Hello Dear Readers,

This isn't an episode, just an important update regarding the future of Ava.

You may have noticed I did not post on Thursday or Friday. Unfortunately, my life will no longer allow me to publish Ava at the rate I have been - not ideal timing, what with being on Rising Stars and whatnot, but there's nothing I can do.

After 3 months of posting to RR I've failed to earn a single new Patron. I had hoped I would perhaps being making a little bit of money by now, but since that hasn't happened I can't really justify the time I spend writing this story. I wish my life would allow me to pursue this as a hobby, but I'm just a simple artist who was born into a capitalistic hellscape and I have a baby who needs stuff. So I'm forced to find some extra work outside the home instead of staying home with him and writing Ava.

But to be completely honest there's another huge reason I'm struggling to advance this story right now.

After the most recent massacre in Texas, I'm having a very difficult time writing about the kids. I mean, Ava has a gun. Everyone has guns. It makes my eyes sting just thinking about writing violence happening to or perpetrated by children, right now.

So all that said, this is essentially a note to let you know I'm slowing things way down. In the short term, I won't be posting any updates to this story over the next few weeks. I have some other, lighter-hearted stories I'd like to work on and I may share them here.

And I'll be spending some time editing Ava, but likely just to get the story ready for Kindle. I'll have to decide if it's worthwhile to keep posting here or if I simply want to go straight to ebook from now on. The serialization I'm doing on RR is much more work than writing novels would be, so that's something I have to consider.

In any event, thank you all so much for reading. I've learned a lot about writing LitRPG and writing for RR, specifically. My goal is to one day have a long-running serial here, but I'm just not sure Ava is going to be it.

All Best,

Kile