Mild update: Ran into a technical issue and 4 chapters somehow got deleted. Will post late tonight. Got to make sure the main file didn't get corrupt. The Tapas website is also acting up and hasn't loaded properly for me.
Please be patient. I'm struggling as fast as I can
My laptop is in the death throws so I have to be very cautious when I use it to write. I have not abandoned any projects here. I have been actively working on them, including two secret ones. Recently been diagnosed with ADHD. I've learned to work with it rather than against it, fully leaning into whatever hyper fix project my brain decides is important. It's going how it's going.
In the mean time I will post a few short stories that have no real connection to anything. Socially Awkward Moth will continue starting in June with rough recreations of pages (I suck at digital) due to the lack of computer situation. I do have a tablet to supplement the lack of reliable PC but there's but so much space it can hold.
This is my dream. I no longer care who or few this reaches. It's the only thing that has kept me breathing this long.
To whomever reads this, thank you for your patience.
Just as I was going to publish the next chapter of Executioner and the Bride, my laptop malfunctioned. I may have to send it in for repair. Don't know how I'm going to update from now on but I'll figure it out.
A quick shout out to my 30 subscribers, old and new, y'all are dope. And the usernames make me crack up. I should be well enough within the week to make an update of some sort. Love you all. Be well.
Will drop an update in the next few hours. I am getting some emergency surgery so I won't be able to fully edit to my standards for a little while. Expect a rough chapter or 3.
Despite the absolute craziness going on outside I'm pretty chill right now. Downside, lost my job due to the current pandemic. Upside, longer updates since I am stuck indoors for a while. Working on the next few chapters and new more official icons and banner.
Hope everyone is safe and has plenty to eat as the world catches fire.
Shortly after publishing Executioner my personal life took a nose dive. My health declined, the holidays happened and I lost a very close friend of mine to cancer. It was abrupt as she was getting better. We were already planning the Christmas party and the annual White elephant exchange, then the plans had to change. As circumstances would have it my mourning period had to be compartmentalized to an unhealthy few days in order to deal with the other sources of chaos around me. There was no white elephant. No cathartic karaoke in a room full of loved ones. Christmas happened but it didn't feel like Christmas. Now that there is the post holiday down time work is no longer hectic and i have time to write all my pent up grief smogs up. Its hard to think of fluffy romance, to imagine sweet nothings, to even pick up a pen knowing the one person you want to read it can't. But, knowing her, she'd smack me real hard and curse at me for not pressing on with it.
Updates will happen, however it will be a while before I can upload on a regular schedule. To make up for it I will post a whole chapter instead of half or a third like I had intended to when I got in to the swing of things. The chapters will be rough, sloppy, and most definitely rewritten at a later point. I'd rather post something than to just stop. There are already enough obstacles that impede my ability to create. Working with sadness is healthier than working against it although it's like the Roseart of mediums. Please be patient with me.
TL:DR: My best friend died. Holidays happened and was too busy to mourn. Extremely depressed. Next few updates will be sporadic. No hiatus. Quality of work go down. I'm not ok but at least i don't have to pretend I'm no ok any more.