Life of the Author · 4:30am Sep 14th, 2021
Currently I have three projects on the front burner.
(Striptember story name redacted for reasons): This would have been an entry into the Striptember incest contest, with a few subversive twists to it that are perhaps not entirely in the spirit of the contest while at the same time perfect for it. I regret not finishing it in time, and I also regret not being able to finish it in time, because I regret not being able to do things in general, because I regret this stupid fucking disease. However, I'm still going to finish and publish it because it is a good family drama and psychological exploration and not actually dark or too perverted. Except it's a tragedy despite Sweetie Belle never being taken advantage of by anypony, thanks to Rarity. Yep, good old Rarity, always with her head screwed on properly or something like that. 
Anyhoo, Kenobi will let me add it to the folder even though it won't qualify for the contest.
The Unwelcome Wagon: My contribution to the GlimMaudTrix shipping competition, which I will probably also not finish on time. It'll be an official sequel to The Third Pony, which I still need to edit to correct some autism misrepresentation. Out of the three, this is probably the one that would have been most in line with the intent of the competition. It's also about a recent direct life experience, but that is everything I write so now you should be horrified.
(Sparity story name redacted for reasons): I'm sorry I keep channeling you, Rarity. I really am. 
This is for Pia's Sparity contest, and it is one that will definitely be finished on time as it is the one most complete in my head and unlike the above two the scope of writing has not gone totally past the bounds of what I'd intended when I started.
Disease or not, you're one of the most frighteningly energetic people I know. I wonder sometimes if you really understand how daunting you can be?
I came to terms with the horror long ago.
She tells me the same whenever I write her
5581740
I appreciate the perspective! And I'm generally unaware of that so I extra-appreciate, even though it makes sense. To an extent, I think some of it depends on the perceiver. My perception of you is that you're introverted and socially gun-shy, through no fault of your own, and unfortunately it's hard for me to dial things back because I'm not very good at self-perception for a few reasons. That said, I think I've lost a lot of that energy from my personality over the past twenty years due to some pretty awful experiences and my own neuroses catching up with me.
Either way, the problem I'm faced with at present is more about physical energy. I spend half the day in bed now because my muscles decide they don't want to work, sometimes to the point where even talking is next to impossible for an hour or two, and doing my job under these circumstances is quite challenging which leaves little free time. Combine the fact that ME/CFS also makes you crash from emotional exertion with the nature of what I write and it's probably not too surprising that progress has been slow.
All I can really do is hope that there is research in the near future that figures out what this is and how to fix it, slim odds though those may be. Right now the only thing that helps is Adderall, which I fortunately have access to due to adult ADHD. If I didn't have that, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to work because I would not have the time in my day to do what I need to do.
(In quite a hurry due in part to sleeping through an alarm earlier, somehow, so reply is sparse, but thank you again for that thing you said earlier as it's made replying, or not, to you much less stressful than replies often are.)
Ah, sorry about the health and other problems you've been having.
5581834
Very good luck to you with that research happening, or something else to improve your circumstances.
And thanks for the updates! Good luck with the writing, too.