I've decided to take some online college courses for a career diploma and I'm not sure how much of my time they will eat up.

Depending how much free time I have with work and these courses, I may have to put my story on hiatus until I complete them. I will write as much as I can, when I can in order to keep the hiatus to a minimum.

Also, once the courses start, I will not be able to take on commissions. If you want a commission from me, get it in the que quickly before I close it.

I just enable the Charge Up Front feature on my Patreon page. This means that when you pledge, your rewards start as soon as your payment goes through.

https://www.patreon.com/jbwriting

Since I haven't posted a journal in a while, I thought it is time for an update for my watchers.

1. I am taking a small break from writing Ashchu and Son. Don't worry though, i have up to chapter 14 written already, so there won't be any delays there.

2. I'm going to start a small personal story project that is more furry and not really a fanfic. Most of it is fiction and will have my fursona and someone else's. I already have their permission to do this, so that part is taken care of already.

3. Chapter 14 of Ashchu and Son will be the first chapter to have 2 versions.

4. As always, i like to hear your thoughts on my stories as it helps me get better as a writer. What do you like? Not like? What do you want to see more of? What can I do better? Things like that really help me improve.

I just created a telegram channel for those that want to chat about my work. Ask me anything, and if it contains spoilers I'll send the answer privately, unless everyone wants to know.

Join the channel using this link: https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFNkk0MvasH4S-7aWg

I almost made it through watching all the pokemon episodes again, which is my main inspiration for writing the current story series. Once finished I'll be taking a short break from writing it, but don't worry, I've worked far enough ahead that I have enough chapters to post until the end of October at this point.

As a way to take a break and earn some money, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a YCH story from me? I kinda want to write some general furry stories for a bit.

I would give a basic description of the story and the role of each character. I am thinking of something that would fall into the Simple Story Plus category on my commission tab. This would have 2 slots for different characters. The winner(s) would need to get together to decide what fetishes/kinks they want their characters involved in, then relay that to me once it's been decided.

If there is a different winner in each slot, there won't be any drafts sent out as it can get weird if one person wants a change that the other doesn't want, so you'd be relying on my skill as a writer to interpret what you want. Once I'm finished, I'll send out a "final draft" and if changes are requested, they must be agreed upon by the winner of the other slot before they are made and the story is posted.

The main thing that would make this different than a regular commission is that my "Will not write" list will not apply, so you can feel free to use that stuff in the story.

Please comment or send a note if this would interest you.

I figure it's time to advertise the options for you, my watchers and fans, to help support my work, if you would like to. Here are the options:

https://www.patreon.com/jbwriting
https://ko-fi.com/jbernady (Possibly Ko-Fi Gold in the future)
https://www.makersupport.com/jbernady8
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/198.....zn08orl9jN0K4Y

Monthly rewards are the same at all places:

$1 per month: Personal thank you plus you get the new chapter of my current series a day early
$2 per month: $1 option plus a preview of the current week's chapter the Sunday before release
$10 per month: $2 option plus Every Month, You'll get 1 Single-chapter request containing 1 pairing, max of 4 pages
$25 per month: $2 option plus Every Month, You'll get 1 free single-chapter commission containing 1-3 pairings, max of 2 pages per character
$50 per month: $2 option plus Every Month, You'll get 1 free Multi-Chaper commission containing any number of pairings, max of 5 pages per chapter, max of 3 chapters

In order to receive the rewards, you must have paid. For example, since Patreon charges at the beginning of the month and if you pledge at the middle of the month, you won't be charged until the following month, which is when your rewards will start.

All rewards will be sent via email.

Notice there isn't anything too special other than early access and guaranteed commissions in the rewards, this is because I don't want to put my work behind a paywall and have fans of my work feel they need to pay me to see my work, they are more important to me than that.

What do you guys think of an audio version of each chapter? Basically I would upload the normal text for each chapter, but I would also have an audio file of me reading the chapter. Each character would have thier own voice for the dialog and I may be able to have some added sound effects as well.

Please comment here or note me saying what you think. I really want to know.

Thank you all so much for your interest in my work! I really appreciate it, no words can describe how good it makes me feel. I hope all of you continue to enjoy my work as much as you have so far and I will do my best to not disappoint you.

Today I celebrate my 32nd birthday, another year older in this world. I hope the next year is filled with fond memories and good experiences.

Please let me know what you think of how you like or dislike the difference between Ashchu's Rape and Ashchu and Son series. My intention is to keep improving and value any input I can get to make it better. Feel free to comment here, on any chapter, or even in notes. Every input I get is used to make my stories better.

I know I promised longer chapters and you'll probably won't notice until later chapters. There is one point where a new toy is introduced and I wanted the initiation to be restricted to a single chapter. However, before I knew it, the chapter was at 20 pages and not even close to being finished yet. To give you an idea of how long that is, the entire Ashchu's Rape story was 185 pages, so it would be like having 4 or 5 chapters of that in a single chapter with that comparison. That many pages makes me feel like the chapter was too long, so I found a good splitting point, while still making the chapter a good size.

I really want to give all of you readers a satisfying amount of material to read with each chapter, the only way I can effectively do that is by your input.

I also want to be upfront and honest with one thing, there is a series of chapters, 5 in a row at the time of this writing, that have watersports. I know that there are many people out there that do not like it, but I want to say it is temporary and will not last too much throughout the story. I do have plans for at least one chapter with Oral and Anal Vore, please know that I plan to minize those as well.

I still plan on doing an alternate version of some chapters to give those that enjoy scat and other less desirable things something they would enjoy. The alternate versions will only be posted on AO3 (Archive of Our Own, for those not familiar with the acronym) with a link in the description of the appropriate chapter on FA and IB.

TL;DR- Please provide input of what you think of the Ashchu and Son story series and if you like it better than Ashchu's Rape. Suggestions on improvement are more than welcome.

I know everyone is anxious for the next chapter, wondering just how I've changed things with this series. Well, the next chapter will be posted this week.

I am going to stick with the every other week posting schedule as this gives me plenty of time to write better, longer chapters, plus it extends how long it takes to post the full story.

I must say, the changes I made to the story makes me excited to write it again. With the last few chapters of Ashchu's Rape, it felt empty to me, like I was just going through the motions of writing the same thing and making small changes. Now, I can't wait to start writing in the morning, and continue after work.

I do enjoy reading your comments on the chapters, it makes me feel good that people are actually reading and enjoying them, please keep them coming.

TL;DR- New chapter of Ashchu and Son this week.

I have had a FN account for quite some time now and thought I might give it a try to start posting my work.

As a creator, it quickly drove me crazy. The design is simple enough, however, I do not like how they change the formatting of the description when you post it. Plus, when you post a journal, they require a Title, Description (What they call "Teaser"), and journal text. The description part should be interpreted from the Title and shouldn't be needed. The tag system is alright, but needs a lot of work. You can't have a thumbnail on a story, I think it is important to allow thumbnails on stories as a way to provide a warning of some of the content contained in the story.

That is just a sample of what I don't like about it. Maybe, in the future, when they changes things around, I'll try again. For now, I'll stick with FA, IB, and AO3. I might start posting on SoFurry, but not really sure yet.

I was browsing my google feed and came across something interesting. Apparently the original designers had another evolution for Pikachu called "Gorochu", but it was canned because of balance, plus they wanted to stick with 151 pokemon for gen 1. I would love to see some concept art for this evolution.

The article I saw is here: https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/.....-complete-with

Wow, I just noticed my page view count hit 9,000. Thank you so much for at least looking at my work. I hope all of you are enjoying it.

If my page view count hits 10,000, I am considering doing a special story to commemorate the milestone.

Just to let everyone know, in order to get rewards for the month of May from my Patreon, you must make your pledge in time to be charged by the 1st. Those that do not pay for the month will not be receiving the rewards.

My patreon is: https://www.patreon.com/jbwriting

I may be changing jobs in the near future. With everything happening at my current job, I've had it.

I had a phone interview this morning, which went well. Hopefully I'll get an email tomorrow saying they want a face to face interview. This new job has less responsibilty than my current job and pays more.

If I do get the job, I may or may not change my planned posting schedule for the Ashchu's Rape sequel, but will keep all of you updated on that.

Water leaking out from the bottom of both of my toilets...Landlord does nothing

Raw sewage leaking for over a week from a nearby manhole cover...Landlord notified by city he is responsible for fixing it...Landlord does nothing

Bathroom flooding due to a clogged pipe...Landlord does nothing

Furnace isn't working when it's below 0 outside...Landlord does nothing

Someone reports that I'm overloading an electrical socket (Which is not true, I may use power strips, but no more than 3 things are plugged into them at any given time, and only 1 strip per pair of outlets. Plus the landlord has had many inspections since I moved in to this place in September 2016, and never had any issue on a previous inspection, despite having the same things plugged in to the same outlets the entire time I've lived here.)...Landlord gives me 14-day notice and threatens eviction due to violation of lease

I swear my landlord hates me and I have no reason why. How is it that they only enforce the lease agreement when it suits them and ignore it when there is a serious problem?

I have decided to not put the sequel on hiatus. However, chapters will be posted every 2 weeks until I complete the series.

Each chapter is taking anywhere from 6-12 days to write, and some may take longer. Posting at this rate will ensure there isn't a break in the middle because I fall behind, or at least minimize it.

April 18 is when chapter 30 of Ashchu's Rape will be posted, which means the first chapter (Prologue Chapter) will be posted May 2.

At the end of March, the store manager where I work put in his 2-weeks notice, and his last day is April 13. After asking the person above him, they have no plan in place for a replacement, but think they can have someone within a couple of weeks.

So, this means the store I work at will not have an actual store manager for a while, just a couple of managers from nearby stores popping in now and then to check on things. Also, it means that my work schedule is about to get extremely chaotic and being made up on the fly.

I am expecting more delays in writing, but will continue to write as much as I can every day. This is part of the reason I'm advertising my support pages so much. If I can get enough support every month, I can actually quit my job and write full-time.

So, I finally got my computer working again. However, I had to use the reset process to do it, which means I lost all my apps I had installed and configured, so I have to go through all that again, ugh. On the up side, I still have all my files and windows settings intact.

First the bad news:

This morning after picking hubby up from work, my computer froze. Now it's having this issue when restarting where windows won't start and keeps trying to do the automatic repair. None of the automated repairs are working and currently trying to search the internet for some things to try and fix it. This also means that I'm going to have to wait to see the dentist about the recent issue mentioned in my last journal.

The Good News:

I am using my 7 year-old laptop, which I only use when my computer is having issues. I have all of my stories backed up on OneDrive, which means I can still write and continue posting the rest of Ashchu's Rape if I need to. So, even if I have to wipe my computer clean, at least those files are safe.

In short, life is kinda crappy for me right now, even though there are a few up sides, there are too many down sides.

Recently, I've been having some dental emergencies. One tooth was falling apart (literally) and they're putting a crown on it, another has so much decay they need to pull it, and another that needs a crown. Now, I have to go in again because some decay snuck in under an existing crown and is causing a bad infection, which I feel the pain all the way into my jaw bone.

I do everything I can to take care of my teeth, even trying different toothpastes, toothbrushes, and mouthwashes, but nothing seems to be working.

I'm guessing the dentists I saw in the military are to blame, all of these issues are teeth that they worked extensively on, which were not necessary at the time, and the work done was low quality. It seems that the only work that has held up from the military is when they sent me to a civillian dentist to get work done. My current dentist even comments that that work was beautifully done and no issues at all.

All of these issues is keeping me from writing the sequel as much as I would like, which means that it will be delayed longer. I'm trying to get work done on the sequel as fast as I can, since there's only this week and next week until the final chapter of Ashchu's Rape is posted.

Anyway, going to take some pain relievers and try to get some sleep so I can get up early and see the dentist first thing in the morning when they open.

Commissions are always open unless posted in another journal.

-I reserve the right to turn down commissions for any reason, however, I will provide the reason.

-I will never judge, even if I turn down a commission, meaning the worse I will say is “No”. It is rare that I turn down a commission, but it happens when I believe I cannot produce at a quality level that is expected.

-Feel free to send me a note, pm, telegram, etc.

-I use paypal as a last resort for payment, I primarily use QuickBooks for payments.

-Your first commission is full price, future commissions will have a 10% discount applied.

-I am willing to write stories involving underage characters, but there are certain things with that, that I feel uncomfortable with, which I will explain if it comes up.

-I know I have quite a bit of material involving scat, but I am not going to be doing much, if at all, anymore.

-As for content containing Vore, as this is also a subject that comes up very often, I am only going to touch on this in my personal projects for the time being.

-I have been asked for so much scat and vore in commissions, it actually started to make me cringe each time someone asked for it, this is why I’m staying away from them in commissions for the time being. I’m really hoping this is a phase and will go away in the future.

TL;DR: Until further notice, I will not be taking any commissions containing Scat or Vore. Underage characters are iffy, just ask and I will either say Yes or No, I will provide a reason every time I say No.

Will not write
-Scat
-Vore

The Ashchu's Rape sequel is coming along slowly, which still means there will be a delay in posting it. I keep running into writer's block with everything going on in my life and the only way for me to get anything written is to force it, which makes the quality of my work drop. A perfect example for this are these final chapters of Ashchu's Rape.

There is one thing I wanted to share with you about it. I am incorporating some aspects of my personality and the personality of those around me into a couple of characters, although it is not intentional, it kind of ended up that way. I guess the simplest explanation for it would be that these things dominate my mind in such a way that it intrudes on my creativity and is reflected in my writing.

A couple of examples so far would be a character that has my libido, while another character shows a bit of annoyance of such.

Another thing I must confess is that I know I made a promise that I wouldn't include watersports in the version posted here, but there is one situation that was so perfect for it, I couldn't resist.

A bit of good news though, I have recently quit smoking, but I switched to vaping. I know vaping isn't necessarily the best thing, but it is at least a step in the right direction. The flavors I get, I'm able to control the nicotine level in them, which means I can slowly ease off of it over time a lot more than smoking.

On a side note, Ashchu's Rape reached 10,000 views a couple of hours ago on Archive of Our Own, which I am very excited about.

Since tomorrow is April Fool's day, I would like to say that I'm not one of those people that will play those kinds of jokes when it comes to doing business.

That being said, nothing about opening pre-orders tomorrow is an April Fool's joke. It is just a coincidence that it was timed that way, nothing more.