Given that the last thing I posted was 3 months ago, I figured a bit of a general life update was long overdue.

The truth is I was really trying to buckle down and actually get to work on the last chapters of A Prelude to Perversion. That's right. Two more chapters. After keeping myself distracted with commission-themed short stories, I was ready to tackle what I though was the final chapter, but I ended up writing enough in the rough draft for a second final chapter.

Things were going pretty good until April started. On April 5th, I tested positive for the coronavirus. Fortunately, both my parents were already vaccinated and I had received my first Pfizer shot a week prior. Nonetheless, I went into quarantine and only got to see my parents whenever they brought me hot food and vitamins. I confided in a few people about my situation at the time, but this is the first time I'm addressing it publicly. I had a bunch of common cold symptoms (fever, headache, back pain, runny nose, chills, etc.) but I was lucky I didn't have anything more severe than that.

Thankfully, two weeks later, all of my major symptoms had subsided and I was able to return to work and get my second shot as well. However, during the two-week period, I didn't get any writing done and I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things after sitting on it for so long. I can't give an exact timeframe of when the chapters will be done, but they are very much in progress. It's been over a year since the last chapter so believe me, I want these done and published just as much as you do.

In more positive news, I'm going to have my work featured on the Voice of Dog podcast. Specifically, Khaki, the host, is going to be reading my "Getting Naked at Gunnison" two-parter. He's already recorded the podcast. Now it's just a matter of scheduling, since there are other authors and their amazing stories ahead of me in the upload queue. I'll likely post another journal when it goes live. Big shout out to Khaki for accepting my submission.

Also, my 29th birthday (or hatch day as some of y'all avians call it) is two days from now on the 13th. Now I only have one year left before I'm old! The horror! (Kidding! Apologies to all the greymuzzles out there.) Anyway, I'm gonna have a nice socially-distanced barbeque over the weekend with my parents and a few friends who're also fully vaccinated.

Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. Until next time, stay safe everyone.