IdeasGuy
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Announcement: Had a health scare which caused the delay.
🕑 Added 2025-03-24 16:44:17 +0000 UTCVery sorry for vanishing without any warning, but I hoped to have a little more information before I said anything. But it looks like I'm going to have to wait a bit longer for those answers.
To preface this -- I've been feeling a bit off for a couple of months now, with some stomach issues. It came to ahead on Sunday night and I had to take a trip to the ER. I am fine, they gave me some medication, and I'm making appointments to determine what exactly is the issue but we do know the most likely cause.
Stress.
My doctor told me that I really need to look to cutting out sources of stress, or this could be the start of a bad road health wise.
I have decided to take that advice and apply it in a number of ways.
As many of you know, I have maintained a full time job in addition to writing. I kept it because I never had much trouble balancing both, so it seemed smart to keep Patreon as the side gig. But, it has become clear that I can't balance them as well as I thought I could. The past few months at work have been an unmitigated shit show where everything that could possibly go wrong not only went wrong, but in the most spectacular fashion. As such, it has accounted for a good 90% of my stress levels, so in the next month or so, I will be quitting my job.
I don't really know the effect that will have on my patron, but they will probably be good things.
Additionally, because work has gotten completely out of hand, my backlog has gotten to thin to nonexistent for some of my stories. Which it a bit problem for me as I like to bounce between stories so I always come into them feeling fresh. I like to have a backlog of about ten chapters or so, which allows me to bounce around and give me time to write some snippets on the side so the creative juices are always flowing. However, for the past sixish months, I've been down to the wire and sometimes finish chapters the day before they are posted.
Which is a pretty big cause of stress for me. So, I'm going to look to get my backlog where it should be, which means you probably won't see an explosion of content on the patreon for a bit. Or there could be a time where I suspend payments for a month and just write my little heart out. It completely depends on what the test results reveal and what treatment is nessecary. At this stage, I have no idea, which is why I wanted to wait until I had more information.
On that same general note -- I am rethinking the Monday slot a bit. I like the idea of alternating between Best of Intentions and A Golden Path, but I have come to dislike how I approached it. It's caused confusion pretty much from day one and, while it was a decent way to stretch out my backlog, that has become a moot point since there is no backlog to speak of for either story.
As such, going forward, there will be the tradional 4 updates for each story when they are posted. So, instead of 2 chapters for each story on Monday, it would work like this: Monday 1, 4 chapters of AGP are uploaded in addition to the public chapter. On Monday 2, 4 chapters of BoI are uploaded. They still alternate, but otherwise, they are the same as my other stories.
And I think that's everything. Sorry again for going silent without warning, but I only got the call today about my initial test results. I didn't know what kind of news I was going to get, and I wanted to have at least some answers before I posted anything, if that makes sense. I will keep you all informed if the situation changes.
Comments
Forsee2
Hope you recover and feel better on the future.
ADDM2017
Vi este mensaje tuyo cuando fue posteado, no sabia que decir en ese momento, eres uno de mis autores favoritos, tu trabajo a la hora de escribir es de una calidad que no se encuentra fácilmente, se nota que haz invertido una cantidad astronómica de tiempo y esfuerzo en estas cosas, me entristece que dicho esfuerzo finalmente alcanzará un punto en que afecte directamente tu salud física y mental. Así que ahora, después de varias semanas espero que te estés tomando con calma las cosas, que hayas sacado algo de dinero para relajarte en alguna playa cálida, un Bosque tranquilo o simplemente irte de Juerga a una discoteca (no se como pasas tu tiempo libre, así que solo estoy mencionado lo que se me viene a la mente), disfrutando de tu tiempo libre sin historias, trabajo o preocupaciones, nosotros te estaremos esperando aquí, hasta que te mejores y sientas que es seguro para ti escribir lo que te gusta.
danial harris
Please take your time and hope you get better
DragonShark-Eater
Hope that everything goes well for you
Enjou
Health scares always suck, but I'm glad to hear it's something you can solve by quitting your job. Which also means writing full time. That you can afford to do that is a testament to your efforts and skill as a writer. So get better, take care of yourself, and congratulations on quitting your crappy, stressful job!
cybersage
Hope you get better 🙏
Deontez Carroll
Best wishes I hope you get better
Sam Greer
Happy to hear from you and glad you have it under control
Kimvan
Glad to hear from you, and hope you get better.
Trevor Fuhlman
Best wishes, I hope you feel better soon.
Eldar Zecore
Take care of yourself man! I wish you the best
Basilmat
Fingers crossed that there are no long term impacts for you!
pyropyro
I hope things get better bro, we understand how crazy things can get
tristan_yeomwing
Hope you get better soon king!
xNoReadNoLifex
Hope you get better.
NotSoArtsy
Health comes first. Hope you get good news
Jamie Celtic
Dont need to apologise your health always comes first, hopefully it improves in the future
Mr Socks
You take care of you, king. We got your back!
Zero00heroes
Praying it’s nothing serious but you’re health comes first do what you need to and know your not alone in this
James French
Hopefully you get good results man!
Pearl of the Orient
Get well first. We can wait
SiriusProblem55
Hope you feel better soon!
Sir Gideon Ofnir - the All-Knowing
Your health should come first, hope that the new schedule will help you with your recovery.
EC Wolf
Hope fortune favors you for the trials you're going to face my man
Clemens
I hope it won't be anything serious. Take all the time you need your health should be your primary concern going forward. I wish you good news and an easy recovery.
David Ford
Best wishes. You should consider cross posting Legends Never Die to Royal Road, i feel like it would do well there and you might see your patreon see some real growth, I know I would pay twice what you charge for 2 chapters of it a week
Mike
I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Remember that your health and wellness is paramount, take all the time you need
Magus
No worries mate. Taking care of yourself should always be your first priority. With that said I look forward to seeing your return.
AlthePal
I’m so sorry to hear about what you’ve been going through. I hope you are able to recover quickly and fully mate <3 Thank you for letting us know, I really appreciate that. Also, I know it isn’t just me that feels this, please take as much time as you need to manage your health and stress mate. As much as I love and look forward to your stories, you gotta take care of yourself first before you spoil us with goodies xD
Sir M
Thank you for the update and I hope your health continues to improve.
The_Flexorcist
I hope you'll be fine man, hopefully it isn't any permanent damage caused to you and I wish you a speedy recovery
DarkDrifter
Glad to hear you are alright and best of luck going forward
Mioismoe
No problem man, take care of your health and look after yourself
Blitz
Feel better dude, I wish you luck
