So, I've been thinking about how to handle this story for the past few weeks, and the main consensus I came to was to take a quick break from uploading chapters, so I can stockpile chapters.
This next part is a bit of a yap so bear with me, but I think it's useful to read if you care. If not, you already got the important part of this chapter anyway.
I created this story for fun and started uploading shortly after I finished the first few chapters just so I could get out a "unique" Umamusume fanfic before anyone else could. But I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do with the story, and I started to see the effects of it pretty much after the release of Chapter 9. The new story honeymoon phase ended by that time, since most of the beginning chapters were buildup chapters (where I'd say my strong suit in writing is at) that I used to lead up to that first fully written race.
However, after that, I sort of just ran out of ideas (kind off). I knew the main story beats I had to hit, but aside from that, I didn't really have a full idea on how to connect them all together. It didn't help that I basically was in a cycle of having to come up with the ideas for a chapter on the fly and write it so I could get it out in a reasonable amount of time.
Obviously as plenty who had been tuning in for a decent while know, that shit doesn't work. With me having school now along with other responsibilities, I don't really have as much time as I used to when it comes to writing quality chapters.
So, I decided to make the executive decision to stop uploading (for now). I don't plan on taking that long. Best case, maybe a month. Worst case, I take like two months. I'm not planning to stay in the hiatus for that long, but who knows what may happen.
I have a pretty ambitious vision for this story. What was only probably going to be like 50 or 60 chapters, I feel like I could get to 100. So, I want to make sure I can upload those chapters relatively consistently so I could make this story grow and reach my goal of 1k Collections (and then potentially make this one of the best Umamusume fics that you'll ever read in your lifetime).
Until then, I thank you reader for your support. Even if you haven't commented or left any reviews, just reading my fanfic helps me out a lot with my motivation to continue writing this.