You know that "I'm not dead yet..." post I made?... · 4:59am May 29th, 2014
Well apparently I must've jinxed it, 'cause on May 11th I was admitted to the Emergency Room, and what ensued was a pretty bad week, and after that week, the single most horrible week of my life so far, I think it's fair to say, in-between the... Well, I'll spare you the horrendous details.
Summary: surgery and things that are more painful than childbirth aren't fun. No. Not at all. And I hate urinary catheters with a passion, now 
But, I survived, fortunately enough, and now I'm getting back into the swing of being alive, and now that my head's getting back in order from the painkillers and whatever else intense psychological traumas occurred, I have a renewed committment to focus on working on "A World Apart," and while I honestly don't really love the first few chapters (doubtlessly having re-read them half a dozen times is probably to blame), I really surprised myself with the last few. This stuff is good.
So, yeah, getting back on the flak, here, and the medical issues are all wrapped up. The problem was most definitely a clotting disorder, and now I'm on medication for that and so it looks like normal life may now resume *knocks on wood*.
All-in-all; I hope to endow AWA with its tenth chapter soon-ish (well, technically ninth, since the "first" on Fimfic's url system is the prologue).
And now I have some more experience on what really intense experiences are like to use for ammunition in my writing.
Holy crap. Glad to hear you made it through that.
...kidney stones?