diet of worms

Thanks 👋

I've been quiet on here and on hiatus with writing projects, but yes, I'm alive.

I'd like to keep writing; much of the hiatus has been due to my father's cancer diagnosis a few years back and his passing earlier this year.

Hi all,

Just thought I’d let people know I’m taking a hiatus on Unspoken (hopefully will return to it soon). It was slower going than my previous projects and I think stepping away from it will do me some good.

In OTHER news that probably won’t interest you, I did randomly airdrop a new story in the Invader Zim fandom, because I’m a trash human and I got bored. 

You can read the first chapter of The Last Irken here. 

Serpent Under the Flower

Look like the innocent flower / but be the serpent under ‘t

Unspoken - Chapter 7: Dagger Before Me

(Ao3 Link / FF.Net Link)

Writer’s block is helluva thing.

Here I thought summer would I allow me to be productive; instead, I just can’t make myself sit down and write for any more than 10 minutes at a time. Progress has been a miserable crawl.

Thanks a lot! It still means a lot to me that there are people out there who continue to enjoy what I wrote. Hopefully as summer arrives I’ll have more time to focus on my new story.

Man, I could say a lot about Nanu. I guess I’ve always been drawn to complex “good” characters--good guys who obviously have an edge to them. When I played Pokemon Sun for the first time, he stuck out among all the kahunas as a sardonic, isolated, and reluctant leader. When we find out he used to be Interpol and has a tragic past made him even more interesting. He had this weird mix of resenting his position and meanwhile taking on responsibility for people.

Chapter 6 is up! Finally!

Kukui announces the Alolan Pokemon League, the other kahunas are hopping on board to becoming members of the Elite Four, and his expression reads, “Oh, please, God, no, let me sleep.”

I’ve meant to make a post the last two months, but lost track of time.

Apologies to the, like, 3 people who pay attention to my postings and writing anymore. I’m sorry that this unannounced hiatus has been going on without explanation. My life’s been a mix of complications (including a few weeks of influenza/teeth problems, and a hospital stay in there too!) and running behind at work, and I’m dealing with a temporary dry spell when it comes to my writing. I hit these blocks once in a while, and it can take a month or two to unjam them. It’s sometimes just a matter of putting words down, which can feel like torture if you’re stuck in your headspace.

Anyway, I have nothing to report, really. I did notice Beasts & Beauties was nominated for a few categories at the Serebii forums fan fiction awards, which is funny because I gave up posting there, lol. Kind of doubt it will be picked for anything but it’s nice that someone somewhere thought to suggest it.

Link: (Archive of Our Own / FF.Net)

Sorry for the delay, all-- busyness + writer’s block does that.

Welp. I’d heard about people having trouble with black-and-white comic images, and it’s happened to me.

Out of curiosity, I scrolled through all of my posts and noticed my very first post featuring the translation of “In Which Guzma is Frustrated” has been disappeared. I’m appealing now. It’s by far my most popular post on tumblr so I think it’s worth the process. Weirdly, none of the follow-up posts featuring other pages from the same source got marked, so at least people should still be able to find the comic regardless.

But wow is there seriously no notification? Like I don’t get a message sent to me, or a pop-up, or a warning email? I have to manually scroll through all my posts ever to see what’s been flagged? Good lord tumblr UI is incompetent.

Fortunately it seems to be the only source of problems right now. ayyye. There’s an advantage to never posting ever.

AS A REMINDER: You can read all of the comic anywhere at this Google Drive folder

Chapter 4: Devil Speak True (Ao3 Link / FF.Net Link)

Unspoken

Chapter 3: Dark Hour (Ao3 Link / FF.Net Link)