I just spent an amazing weekend hanging out with the beautiful @kelleyxmarie . She and I beat Diablo 3 on Expert, and we were really too good for that, so I’m just waiting for her to get an Xbox so we can try it on Nightmare. 

As for updates, it’s been pretty tough focusing on anything but Gravity Well. That story has consumed my soul. It’s in my bloodstream. But I’m constantly haunted by and feel guilty about the WIP that don’t have recent updates. That feeling stalls all my writing, and I’ve learned from this that I will never run multiple WIP again. It’s way too hard. 

For the month of October, I’m taking a break. I’m going to, for the first time in three years, allow myself to participate in a fun event (Huxloween), which I’ve always denied myself because it was a distraction from updates that “should” occur. I have some fun stuff planned w/ some fun people. I took a bit of time out of my sick writing schedule (for those folks that leave comments on my fics like “more please!” and “write more now!” please know I don’t eat dinner before I’ve written my 500 daily words) to write a prompt fill and it was so freeing. I felt good. 

I have the desperate fear (which is dumb) that I won’t finish my stuff by episode 9. I mean, that’s unlikely, because…this is legitimately all I do, but I feel like I have a time-limit on failure at this venture. Three months, four months for an update. Time is marching on and I’m just watching it go by while biting my nails. 

This isn’t healthy. I hope you folks that have read my WIP hang around, because I hope the end is worth it. But I’ve been reminded of how writing for fun is what the point is, so I’m going to do that. 

I can absolutely promise you all that I will complete every single fic that I’ve started. I’m happy for the folks that have kept me feeling motivated and encouraged, and I hope you don’t give up on me.