Apologies to all who have felt abandoned by my--yet again--disappearance. Not going to get into details--for one, I've no wish to bore, and, for another, I've no wish for pity--but I have physical and mental health issues, some of them quite severe at times. Because of them, I have the unfortunate tendency to turtle up and hide, sometimes on a global scale, and other times quite specific.

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Working in the next five chapters. Slow going, but steady.

I've sat down quite a lot this month, wanting to write but just unable to pull myself out of this pit that's swallowed me. There is so much inside me bursting to explode into words, but I just can't shake anything free.

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Just peeking in. Don't have much energy to do much more than that.

Not looking for sympathy or pity. Not looking for anything at all, to be honest.

I don't go about making a big, "woe-is-me" issue about my health, because, as I've just stated, I'm not looking for anything. However, since I've no idea when I'll be posting another chapter, I don't want to leave people hanging (again).

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Acute bronchitis is fun.

Thought it was just a minor cold, but it's gotten very bad, very fast. Hard to breathe, weak as heck, and utterly miserable.

Hate to say it but don't be looking for anything new for a while.

Somehow The Ties That Bind wound up on the Featured Story list!

So, it looks like things are starting to heat up, in more ways than one, huh.

Well, it’s taken me quite some time to get to this point, and, now that I have . . . hold onto your hats. It’s likely to be a really bumpy ride, and on multiple paths. I’d like to think my readers have no idea where things are actually going, and how this all eventually ends. Guess I’ll just have to see.