I never want to claim that I'm bi-polar or whatever they are calling it now, but I long ago learned that my writing seems to cycle. I'll have a few good months, and then many poor ones before starting to write again. I don't want to jinx myself, but with just another 1000 words written I'll have my best February writing since i started keeping track of my monthly writing progress. It won't be too high, only at about 1000 words per day, but it will be a huge improvement over the last 4 months of 2016 where I averaged less than 250 words per day over 4 months.
However, never believe that I didn't think about stories or get regular visits from the insane and twisted spirit I pretend is my muse. I have no idea where the spirit goes, but I get regular visits with some strange ideas.
And I also have my next visit to Ishtar starting to come together in my mind. It might not come right away, I really want to finish 2 other Swarm cycle tales I've been working on as they should help introduce characters to the Borneo sector who were there before the end of Crisis. In fact one made a rather prominent appearance in Crisis and finishing that tale will help explain some of the events that shall be befalling Ishtar and the whole Borneo sector.