I am so sorry, everyone. This is the kind of notice that nobody would ever want to send - much less receive - and it feels like I'm not doing anything else but share these kind of ugly news every month. Fact is - there will be no update this month either. Possibly a new oneshot, probably not even that.
Things started going downhill when my charger died - and it turned out that, since my laptop is as old as Mathusalem, that kind of charger went out of style, so I couldn't just pop in a shop. The shop promised me a new one around 22 or 23 August, since they had to order it, but also told me they would give me a call when it arrived. As of now, they didn't yet.
I decided that I wouldn't let that stop me, took out an even older laptop, and started working on my chapters there - to make up for lost time, I had most of the chapters going at the same time. Then, its charger died, too. Look, I clearly am doing something wrong, but I've not figured out what yet, so I cannot redime myself.
I was left with my phone, and I know of amazing people who managed to write chapters on phone...but some areas of it don't feel touch already (which was apparently a known issue for Samsung but I had no idea - do your research, folks) and I decided not to push against fate before that, too, went up in flames... or something. I hate having to disappoint you all again, but...what can a woman do?
If you ask how I can even send this notice, this was written on my brother's pc, but a) he'll go away in a couple of days and b) he's editing a nonfiction book at the moment, which is the only reason he even has his laptop with him, and that's time consuming - I cannot just commandeer it for more than 10 minutes, which does not a chapter make. ^^'''
Again, so sorry! Hope this solves itself soon.