Hello everybody! ^^

So I've been away for quite a while now, decided to take another extended break from the fandom and social media because real life stuff needed to take some priority for a while.

I kind of feel like after the shitification of Twitter, my interest in being on social media platforms has dwindled significantly, While I will keep my Bluesky and Mastodon accounts active, you're probably more likely to find me here than you are there.

I'm sorry If you've been trying to contact me in all this time I have been away, I will do my best to respond to as many messages I can but there's a lot of them so if you don't hear from me, just gimme another poke. My ADHD makes me seem a little aloof at times due to forgetfulness and really poor organisational skills but I do love hearing from you all ^^

Another big reason for my absence is me trying to get my shit together IRL, I have been focusing primarily on my studies and my non-furry writing projects which sadly results in me neglecting my furry content a little, but fear not, I am planning to go through my big ol' folder of unfinished stories and deciding which ones to restart, finish or scrap, which should keep me nice and busy. haha.

Anyways, that's about it for updates.
Much love and hugs to you all~

Jay

Hello there, everyone!

So in addition to being on Mastodon I am now on Bluesky as well, just to cover both bases. Actually, I ended up with two Bluesky accounts because there was a weird bug with the first one that wouldn't allow me to set my age or enable adult content. I'll use both once that issue is fixed (The latter becoming an AD account) but until then you can find me over here:

https://bsky.app/profile/jayfaefox.bsky.social


Also, in other news from tomorrow I'll be away for a week, myself and my partner (and the dog) are going on a little trip up north. I'll of course be bringing my laptop and phone so I can still be online intermittently in some capacity but just be aware I may be very slow to respond to comments, messages etc.

If the place we're staying has Wi-Fi I may even be able to upload something I've been working on that is basically finished, so keep your eyes out for that, hehe.

Anyway, that's all for the updates. Hope you're all having a super awesome day! :3

Much love,
Jay <3

Hey there everyone! ^^

This little fairy fox turned 32 years old today! Damn I feel old now, haha.

I actually distinctly remember my mother being this age when I was a kid. I remember going with my sister to the shop to get the candles in the shape of a 3 and a 2 to put on her birthday cake, so it feels a little surreal to be that age myself right now ^^;

Also, in other news, expect two new uploads very soon! The stories are basically finished, they just need a few edits and they're good to go! I had a lot of fun with these two so I hope you like them when they're up! :3

Much love and lots of hugs,
Jay

Hey all,

Just a quick update to say that I'm on Mastadon now:
https://macrofurs.social/@JayFairyFox

I just don't enjoy Twitter anymore, it was never perfect but over this past year it has been going further and further downhill and this X shit is kind of the final nail in the coffin. Figured I'd set up elsewhere and Mastadon seems like quite a friendly little place. I'll still check twitter from time to time while it still exists but I won't be on there regularly anymore. Felt it best to jump ship before the ship completely sinks, ya know? :p

Much love,
Jay

Hi everyone,

So following on from my last journal, I just want to reiterate that I have no intention of leaving FA, I've been here in some shape or form for over a decade now and despite not fully agreeing with the new changes I will always consider it my main online home when it comes to my furry self.

That being said, I have been exploring other websites to use as secondary places so people who may have left FA can still find me and vice versa. I joined Itaku but as I have already moaned about to a lot of you, it isn't a platform for writers at all. Thankfully, some of you pointed me in the direction of SoFurry.com and I've gotta say, it's probably the most story and writer-friendly site for furies I have seen so far. Not as active as I might like but the user interface is nice and easy to get used to and it's probably going to be my secondary place to post things.

I've uploaded a couple of my more popular stories on there to see how they do and if anyone wants to follow me over there, feel free to do so, it's: https://jayfairyfox.sofurry.com/

I do like that you can create and upload actual covers for your stories on there, had to create a couple for the ones I uploaded which was fun!

Anyway, that's all for now, hehe.
If anyone wants the link to my Itaku, feel free to ask but it's going to be a very empty page!

Much love,
Jay!

Hey there everyone!
Been a little while since my last journal entry and figured there was stuff to talk about.

So first things first, the recent FA policy update. I've been keeping rather quiet on this subject because as a writer, the new rule changes on FA don't directly affect me.

That being said, it will affect me in a more indirect sense because it's affecting friends of mine as well as artists I have been following and enjoying the work of for quite some time. Since this update was announced I've been quite disheartened to see so many people say they are leaving and creating accounts elsewhere but I completely understand and respect your reasons for doing so. The uncertainty of it all must be very upsetting and I'd give you all a nice big hug if I could.

This website has always felt like the main hub of the fandom, it's a place I have always felt at home, a place I have made some amazing friends and it's been a bit of an online sanctuary for many of us over the years. Those of you who are leaving as a result of all this, I wish you all the best and will miss you dearly.

Personally I intend to stick around, I've never been great with uploading to multiple sites and prefer to have just the one place to keep my work if possible. That and building a following as a writer of macro micro smut is errr.. Slow, to say the least ^^; so I don't particularly love the idea of starting fresh elsewhere. Though if too many of my friends end up leaving for good, I may need to reconsider this as it just won't be the same without them.

For now I guess I'm just going to wait and see what happens. If for whatever reason I do feel I need to find a new home for my stories then I'll be sure to let you all know. :3 ❤️

Now, onto general life and story news.
I have finished the first module of my Open University course and the second doesn't start for a couple of months which has left me with a nice chunk of free time to work on some new stories and finish unfinished ones (when I can pull myself away from playing Tears of The Kingdom anyway, I must admit I have found myself becoming slightly addicted to it, hehe) so expect some new uploads from me in the near future~

With regards to commissions etc. I still don't really feel I'm in the right place to open them up again just yet, though will absolutely let everyone know when that changes. I'm still open to the occasional trade here and there as I find them a lot less stressful but yeah, commissions may need to wait a little longer. ^^;

And that's about it for now, I guess!
Hope you all have a super awesome day~

Peace, Love and Snugs.
Jay

Hello hello and a belated happy new year to you all!

I hope you all had an awesome festive period and that 2023 is off to a good start for everyone.
I figured since I have been gone for so long (AGAIN!), a little update journal was in order.

I don't want to make this another “Sorry for yet another prolonged absence” journal.. though I will now quickly do just that, haha. Again, it's not down to me avoiding any of you, I've just been dealing with a lot of mental and general life stuff. Thank you to everyone who has stuck around with me throughout all of this, I appreciate you all and will endeavour to get back to as many of you who messaged me over the past few months as possible.

What I said in previous journals stays true, I do really enjoy chatting to you all and would love to make more friends in the fandom, I've just been dealing with the aforementioned 'stuff' for the past year which has made me notably more introverted than I once was (and I was already pretty introverted to begin with, hehe). In more positive news though, I am now seeking actual help rather than just isolating myself so one step at a time, I guess.

Right, now the real talk stuff is out of the way, onto more positive things!

Firstly, I am starting to feel my motivation to write return!
It's been over a year since my last story on here so about bloody time, eh?
Got a couple of projects in the works already so expect to see those within the next month~

Also, I am studying again! Started an Open University course, which I think has helped me get back into writer mode. (This may mean I'm a little busier than usual during the week but again, I'm going to try to stay put this time rather than running away again, so don't be afraid to get in touch. :3)

Aaaand lastly, I've been working on a particular passion project of mine, it's not furry related so not super relevant for the journal but it's going surprisingly well and I am uncharacteristically optimistic about it, so thought I'd add it to the positives, hehe.

Wanted to finish up by giving a huge thank you to everyone who faved my stories and watched me while I was away (just in case I don't get around to thanking you personally), always a nice little ego boost to come back to! ;p

Much love to you all,

Jay

Deleted that last journal,
It was just me being the same self-pitying grumpy butt that I have been for the past year now, if I'm to get out of this cycle of negativity I need to actually make changes!
Firstly, this method of disappearing from the internet for months on end needs to stop. Yes, mental health breaks are helpful, but when a huge part of what is causing me to feel the way I do is loneliness then why the hell am I isolating myself and depriving myself of social interactions? That's just not a logical solution to the problem. I happen to really enjoy my interactions with others on this site, on twitter, on Telegram etc, in fact they're pretty much the only social interaction I get outside of my immediate household due to my current personal circumstances. I have missed chatting and goofing around with you all, it made me happy and I could really do with some happiness right about now. So rather than wallow as I have been, I'm going to make a conscious effort to break the cycle I've found myself in.

Much love to you all <3

Hi again, everyone!

Thought I'd update you all on how I'm doing and such after my semi-return to being active again last week.

First of all I just want to thank those of you who got in touch after my last journal. It really meant a lot. I'm still not 100% but you've all been so sweet and I really appreciate it. <3

I intend to log back into Telegram again for the first time in several months later on today, so if I have you on there and you have attempted to message me in the last four months or so,  don't be surprised if you receive a very apologetic message from me regarding my disappearance.

I think just having some friends to talk to, not necessarily about my mood but just general conversation will be helpful, I've been lonely as heck these last few months which hasn't helped my overall mood much, so I could really do with some friendly conversation and chill vibes. Feel free to message me if you don't hear from me on there, I'm always happy to chat to you all, even those who don't have me on Telegram, my notes are open to ya. :3 <3

I am a bit reluctant to return to Twitter, mostly because it tends to make me feel worse more often than not. I'm not quitting it, I just plan to use it a bit less frequently than I was before, at least for a while, I'll check DMs and such still :3

And I guess that's it on the update front, thank you all again <3

Peace, Love and tailwags.

Jay~

Hey all!
Been a while, huh?

As some of you may have noticed, I've not been particularly active on here or anywhere for the past several months. I just wanted to post a quick journal regarding that, just because I don't want anybody to worry.

As I have probably mentioned before in previous journals, I have this unhealthy habit of withdrawing and isolating myself when I get depressed, always have. This can result in long periods of absence online.

I don't really have much of a support network or anyone to confide in about it, my family live super far away and I haven't got any friends to turn to, so sometimes these periods of absence can last longer than I might like.

However, I just want to let anyone that might have been worried or concerned know that I am okay. Trying to focus on finding work and my more personal writing projects at the moment. Yes, I'm depressed, but I'm physically fine and I'm managing my mental health as best as I can.

I do intend to slowly reintegrate myself back into all of this again rather than jumping headfirst back into it as I did before, I got quite overwhelmed last time which lead me to isolating myself yet again ^^; so this time, small steps, so don't expect to see me on Twitter just yet, but I'll be here and I'll brave Telegram soonish, just need to prepare to apologize profusely to everyone who has tried to contact me since I left without warning ^^;

Also, a quick but sincere thank you to everyone who has faved my old stories and watched me during my absence, I'd thank you all personally but heck, that's a lot of faves! Thank you all! o.o

Thank you all for reading.

Peace, Love and Fluffy Hugs
Jay

Hey there everyone,

Sorry it took me so long to post this one, meant to post this once I got back from my little birthday adventures - apparently turning 30 wasn't as scary as it seemed in my head!
But I've been super busy with job interviews (none of which I was successful in sadly, but I won't let that deter me too much) as well as general life stuff which has meant I've been quite absent online, particularly in places like Twitter and Telegram, apologies to anyone waiting on replies for me on either of these platforms, I will get back to you all as soon as I can! I'm not ignoring or avoiding anybody and love the socks off all of ya! <3

As for more writing-related updates, I've been thinking of writing some shorter stories in between my longer projects, just to stay somewhat consistent as I know it's usually months in between uploads from me. I want to be a bit more frequent so I'll think up something to keep the content coming. I have like eight unfinished projects that I need to go back to and actually finish when I get the chance but that could take a while, so having shorter stories to work on in between would at least provide me some variety.

I've also been considering re-opening commissions for the first time in forever, probably starting next week unless anything comes up. Keep in mind I'll only be able to take on about two at a time because any more than that would frankly be overwhelming for a little fairy like me! (They need to start making tiny fairy sized keyboards, hopping on all these keys individually is a real workout! Hehe! X3)
But yeah, if anyone is interested feel free to message me for more info.

Also, going back to my first point again, I really would like to reiterate how sorry I am to those of you I haven't spoken to in a while or have lost contact with over the past couple of years, 2020 and this year have been a real pain in the butt for all of us, so I'm sure you can understand where I'm coming from when I say my mental health hasn't been in the best place. I have a tendency to shut off and withdraw when things get a bit too much, then I get too scared to restart conversations with people due to the fear that they're mad at me for disappearing on them (which they would be well within their right to be, honestly). It's a pretty viscous cycle that I need to get myself out of, because I would absolutely love to have more friends in this community and love to get to know so many of you better.

Anyway, with that out of the way, I hope you're all having a fantastic day and hope you have a fantastic tomorrow too!

Peace, Love and good vibes.
Jay.

Gooood morning/afternoon/evening depending on your timezones, everyone.

Just wanted to say a big thank you for the faves and watches I have received since posting my last couple of stories. It means a lot to me that you're all enjoying them! :3

So yes, onto announcements.
As the title probably suggests, it's my birthday next week. I'll be turning 30 which is kind of terrifying, I've not been handling this fact particularly well but sadly, the power to reverse time is not a power this little fairy fox has. I guess it doesn't change all that much though so I really shouldn't be this upset about it.

But in order to better cope with the situation, me and my partner are going to be going on a little trip, with plenty of booze procured, as one would expect!
So I won't be around next week, so just a heads up if you are waiting on a reply to anything ^^;

Anyway, that's about it on the update front.
Hope you all have a fantastic day Nd remember you are all amazing ^^


Peace, love and happy thoughts
Jay

Hey again everyone,

Kind of a followup from my last journal but also just to update you all on where I'm at with the whole "writin' thing wot I do".
So firstly, a confession. Due to the mental state I was in during my time away, I'm afraid I didn't really have the motivation to do much in the way of anything, that being said I do have some stories that are near completion (and have been for quite a long time now) so I'll work on finishing and uploading them first, then work my way through some of the planned stories on my list of strange ideas.

Regarding commissions as I have had a few notes asking about this, I will probably start taking them again in the near future, I just have to work through this backlog a little first. This applies to story/art trades as well, though I'm always happy to hear your ideas for those if you're interested at all! ^^

And I'm also going to be tidying up my older stories a little, I'd noticed a few typos here and there when reading them back and so I have decided I'm going to do a bit of editing on them (mostly my older stories) just to make sure everything is readable and makes sense. I need to make sure to do this before uploading in the first place in future ^^;

Anyway, that's all for now, hope you are all having a fantastic day and I'll see you all in the next one~

Peace, Love and Sweet Green Tea
Jay

Hi everyone,
(Writing this on my phone so please forgive any typos or autocorrect shenanigans)

Sorry for yet another "Back from long hiatus due to low mood" journal.

Life stuff and general lockdown depression got to me again, and especially not being able to see my family for the holidays because of it, really left me feeling crappy.

Now some time has passed and I'm managing a bit better, I think easing myself back into things while I'm still working on my mood and circumstances would be a better course of action, rather than attempting to leap straight back into things.

As a result, I'm going to be making a conscious effort to be online a little more, it still won't be as frequent as I might like but that'll increase with time. :3

Also I would like to apologise to anyone who might have been worried by my
unannounced hiatus and thanks to those of you who messaged me, sorry it took so long for me to respond to you all, I was on a break from pretty much everything but my emails because job hunting. ^^;

Also, a big thank you for the watches and faves I have received while away, they are very much appreciated. <3

Aaaand that's about it, I hope you have all been well, I know these times are super stressful for just about everyone so big hugs all round.

I look forward to chatting and such with you all again, I've missed you all! X3


Peace, love and Fairy Sparkles~
Jay

Hi there everyone, (writing this on my phone so apologies for any autocorrect errors)

So I said I'd be back in a week... About three weeks ago! ^^; Yeah, I guess I needed longer than I thought I did. While things aren't exactly perfect (being unemployed at this time of year is never a good thing) I am feeling a lot better in myself than I was when I wrote my last journal.

I'm the kind of person who usually prefers to withdraw and deal with my problems alone. Mostly because I don't want to burden others with my problems, especially when most of us are having a pretty crappy time this year as it is, me being a mopey misrry-guts around them is the last thing they need!

That being said, it was thanks to those of you reaching out and checking on me that helped me realize that isolating myself was just making me feel lonely and as a result making me feel even worse. I want to thank you all for the support and sorry to those I haven't gotten round to responding to yet, I will be going on a bit of a reply spree later. You're all amazing and I wish I could hug you all! :3

And so I'm back and shall resume where I left off, I have a story that is basically finished ( and that I should have posted about a month ago, but then all this happened and it kind of fell by the wayside >.<) so I'll get to editing that right away and upload it as soon as I can.

Regarding Halloween, I had wanted to write a fun Halloween story or a follow-up to last year's Halloween story for you all but given that the day itself is only a few days away and I haven't even planned it with everything going on, I'm afraid it's unlikely there will be anything for the occasion this year.. I'll think up something horror themed yet my usual brand of macrophilic goodness to make up for it though. Open to suggestions! ^.~

What else have I been up tooo?.. Well I have taken up tie-dyeing as a hobby as well and I'm not too bad at it. I know it's a little out of season now, being almost winter and all but I may be uploading photos of my projects to my scraps folder in future :3

And that's about it for updates I guess ^^ Thank you all again for being patient with me and for the support following my last journal. Sorry if I worried anyone with my disappearance. Much love to you all :3 ❤️

Jay~

Hi everyone,

Firstly, sorry again for the lack of activity on here lately, things have been pretty uncool in the world of Jay lately.

As those of you who follow me on Twitter are likely already aware, I lost my job a couple of weeks ago due to Coronavirus. My job pretty much relied on the public accessing the building for support but it was a very small building where social distancing wasn't really possible, as such we were seeing so few clients that layoffs needed to be made and sadly I was one of them. It sucks, I'm upset, but there's nothing I can really do about it, I'm unemployed again.

I haven't been coping as well as I probably should be, spending most of my time moping around and applying for new jobs at the moment. Given I'm such a misery guts right now I've been taking a break from my online activities on here, Twitter, other social medias, messengers etc. Just the internet in general really. Sorry for not letting you all know sooner, just thought I should post a journal to let you all know that I'm alive and relatively well considering.

Going to be away for another week I reckon, I'll be back before ya know it :3

Goooood morning/afternoon/evening everyone (depending on time zones as well as when/if you read this).

You may have noticed my story output has been nigh on nonexistent over the past few months and for that I can only apologize and assure you that stories are very much in the works. It's just with everything going on in the world right now and all this uncertainty, it has been difficult to really focus on my hobbies quite as much. I was hoping to have a new story that is pretty much finished up and available by last weekend but then work decided to be extra hectic ^^; but this week coming I hope to get all my half-finished works completed.

So I have a week off work now because it's my birthday on Tuesday, normally I'd be at least a little excited by this but having a bit of an existential crisis the closer I get to the big 30, this is going to be the last year of my 20s coming up and it feels like it's come way too soon ;~; not to mention the options of things to do are somewhat limited due to a certain global pandemic going on, so it's probably gonna be a quiet one filled with Netflix and rum. Lots of rum. Far too much rum in fact so apologies in advance to my telegram contacts for any nonsensical rambling that may or may not occur.

But yes, the short version: expect new stories very soon and also "Help! I'm getting old and I don't like it!" :p

Jay

Hi there, lovely journal readers.

Sorry I've not been all that active on here lately (barring my last story post of course). I've been going through a lot in my personal life and my motivation and overall mood aren't quite 100%. In short, I've found myself in a bit of a slump. I'm hoping that this will pass soon and I'll be back to my usual peppy self but I felt it was important to explain my absences both on here and on messengers.

I know I said I was hoping to reopen commissions at some point soon (and that remains true!) but with my current depressive stint I'm finding it difficult to muster up the motivation to work on even my own projects. As such commissions are remaining on hiatus for now, though I may be able to offer the odd slot here and there depending on the IRL situation, I'll tweet and post journals when I am able to do these so it's not a full hiatus in that regard.

I just wanted to apologize for this and thank you for your patience if you were among those who were interested. Stay tuned, I will be doing what I can when I can :3

Oh and I'll keep art trades open, I know they aren't really as much of a thing these days but I guess that's a good thing in this instance, hehe, but if interested, I'm all ears, just be aware that I may be a teensy bit slower than I might normally be.

Anyway, with that long ramble out of the way, thank you for reading and I'll update again as soon as I can. Stay awesome and bye bye ❤️

I go away for a few days and come back and FA has gone and had a glow-up!
Given that it had looked roughly the same since my late teens, this is going to take some adjustment but it's looking pretty cool so far! Looks a lot more modern and it works properly on mobile devices now, no more having to zoom in and out on my phone's screen when I'm browsing on the go!

But yes, a late but no less "Happy New Year!" to you all, sorry I haven't been all that active as of late, the Christmas and new year periods can be quite chaotic at the best of times! That and I have a very needy yet adorable as heck puppy to care for which is taking up a lot of my free time. Forgot what a pain housetraining could be! Thank the stars for stain remover! @.@

So I guess a little update is in order, as some of you know I wrote some commissions for the first time ever in late November and early January and they were quite well received so I'm looking to re-open again soon (and will likely do more than three slots this time as they went quicker than I had imagined they would. I'll announce here and on Twitter when they're open again and how many I'm offering so keep your eyes peeled.

I will say I've been spending a lot more time on Twitter than FA lately, I do enjoy both and will continue to use both (work is always going to be posted here) but if you're ever trying to reach me to chat and stuff, probably easier if you message me over there, you'll get a much quicker response, hehe.

Annnnd that's about it for info there.
As per usual, I appreciate all of you and think you're awesome! Here's hoping for a joyous 2020 for us all :3

Jay

Hey there everyone,

Not gonna be around for the next couple of days so I just wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas (or whatever wintery festivities you celebrate or take part in if you don't celebrate Christmas) and I will see you all very soon.

Much love to you all ❤️
Jay

So we picked the little fluffer up today after weeks of waiting! He's very sweet, I'll no doubt be posting photos at some point this week. At the moment he's all tuckered out from playing and sleeping in his bed next to me, making the cutest little sleepy squeaks.

EDIT- Final slot filled! Next comission slots will be up after these have been completed! Or if anyone backs out :3

Greetings and salutations folk of the furry variety,

As stated before, I'm trialing story commissions and two of the three slots have already been claimed, just awaiting further info and payment, so just one more slot of the three remaining. Wasn't expecting responses quite so quick so I may need to increase the next lot of slots to four or five. X3

If anyone is interested in grabbing that last slot CLICK HERE for info and pricing. Hit me up with a note or Twitter DM if you want to claim it, next slots will become available after all current commissions are complete.

Buh byes~
Jay

'Ello :3

It has just dawned on me that I've recently gotten to and passed 100 watchers here on FA, something I never actually imagined would happen! Just wanted to say a big thank you to you all, old and new and it means a whole lot to me that you like my work enough to want to follow it. I appologize that it has been a little less frequent as of late, a slight bout of depression and some real life issues have been getting in the way of it all, but hoping to get back into the swing of things real soon.

So once again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all so so much <3 You're all amazing and I'd hug you all if I could :3

In other news, I'm open for story commissions now, three slots available, find out more info here - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33671584/

Jay

Not that I expect many if any responses, but free hugs and feel free to ask me things, or even just a chat. It gets quite lonely on here :<

Hey there everyone,

Put my current projects on hold temporarily because I wanted to do some fun Halloween themed stories (yes, plural), it is spooktober afterall.

I have a few ideas I'm toying with but wanted to ask my readers what sort of things they might like to see. I figured some ideas might get those inspirational juices flowing :3

Jay