Getting Surgery in a little over a week · 1:11am Feb 18th, 2019
So, as the title clearly states, I'm gonna be getting surgery in 10 days. Sadly, this isn't the kind of surgery that won't interfere with my work for at least a little while. I'm going to be getting eye surgery so that I can finally stop wearing glasses. The reason this is kinda disruptive to my work is mostly because I'm gonna have to drive to Virginia and I'll be there for 8 days. I won't be able to write for most of these days, and I've been unable to write much for the last couple weeks anyways due to my other projects and drawings I've been working on.
Also, although it's a very, very small, almost inconceivably small concern, I can't help but worry about something going wrong. I think I could live without my hearing, but I really don't think I could deal with being blind. That said, I'm sure everything will be fine, but I just won't be able to write while I'm there.
The good news, is that I have no less than 4 more stories planned out and once I get this surgery done, I will immediately tackle those and start uploading again. I'm thinking they're gonna be anywhere from 50K-100K words again. I just have to finish up the fine details with the stories and how they all fit in the same universe together. So, I promise that by mid March, I'll have at least something. I'm not particularly fast when it comes to uploading, and that's mainly due to the fact that I try to completely finish a story before I start uploading it. Nothing has pissed me off more on this website over the last 5 years, than starting a really good story and loving it, only to find out that it was last updated a year before I started reading it. That's why I've kinda made my decision that I won't upload any stories unless I've at least finished it. Since The Discovery was my first story ever, there were a lot of last minute changes I had to make, but I managed to upload every single week for 19 weeks straight. I'm pretty damn proud of that if I'm being honest.
In closing, I'm beyond grateful for each and every one of you who has followed me on here and liked my stories. Your patience is extremely appreciated, especially since I'm trying to draw my own cover art for each of these stories, and write them, and work a full time job, and work out/stay in shape, AND try to have a social life at the same time. It's been really hard to manage my time accordingly and give you guys the quality you deserve. So I promise to give you something by next month. I have another one-shot in mind at the moment... something continuing The Discovery a little. I think you guys will really like this one.
My mom got the same thing done and she does NOT regret doing it. You’ll be fine
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I know. It's just one of those deep seated fears. Even when you know nothing bad is gonna happen, you can't help but worry, you know?
I just feel bad about not having anything to upload for a few more weeks. I wish I was faster with this stuff.
For whatever it's worth, eye surgery technology is very, very good. Last November a close personal friend of mine had his entire cornea removed and replaced with a transplant. As of this week, his vision is better than it was before and getting better all the time. It's okay to be nervous, but you're probably more likely to die on the car ride there than have any meaningful complications in the surgery itself. You got this, and I'm looking forward to your next story once you're better!
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Thanks. I know I'm probably just being paranoid, but that's just how I get before surgery. I promise, I have some awesome stuff in mind for when I get back though. There's a lot in the works right now, and when I can start working on it fully, it'll be really exciting. I just hope I can get the same reaction from people as I did on The Discovery.
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Not paranoid, just nervous. I'd argue that if you weren't nervous about someone operating on your eye, you wouldn't be human. As to your works? No telling whether or not you will. No two stories have the same audience. The next one could appeal to more or less people, so just make it a good story and let the audience sort itself out.
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Well, I'll keep hoping either way.