I decided to remove four of my drawings from my gallery. They were VERY low quality, so I don't think anyone will miss them but I should at least explain why I did it.

As part of my newfound desire to get into visual art, I've had to grapple with the harsh truth that I'm very, very bad at it. I've been reading and writing for so long (and doing it decently well, in my opinion) that I had kind of forgotten what it felt like to be bad at something creative.

Being bad at a skill or task is easier to bear, I think, because there are hard metrics to measure yourself by. The iron never lies, so to speak: lifting 100lbs is always lifting 100lbs.

With art, I'm my own judge, and with drawing I'm definitely not qualified to judge anyone. It's an odd feeling.

I had noticed that seemed to be putting off drawing because I kept thinking "well, it's not like I'm going to make anything that's really worth sharing, anyway," which is obviously poison to a man's work ethic. I'll try to draw more and share stuff when I'm ready.

RE: Stories
I'm working on one somewhat large romance story right now, and experimenting with a handful of ideas for fetish stuff although I doubt much will come from them. I've been trying to move away from fetish stuff and I haven't had much free time lately, so don't hold your breath. It's ready when it's ready.