Where I've Been (Spoilers, I am Still Alive) · 3:22am May 22nd, 2020
Hey guys, so I kinda disappeared on everyone awhile ago. At first, I was giving myself a break, then real life shit started happening with my parents separating (not a clean break and not mutual, very ugly), followed by depression, the feeling of failure only grew the longer I didn't update, and I did what I do when that happens: escape. I've watched so many series, caught up with so many podcasts, and played so much Animal Crossing, and that's not even going into books, webcomics, fics, and manga. And then if that wasn't enough, the pandemic happened, I haven't been to work in months, and ever since the separation, I've been living with my vision-impaired, religious, verbally abusive mother alone, so that keeps me stressed.
That out of the way, my wonderful friend Uma (@UmaYorokobi on Twitter) finished my commission for the cover art for The Pros and Cons of Working Over Time, so I'm trying to jump-start my creative writing drive again. My schedule will be more sporadic, so I may through periods of thinking everything I'm writing is crap or if we're lucky, I may be able to get in the zone with all this and churn out a chapter or two on the same day. I'll try to post at least a chapter a month though, the most recent chapter has been mostly finished since my last blog post, so if I'm not feeling like complete garbage, I should be able to finish and post that within the next week or two.
Don't think I mentioned it in the story comments but the cover art looks lovely!
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Thanks, it's actually my first commission, I'm lucky to know such a talented person. And paying a friend for art feels kinda like supporting them in a way that's more beneficial than say, a gift card for a bday present. Some of her best stuff is Wander Over Yonder, since she's a huge fangirl for that series, I think she even has a few fancomics of her favorite ship. I mean, I'd do that too if I could draw something other than creatures from the abyss, would save me some words on setting (which tbh, I feel like I already cut corners on due to a burning desire to get into the action), but to each their own.