Hello everyone, it's been awhile. Too long in fact since updating you guys about what has been going on, and you are all most likely disappointed, sad, and angry that this isn't the update to the story you wanted. No I'm not stopping the story so expel those thoughts from your mind. But you all deserve to know what has been going on and why such a long period of silence.
First, my job. Things got hectic this year at my place of work with the virus going around and I had to pick up extra shifts. We didn't close because our place of business was essential, and I realize how lucky I was to still be able to have my job quickly with so many places around us closing down temporary.
Second, family matters. All I can say about this particular subject is that some serious stuff came up with family. None of it virus related but that is all I can share.
Third, my own insecurities. I did catch up with my schedule for my book, and started working on the next chapter of this story. While working with my editor, he discovered a grave mistake I made with the information I gave him. This mistake would have ruined the story I was trying to tell in this book and missed something very critical. It definitely hurt to see that. I began to question if I should even be a writer with such a mistake.
I took a look at the outline for this story, and realized that I had wrote it like playing the game. Going from one place to another with all the problems contained in each area and would be dealt with it separately. The reason I started writing this story was to make it different and all I had done in the second portion of the story was create a larger party to traverse the land. So...I stopped working on it for a time. I even stopped working on my D&D campaign that I had started.
I was in a slump over this. Encased in darkness of my heart, and my fears and doubts took hold of me. Thankfully, I have wonderful friends and family who encouraged me. Each one saying the same thing with different words: what would you gain by giving up? The answer is nothing. And I didn't want that.
With renewed vigor, I started back up where I had left off on my book, scrapped my old outline for this story, and went back to working on the campaign. I tried many different things to get my creative flow back like watching movies I normally wouldn't or reading books that were outside the fantasy genre. I even played through Pokemon Platinum and used Marriland's Wedlocke rules to see what kind of story would unfold, and I did it. I was back in my flow. I am now nearly done with the new outline for this story and it is much better in my opinion and when I start posting again, I hope you all will see the same thing as well.
That being said, I don't know when I will start posting again, but my goal is to make the chapters longer than before to give you plenty to read in the mean time. I apologize for such a long delay. I ask for your patience for a little while longer.