#accomplishment

In 2025, I accomplished a lot, and I truly owe it all to you guys. When I say that, I mean it wholeheartedly. For a while, I had abandoned Tainted Souls—nearly two years, in fact—until I revisited my Tumblr and discovered that Dashingdon was no longer working.

Rereading my work sent me down a path of rewriting and relaunching, and on March 24th, an update for Tainted Souls was published. I didn’t know what kind of response I would receive back then, but I mustered the courage to put my best foot forward. Shortly after, I finally posted a long-awaited NSFW ask that had been sitting in my Tumblr ask box, featuring Cadmus, the MC, and Atticus. That was soon followed by another update on May 11th, 2025.

I won’t list out every date and time, as that would be unnecessary, but looking back, it’s clear that I managed to update this small demo over eight times in less than a year. What once stood at just 24k words grew into 236k words.

Compared to others, it may not seem like many words, but for me, it was a huge feat. I spent days and nights carefully threading scenes together, stitching needles full of explosive plot points. It wasn’t easy, but we made it work.

So thank you all—for reading, for sending in your wonderful messages, and for simply existing on my page. This year, I hope to accomplish at least twice as much as I did last year. I also aim to be more consistent with drabbles and to create more content for my paid readers, because you all deserve it—free and paid alike.

Going through a rough patch and being unable to update honestly surprised me, especially seeing how you all stayed, never moving an inch, even in my absence. I don’t know how to repay that kind of loyalty, but I do know this: I’ll keep writing, keep creating, and keep showing up.

So here’s a heartfelt bow to each of you. Thank you for being here.

Also, before I go, let me tell you all that the first update for this year is finished—though I’m still debating whether to add another scene. I’m tempted to end the chapter on a cliffhanger, so we’ll see how that goes. I still have less than a week left, with the weekend set aside for error-checking.

This update is… interesting, to say the least. I can’t wait to share it with you all. I hope your week is treating you well. Once again, I’m down with an illness, but this time around it won’t stop me from updating this demo—lol.