I''m back baby! It''s been many months of bad health, bad luck, and so many adjustments. I should reassure you all, I don''t have anything life threatening so I didn''t and won''t drop dead. However, insomnia, anxiety, and bad stress tolerance has a way of getting to a person when left alone for long enough, especially if there''s more problems added to the pile over time.


    Like having to drop out of uni. That was a hard blow but not one I can''t recover from. If anything I think it saved me a lot of pain by nipping it in the bud early so to speak. The career I wanted to pursue just wasn''t a good fit, and pushing myself towards that goal was right out unhealthy. One problem after the next piled up because I couldn''t solve one before two new were cropping up, and at the end of the day I became a burned out wreck dreading having to wake up to another day where I would overwork myself. I shan''t go into details too much though, mostly because it''s private stuff but also because you all are here to read some good ol fantasy and not to listening to a sad sap vent on the internet.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    But know that I''m doing better now. Skilled doctors with wonderful life advice, a few months on medication to let me get back into sleeping for more than 3 fitful hours a night, and a whole lot of therapy has set me back on the track to recovery. I consider myself healthy enough again to be able to run a few projects again. I missed writing. The time I spent on "break" also let me learn a whole lot of new things to make writing easier. I have a planned plot now. An actual timeline for things so I don''t get stuck on what to do. Previously I just had a vague idea of direction and ending, but it turns out that that''s not a good way to write a book. I wish they would have taught me the wonders of planning a book properly in school.


    So now I return to the world of the living with new methods, better circumstances, and a few pre-written chapters to avoid the stress of a looming deadline. Releasing a chapter as soon as it''s written is o so very tempting but not healthy for the author in the long run. You need to keep some spare chapters to release so you can take a break when you need it without falling behind.


    That said, thank you for listening to me rave for a moment and please enjoy the new chapter.