshell.

And I'm glad I grew up with this story. It will have major revisions, and sadly, hindi ko alam kung ibabalik ko ba 'to sa Wattpad. Balak ko kasi siyang ipost 'yung revised version as a website exclusive, but let's see how this goes. So, yeah. Thank you for supporting and reading this story since Day 1. Thank you for the critics who provided some constructive criticism for this story, I owe a lot for you guys. Especially sa mga tropa ko galing Writers High na nakabasa ng istorya ko, maraming salamat. 

From Euphoria, to Serendipity, to Broken Hearts and Lost Souls. 

lots of luv, archivesniayeng. <3