For those of you dear readers who stuck around, thank you. It's very good to be back. To you newer readers who showed up after the articles about the blog updating for the first time in months, welcome.

To all of you, I owe an explanation.

After my date with Skril, I was riding high. I was back wanting to live out my dreams, to write what I wanted to write. To go do things and live experiences. I brought this up to Unhinged, asked for more freedom.

They didn't want to give it to me. So, I quit. I was already a freelancer. I built this blog from the ground up, and even with their side of marketing, I put in the majority of the work. I told Vexys about this, asking her to join me seeing as how she was already helping me on her own free time, but...

Unhinged had offered her a job. She was doing marketing and photography for them. It was sure money. I don't blame her for it. We all have to eat and live and the world isn't the nicest. Unhinged is a cushy job.

A little crestfallen, I still went for it. My sidekick gone, I was determined to do this the way I wanted to. I reached out to a few connections, I looked into any leads, but it felt hollow. Everything I went and did didn't live up to the expectation. Everything I wrote came out hollow. A few niche journals published my work, but nothing really stuck with everyone.

It began to weigh on me. I broke off contact with friends. I stopped going to leads, stopped checking things out. I stopped seeing Felsya less and less and missing working with Vex more and more. Eventually, I realized that even though we were in an open relationship, it wasn't fair to Felsya that I was hung up on someone else, so I broke it off.

Before I knew it, I was wasting away in my apartment. I'd go through the same routine day in and day out, letting myself waste away. As I said before, Astrid checked up on me from time to time, but I knew her patience was wearing thin. It wasn't her responsibility to pull me out of my funk, and I didn't make it easy for her.

That's how life is sometimes, dear readers. Sometimes determination can turn to depression before you even realize it. Isolating myself came more natural to me than I care to admit, but that doesn't make it any less real.

I don't have access to Unhinged anymore, but I'm hoping that you can help. I was astounded at how many people were still waiting. Even more so how many people grew curious when it was announced across media outlets. I've had tons of emails from various non-humans who are interested in being interviewed.

I am truly humbled by the response.

This blog will continue as it was before, but with more freedom and more passion. Thank you for allowing me this.

Until next time,

Silas D.