As I'm sure you have all noticed, I haven't been posting. This notice was supposed to come after at least a short interlude, but I haven't been able to write even that much and I don't want to leave my readers in the dark any longer. There was a death in my family a short time ago. It seems to have destroyed my ability to write anything at all.

This event has also caused me to become extremely conscious of my own health problems. On the one hand, paranoia sucks. On the other, I'm terrified now that I'll die leaving so much of this story (and several others that are rattling around in my head) untold. I'm trying to use that fear as motivation to fix this and get writing again, but no luck so far. I'll keep working on it.

There will be no further 'personal updates' posted. Hopefully when you next hear from me, it will be that interlude that I owe you, ideally followed by a chapter. Thank you again to everyone who has read my story up to this point, your patience with my already poor punctuality with chapters is more than I deserve.