Short answer no. Long answer, yes with some caveats. I still have scraps of different stories, some sexual and some not, scattered all around. I have several versions of Jaska's backstory reaching as far back as 2002 when I had chosen a different name for him (Warner) which really did not fit. I want to focus on a more cohesive backstory that doesn't rely on knowledge of other cultures or fall into too many tropes. Jaska has been a Gary Stu for so long, that I'm having trouble removing myself from him so he can stand on his own. The last story I finished was about me allowing myself to disengage from a damning and toxic relationship. Other story pieces I had written and not finished were about the people I met or briefly dated in the time afterwards, but I wasn't happy at all with how close-to-life they were. There just wasn't enough imagination, and if I may repeat myself, I want to separate Jaska from reality. I can insert my thoughts in other ways than making him feel what I'm feeling at the moment. In the long run, I want to create a cast of characters that I can deliver small story bites, long-read novels, and team up with artists or animators to present my visions in a multitude of ways to connect with as many people as I can. In order to do that, it can't be about me as much as it is about my vision. To get THERE, I need to look further ahead than my moment-to-moment thoughts. So that's what I'm working on. A cohesive vision for where Jaska is going to go that's not as fluid as human whim. I've done co-writing, I've ghost written, and I have given up on my own plot lines because they relied too much on where I was personally and weren't where I was later on.

Secondly, I'm not going to write under any more pen names. No more Hans or James or Nicholas, no more internet handles. I want my writing to stand up enough to put my own name on it. If I never develop my writing enough to have the confidence to put my name on a piece, then so be it. But that's my hope.