Hey gang,

For those who may be reading the Twin Pronged Crown, I've chosen to do away with the last thousand or so words of Chapter Six that staged a gang of raiders coming to ambush Elkanah and Talitha. I had plans to have that as their ticket out of the desert by getting into some confrontation with them, but I think them crossing paths with the retreating Crown Army presents an easier transition for them to get away to the freedom of the Confederacy and would provide for some more interesting twists and plot points than just being dragged off to some bandit lair.

I know I'm going a lot slower in writing this than I have in The Rubber Princess and Vengeance of Fire. I don't really know why it is. I just feel extremely sapped of my creativity as of late, and it feels like a total chore to write anything. I really feel like I'm losing a passion for a lot of those things (I am almost certain it's temporary for the writing, I love the limitless heights I can aspire to create with it). Tabletop gaming was one, as I've not even touched my miniatures in almost a year. A lot of video games are beginning to bore me also. I don't know if some of it has to do with some of the verbal abuses and insults at my new job completely draining me of joy, but it scares me that I've hit this wall in my creative spark.

I hope it doesn't last. I need encouragement and reassurances, please. There are still so many stories of Icasra to tell and a whole universe of the Sivathi that needs to be built.