These are stories I still love and want to write more of. "The Long Gift" (TLG for short) is already written, so I don't have to spend much time on it at all. I have rested after finishing TLG and I feel ready to go back and finish my other two multi-chapter stories. I will probably write them to completion and then post chapters of them the way I'm doing with TLG.
I am very motivated to see them through to the point that they have a good ending. I probably will leave a couple loose ends because I want to leave some things to the imagination and leave an opening for me to write another "book" of each story. I believe that an offshoot story for "Shifting Consequences" may be possible after the conclusion of the first "book" of that story.
Why am I so motivated? I have come up with a story that is M/M and is more about characterization than anything I have ever written. I believe that seeing SC and CO through to the end will give me the skills I need to make the most of the story ...