Out Of The Shadows: A Solangelo Fanfiction Author’s Note

Hey! It’s Natalie! If you haven’t already guessed, I’m the author of this story, and I want to thank everyone who’ve read it, voted for it, commented, and given me support! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me. 

I started writing this story around the election this year. I was so scared and freaked out and nervous about the outcome that I couldn’t sleep or eat or do anything. At this point, I hadn’t written anything in a while. I started writing when I was 7 and hadn’t ever finished one thing. When I was in 5th grade, I wrote around 60 or 70 pages of a fanfiction, but I didn’t finish that, either. So I swore to myself that I would finish this. So, on November 4th, I made a new document in Google Docs and started writing. On January 9th, the day after my 14th birthday, I finished Out of the Shadows completely, even the editing. This is the first book I have ever wrote and finished, and I’m so glad that it’s about Solangelo. 

I decided to write about Solangelo because it’s my favorite couple and I couldn’t find a fanfiction about how they got together that I completely agreed with. I was so sad that Uncle Rick never showed us how those 2 got together, and even sadder that they didn’t even get a kiss in Tower of Nero. So I thought that I could do it. I could make a story about them that could also be really accurate with bringing in facts from the Trials of Apollo series, because when a lot of people wrote fanfiction about these 2, it was before those books ever came out.

Now, some good news. I’m writing a 2nd book! I knew as soon as I started writing Out of the Shadows, that there would be another one. I want to show what happened in between The Hidden Oracle and The Tower of Nero. I want to show *SPOILERS* how Nico and Will got closer and Nico got more comfortable with his sexuality and being Will’s boyfriend. I want to show his reaction to Jason’s death. I want to show him getting happier and then getting sadder again after the death. I want to show him having PTSD and Will trying to help him the best that he can. Oh, yeah. This next one is going to be far more emotional and dark, I may even need to put a trigger warning up. I hope I make you cry, lol! But I thought showing alll of that is just as important as all of the things I showed you in Out of the Shadows. 

So. I have to tell you that I haven’t started it yet. That may not seem like a big deal, but I like publishing my stories once they’re completely finished, it’s just easier that way for me. I should be starting it soon, though. I have story notes ready and everything! I said the first chapters will be out by summer, but I can’t promise that. It’s a personal goal of mine to have it done by then, but I don’t know for sure it will be. I don’t even have a title yet! (If any of you have any title ideas, it would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks.) But hopefully the first chapters will be out by summer. 

Something I need to address is that I have over 100 votes on this story! I seriously have no words right now. One of my major goals in life is to become a famous author, so this has made me super happy, so thank you so much for all of this! 

So to close this out, I want to say that doing this was so so fun. It took some work, but it was a lot of fun writing this for myself and for anybody who’s been reading this. So thanks for being on this journey with me.

Peace, Natalie