Hey what's up everybody? I hope you're all doing well. I know it's been a while since I've posted anything and for that I sincerely apologize. I feel you all deserve an explanation of what's been happening the past couple of years so here goes.

Not too long after I posted my last update the girl I was dating at the time was killed in a car wreck then a year later almost right when covid hit I ended up losing my father to cancer. My financial difficulties have continued to plague me too and I'm still working between 72-84 hours a week. I tell you this not to invoke sympathy but for you to hopefully not be too hard on me when I tell you that with everything that happened I ended up losing my desire to write altogether. I still created ideas in my head of course but nothing ever went beyond that.

Now on the plus side I've pretty much kicked my depression, though I admit that there are times when I still find myself suffering from it. And more importantly for all of you, I've rediscovered my love of writing and I'm taking steps to make it work for me. Just recently I've set up a p/atreon (psst it's /SephiranLehran for those of you who wish to support me) and I also have a few blogs I'm planning on starting once I get the money. And by the way if anyone is curious all the stories on my p/atreon are all my original works with podcasts going into further detail on each story as well as a blog on how to be a writer yourself. If you like my stories on here then you'll love my original works so check it out (hint, hint).

I also have some good news for my fanfiction stories. I'm currently working on a new chapter of "The Final Push" which will be finished and posted by the end of the weekend and I'm about halfway through the next chapter of "Feathers and Flesh." Sadly I haven't had any inspiration recently for "For Everything That Changes" but rest assured that as soon as I do there will be a new chapter for it too. What I need more than anything else is time. While my spark has returned the fact is that working 6-8 days in a row, 12 hours a day leaves me with little time to do much else. I usually only have a couple of hours after I get off work before going to bed and when I wake up I'm still so tired that I lay in bed for an hour before getting ready for work so this is where my p/atreon comes in.

I truly love writing and to be able to write something that people enjoy and want to read makes me happy. Hell it's been nearly four years since I last posted a new chapter for any of my stories and I'm still getting emails that someone has favorited and/or followed one of them and/or me. I want to be able to write more for all of you and hopefully setting up this p/atreon will help me be able to do that. So for now I bid you all farewell and keep an eye out for new, exciting chapters to my fanfiction stories. And should the mood strike you, consider checking out my other work and supporting me. Goodbye for now mis amigos!