Hello all,
I just wanted to give an update , as I have been away for a bit.
I am still alive, and doing better. While my physical health has been okay, my mental health has struggled for some time, but I am cooming to terms with some things.
The main thing has been the primary damper to my righting for the last year.
I did not find this site by chance, but as a young man snooping on his father's computer. I was 18, and at the time didn't have a working computer. I found a link accidentally and came across this site. I made sure to memorize the url and I have been here ever since. First as a free member and then as a paid. Over time I became an author on here and was surprised to have conversations with my dad about stories we had in common. Likes, dislikes.... when he died, I realized things I didn't expect. We were never close, but that didn't mean we couldn't have been. We never got the chance. And part of me wonders.....if he ever read my work. That cause a lot of turmoil I didn't expect, and the love I have had for my writing suffered. The muse was gone, even though the stories were there.
I have come to terms with a good chunk of the issues and have felt the inspiration return. But I have created new rules I had laxed on before. My original rule was not to post anything that wasn't finished. I broke that rule as I felt obligated to keep my weekly postings to you guys and over time my writing suffered. Blood Moon book 4 and wyltpa were mostly finished when that rule change applied so they suffered less. Stargazer however was thought of and written without the freedom i used to have. Writing became less of a love and more of a chore.
So once again, I will not be posting a story until it is complete. While that means it will take a while, it also means that my fan will get the option of the finished book at the time posting. I will still have my patrons gaining the limited advantage that sto allows, but full book access will be limited to bookapy.
That said, I hope to create sto and pareon specific content in the future. First to reward those who support me that way, and also because there are some stories ideas I can't post there due to the nature of the content. I even have a fan fiction or two in my head that I won't monetize but will be a gift to this place.
Thank you everyone for your posts in my comments. Both good and bad. Those who defend my work, who favorite it, and who have reached out. It had made my day.
Though the most amazing is that someone asked to use my litrpg setting for an actual D&D campaign.
I hope to be more active and to reward your faith in me.
Thank you all again,
James