Hello, hello friends!

Sort of life update, also writing update. As you know, I have a fair share of premium content on Tapas at the moment. I’ve been feeling pretty shit about not having any free to read content that updates regularly since I’d like to always have at least one story going at a time. Currently, I have up The Art of Liars & Thieves, but I realized this was a foolish endeavor O_O I have three books planned for this series. It’s also a high fantasy setting where I want to have more thorough and in depth descriptions of cultures, religions, magic etc. I don’t feel it’s getting the attention it deserves from me because I’m so busy with other projects. I thought posting it would motivate me, but it has been stressing me out, even when I’m not writing it. Then I get stressed more because I’m not writing--it’s a vicious cycle. I’ve decided to remove it until further notice. (I'll remove it in a day or so, that way people can hopefully see this announcement before it just disappears.)

I’m trying to discover how to juggle free content and paid content. Honestly, I’m getting some great opportunities with Tapas so I want to dive in head first, get what I can get, particularly to help my dad. He’s getting older and I know he wants to retire early. I feel a lot of pressure to build myself up financially to support us both. I don’t feel overworked, but I do feel bad when I don’t have ongoing free content. I’m thinking I should steer clear of high fantasy stories, stick to modern romance or low fantasy settings so they’re easier to write. But then I feel bad because it feels like the free content is being made “lesser” to make up for my lack of time. Another vicious cycle! So I’m not entirely sure what I want to do yet.

Maybe I should just accept it and do what I did with Fools in Love and the first part of Speak the Truth; write without any plans and see where it goes. It worked before xD I was posting another story on my patreon when it was up called The Lonely Ones that I may decide to post instead. It’s easier to write than Liars & Thieves and I have a decent chunk already written, but I’m not sure yet. For now, I don’t have ongoing free novels, but I’m going to try and get one out when an idea hits me that I’m more comfortable writing on a regular basis. Sorry guys, but I hope you're enjoying the premium content and what else I have to come! Reborn as the Villain's Lackey season two will drop in August and maaaaybe you should keep your eyes open for another August project ;)

Until next time, toodles~