Status - hiatus, patreon, and writing
Baring my soul time, guys.
I've talked about my little twisted son a fair amount - he's a really energetic, witty little kid who is fun to be around and makes me smile every damn day.
You may have noticed I don't talk a lot about my daughter, though, except to mention a few times recently that she has some health problems. I love her just as much. Probably spend more time during the day with her than with my son, honestly.
However, the hard truth is that some of her health problems are mental health problems. And while many times during the day I can manage to laugh in those 'laugh or cry' moments, writing about it? Not so much in the last few years. Trying to sit down to write about my daughter without becoming exceedingly depressed or, worse, crying like a wailing banshee, is not something I manage, usually. In a few years, I'm sure I'll be able to look back and laugh at some of this, like the time she was 'sure' someone was breaking in and I came home from the grocery store to find her holed up in the bedroom with her little brother, a baseball bat, and a barricaded door.
I can laugh at that now, finally. Honestly, looking back, it was a very Calvin and Hobbes moment. Especially with the twisted son's cautionary, and slightly sarcastic, commentary in the background as a great Hobbes substitute.
I'm finally talking about all of this because with everything that's been going on, it's just become a bit too much. With psych and medical testing, special diets, medications and supplements, and the frequent need for long term supervision of my daughter, I've got almost no time to write, and the time I do have free, I tend to have to spend on something that helps pay for everything else.
Or to put it bluntly, I'm pretty swamped up to my eyeballs.
So realistically, the free stories and fanfiction are essentially on hiatus, with anything coming out as a happy miracle, although I am looking at setting up a patreon account, so then perhaps I can combine my writing and, you know, monetary concerns at the same time. I'll update if that comes to fruition. A paid story for yaoifix is still in the works, at least.
I love writing so much, and I know some of you have been waiting long enough to, you know, have a child and see them into kindergarten now. Even if I never make a dime off my stories, I'm going to keep writing and trying to finish these. It's just so insane over in the Twisted house right now that I feel like, once again, any promises other than hiatus are pretty useless.
So sorry, ya'll. I hope you had a rocking summer.
And in case the world ends before I get to post again...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_gXD5OE88
I've talked about my little twisted son a fair amount - he's a really energetic, witty little kid who is fun to be around and makes me smile every damn day.
You may have noticed I don't talk a lot about my daughter, though, except to mention a few times recently that she has some health problems. I love her just as much. Probably spend more time during the day with her than with my son, honestly.
However, the hard truth is that some of her health problems are mental health problems. And while many times during the day I can manage to laugh in those 'laugh or cry' moments, writing about it? Not so much in the last few years. Trying to sit down to write about my daughter without becoming exceedingly depressed or, worse, crying like a wailing banshee, is not something I manage, usually. In a few years, I'm sure I'll be able to look back and laugh at some of this, like the time she was 'sure' someone was breaking in and I came home from the grocery store to find her holed up in the bedroom with her little brother, a baseball bat, and a barricaded door.
I can laugh at that now, finally. Honestly, looking back, it was a very Calvin and Hobbes moment. Especially with the twisted son's cautionary, and slightly sarcastic, commentary in the background as a great Hobbes substitute.
I'm finally talking about all of this because with everything that's been going on, it's just become a bit too much. With psych and medical testing, special diets, medications and supplements, and the frequent need for long term supervision of my daughter, I've got almost no time to write, and the time I do have free, I tend to have to spend on something that helps pay for everything else.
Or to put it bluntly, I'm pretty swamped up to my eyeballs.
So realistically, the free stories and fanfiction are essentially on hiatus, with anything coming out as a happy miracle, although I am looking at setting up a patreon account, so then perhaps I can combine my writing and, you know, monetary concerns at the same time. I'll update if that comes to fruition. A paid story for yaoifix is still in the works, at least.
I love writing so much, and I know some of you have been waiting long enough to, you know, have a child and see them into kindergarten now. Even if I never make a dime off my stories, I'm going to keep writing and trying to finish these. It's just so insane over in the Twisted house right now that I feel like, once again, any promises other than hiatus are pretty useless.
So sorry, ya'll. I hope you had a rocking summer.
And in case the world ends before I get to post again...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_gXD5OE88