Hey everyone,

Today, I had a number of people messaging me on Twitter and Telegram asking me if I'm alright after reading the previous journal. I'm fine, but I can understand why people were a little taken aback by my candor. I think some will read into things and think the sudden nature of my willingness to discuss transitioning out of CrinkleCat is an indication that something bad happened to me. I can assure you I'm alright.

Let me put it this way.

I've been writing AB/DL and AB/DL-related fiction for a long time. When I started writing it, there was -- and still is -- a euphoria that I got from crafting those kinds of stories. Reader appreciation came second. But when I write stories, I spend hours at a time working on them. When I had lots of free time, I could write and not feel like I've squandered any time that I could've spent doing something more productive. Now that I'm in my mid-thirties, I have more on my plate that I did in my twenties. I've definitely made the best of my experiences here. But there will come a time when I'm unable to do it anymore and since I'm notoriously terrible at goodbyes, I write journals like these.

I don't think I'll be going away any time soon, but I feel it's important to give my readers some insight into my creative process and the trajectory going forward.