Hey all!

I've been pretty inconsistent with things in so far as updates go. With story creation too.

I would apologize, but that's life sometimes, right? I won't go into too much detail as I prefer to keep spheres of my life separated to a degree, but I do in fact have a busy life outside this community and, at the end of the day, those elements of my life take priority. Without going into more detail than I wish to give, I am a married man (17 years together. Not married, just years together ^^). I have a professional career which requires a lot of attention and that I care greatly about. My wife has been back in college for a new pathway and I've been supporting her by taking care of the house, cooking meals so she can focus on school work, and doing odd yard work through the on season to pay for her tuition so we don't take on any debt. We're also looking to buy our first house in a few months (fingers crossed). So there's a lot.

If ever I go quiet for a bit, it's most likely that I am giving needed attention there. I'll be back. We just have to move where needed when it's needed.

Also, I actually only found out a few months ago, through an official diagnosis, that I have ADHD and General Anxiety Disorder. That explains a lot of things and I wish I knew about this sooner than my dang mid thirties. >_> In fact, finding out so late in the game sort of left me bitter and worried for a spell. That required some processing. That said, figuring this out, and getting medication (did you know that constant anxious thoughts and nervousness isn't normal? Me either!) has been very helpful. Not only in just the general knowing myself and my brain chemistry, but also of managing all the things I care about. Creativity included.

Anyway, enough about all that for now. Let's talk about what's going on with my community creations, shall we? ^^

While writing pieces slowed down for a bit there, I took time to write down in a document all the various ideas I had and series I wanted to work with at the time of making it. It totaled out to well over a hundred ideas and those were just the ones at that moment. New ones have already joined in the weeks since making that list. It's both exciting and intimidating, but mostly exciting.

As said, I have a ton going on in my life. I've been working on some ways to make it all balance and get back to things here as well. Once I got going with picking out a handful of ideas, the girls of Lucky Star and the many ideas I already had came right back up. I started with them after all. Better yet, Tamae, Snow Powder, Rabbit Queen, and others all shared my enthusiasm and made some of their own ideas to add to my own, some you may have seen, other I know have been kept under wraps for now, and have been chatting with me to further expand the tales with those girls. Season 2 is well under way now. ^_^

I mean, sometimes I feel like I've given the Lucky Star girls more attention than the original author (290 pages on the season 1 PDF), might as well keep it going.

Across this coming year I want to write quite a few tales from my Season 2 plans. I also intend to get back to my original novel On That Road which takes inspiration from what I've done before, but having mapped out 30 or so chapters, I can assure you, Patia's journey is its own unique story. Between character designs created by a combination of community artists who wanted to support the project and the ideas I have, I'm very excited to get more with that.

I've also got a lot of other ideas like I mentioned from that list and some stories that have work started in the background. More with: Precure (various seasons), Cardcaptor Sakura (I Don't Think We're in Tomoeda has a fair bit planned, among other ideas), Little Goody Two Shoes, Play of the Game, and more.

My current goal is to get at least one new chapter to you all each week. Though, one to paid platforms, one to the public, as well as uploading the art with a public tale wherever I can once it is put out for all to read. So I hope you'll all support me as I'm giving my best!