Frustration vs. Patience

Well, it's been months since my last chapter. Sorry folks. Between Writers Block and some very pernicious and unpleasant health problems I don't see the circumstances changing anytime soon. I am still working on this, with every intent to finish it...if nothing else I want to see how it turns out, as I'm letting the story lead me at this point. Oh, I have some ideas about where it's going, don't get me wrong, but I'm finding pleasant surprises along the way.

Thanks again for support and patience
Stay tuned.

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[Cloudhammer]

Looking forward to it

[Chatoyance]

Hang in there, kiddo.

[Aedina]

Just clearing things up.

Chatoyance wasn't part of any upvoting sock-puppet thing, she didn't even know about it. The perpetrator of that was actually innocent of any attempt at guile - I should know .... it was me. Yep, I confess. I only wanted to help encourage my beloved mate, to help her feel better. Chat was getting down-voted by some folk who vote everything she writes down, whether they even read it or not - just on an automatic principle based on personal dislike.

Okay, the thing is (and some of you know this about me from previous texts) - I have mental health issues. I take medication for it, go to a therapist, and otherwise do my best to live a relatively normal life - but over the years there have been other medical incidents that have only acerbated the problems.

I didn't realize that what I was doing was wrong, or going to cause any mess or trouble. When Chat found out about it, she gave me quite the stern lecture. We contacted a Moderator, we even set up a Skype chat. That way he was able to see both Chat and I together - verifying my identity as separate and independent of Chat. The fact that we both have the same IP Address (we live together) made the Mods think that it was Chat perpetrating the wrong doing.

Once I understood that what I had done was "bad"/"wrong"/a problem - I immediately apologized for it, and have sworn to never do it again.

If there's anyway to get this info to the gossip mill, especially to those blaming Chat - feel free to pass it along. I'm writing in response to you here, to help clear her name and reputation.