Hello hello!

I suppose I don't really tend to use journals all that often but I figured it might not be a bad time to make one because there are some worthy updates on me and where this page/my work will be going in the future.

So first off, a bit of general catch up - this year has been a very busy one. Aren't they all? But between NFC, Confuzzled, two non-stop months in June/July and with my job kicking into high gear for a major project we're carrying there, it's been a difficult start to the year in terms of writing. Most annoyingly of all is that I've actually been really enjoying writing this year. However, as of this month, things are starting to relax a bit - work is still busy as ever and I undoubtedly plan to do things outside of writing - but I have no major upcoming events that require lots of planning and prep and big chunks of time away from my hobbies. All of that means that I have a real chance to delve back into writing full on.

Following on from that, the topic of commissions comes to the surface pretty naturally. Now over the last few years since my last public opening, I've kind of taken on a few interested parties on a queue of sorts just to tick things over and I've just worked my way through that queue as and when I could. Now though, with my desire to get back into everything properly again and also to take writing a little more seriously, I've decided to stick that queue on my page and work through it in good time to then start accepting new commissions. The queue that is on my page currently is the full queue. I will not be adding to it until it's cleared.

When I do open again, I will be considering alternative ways of taking on commissions. I have less and less interest in long commission queues simply because it is inherently less flexible and can leave anyone who missed out with no chance for a long time, so I am thinking about doing more frequent openings for fewer slots. Alongside that, I have been thinking about using Google Forms instead of just a first come, first served basis as a way for me to handle commissions. This is much less messy and allows me to balance projects a lot easier and it means I can also do slots if I say have a mood to write a particular kink/type of story as I can make calls for things like that and maybe even offer discounts for certain subjects if its something I'm really keen to dig into. It's still something I'm thinking about so there may be some tweaks to it but I think it will offer me the best flexibility and the best chance to remain happy and consistent with writing while also taking off the pressure on people to be lucky enough to catch a journal.

A final change of note is that I'm considering extending my word count limit in some cases. A recent experience with a high word count project has given me a lot of reassurance in the viability of me doing big story projects like this. I can't promise anything on it but I am considering the possibility of having a large story slot alongside the regular stories so that I can still keep up this faster turnaround going while also working on much longer stories.

So in conclusion to a lot of this; expect a lot more coming out over the next few months and also expect there to be new commission slots coming out hopefully towards the end of this year/early next year? If anyone has any opinions about the changes to the commissioning format, I'd be interested to hear too because I'm still very much thinking how I tackle this to do something that's both fair to me and to anyone who wants a slot.

Thanks <3