Sneak Peak, BarCast Interview · 8:46pm April 19th
Yeah, the images are a little messy, but it's a work in progress. What's actually up with Spitfire? Why would she be getting combat ready?
Yeah, the images are a little messy, but it's a work in progress. What's actually up with Spitfire? Why would she be getting combat ready?
So, for those who saw on my Discord, I was working on some art for the next chapter, but during a medical appointment this afternoon, I suffered a pretty bad seizure. This one hurt worse than most of my previous episodes and lasted longer than I would have expected.
Saying that I don't know how it will affect my quality of work. Maybe it won't, or maybe the lingering effects will come and go in stronger spikes than I can predict as this last episode did.
So, the next chapter is typed up and ready to go, but I want some art to go along with it, and it's going to be better than most of the art I've put out before. It will be AI-assisted art, but I think it will be worth it and help give better visuals to the characters and the kind of situations they're in. In some scenes, the art will be taken directly from the show to show flashbacks in later chapters, whereas more detailed art will be used to show in-story events.
Hey, everyone.
Wow, you know, it's been a while, and I'm not even going to look to see how long it's been since I've last published a chapter. However, I've been starting to write again despite how hard it's been. By that, I mean I'm still making a lot of mistakes, and Grammarly is working overtime, underlining all my fuckups.
I’ve had incredible difficulty with creating my own art after suffering some medical issues these past few months. So, I had to cut a lot of corners and attempted to use Ai to assist. It could only get me so far with what I wanted, and I was able to edit what it generated to produce this version. The original generated art can be seen here:
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I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I don't foresee the next chapter being released this Wednesday, and will probably be pushed back a week. This is due to my ongoing medical issues. Nothing really all that new to report on, and certainly no positive updates.
Sadly, I wasn't able to get what I needed to be done in the writing process as my symptoms kicked up again and brought me down.
Well, it likely won't be this week, but chapter 5 is typed up, and I'm looking to have this one edited. If I can, I will also try to create some art for this chapter as well, but we'll see where my motivation and talent line up.
Otherwise, I'm open to any non-spoiler questions or requests (for consideration).
Oh, and a big thank you to all my recent followers and story trackers. I hope you will enjoy what I have coming.
So, this is a mix of good news and bad news.
The bad news is that my undiagnosed condition has been deemed severe enough that I am no longer able to work, and there are heavy restrictions on my ability to drive. As in... I essentially can't anymore.
Contractually, I can't lose my job over this. Not for at least another six months or so... I think. I have some legal protections built-in with my work, so I don't have to worry for a while. Regardless...
Due to repeated health complications and trips to the emergency room, I am woefully behind schedule with putting the next chapter together. Still no updates or diagnosis. The struggle continues as to why, yet... here I am.
I hope your holiday season was enjoyable. I, unfortunately, had a hard time through most of it. Turns out I'm facing some heart troubles now, or at least a new issue that will need further testing.
So, yeah. The irony in focusing on so many broken hearts in this new arc is that this past Monday, I made another magic trip to the ER because of chest pains, difficulty breathing, lightheadedness, blah, blah, blah... Well, I had the flu with a temp of over 101, which was fun, and just to be safe, they ran some blood tests. It turns out they detected elevated levels of Troponin (or something similar to it, I was really in and out the whole time).
Just wanted to give a rough idea of what to look forward to. As of right now, my plan is to try and do one last read-through of chapter 2, add in the art (I got one picture for it), and publish it on Thursday the 8th, this Thursday.
After that, I'll hopefully have some downtime between friends, and doctor visits, then work to push forward on making more ground on the next few chapters and the proposed art.