October! (Patreon)

I have half a dozen drafts sitting on my computer, in varying stages of completion. One of them, which was supposed to go out Friday on Stomp, will go out once I wake up and finalize it.

My dog was supposed to get put down early this month. For various reasons, that didn't happen, and he's still in pain. Some friends went through some pretty bad stuff, so I pushed myself as hard as I could to keep them company, because I felt it was the right thing to do. A family medical emergency happened. I had to drive six hours in a day just to deal with some of this stuff. I lost $350 in food assistance and spent way too many early mornings and late nights trying to get that fixed.

I am trying to keep up with around 700 pages of reading every week, plus the 10-15 different pieces of feedback I have to write on everything each week in addition to that. It's important to me that I complete school with good grades, because my health is poor (it's getting worse), and because it already caused me to drop out once. That isn't happening again, not when I'm so close to the finish line. Graduation for me isn't just graduating because I have to. It's about punching my illness in its stupid face.

So... October was a hard month, and I'm sorry I didn't publish anything on Stomp. I'm really really sorry about that.

The good news?

Well, I have half a dozen drafts sitting on my computer, in varying stages of completion. Part of this is turning into a weird, serialized book that I'll put up for sale once I'm happy with it. You Patreon supporters will all get it for free, of course.

One piece is going to arrive, like I said, when I wake up. I might have a piece or two from some friends. I'll be working on two quick and dirty rants: one called POWER FANTASIES AREN'T WHAT YOU THINK and another I'll probably call REALISM IS DUMB.

But right now, I am so physically exhausted, I can barely sleep. Paradoxical, I know, but that's how exhaustion works.

I do have a bit of good news, too. I've been slowly working on this video game thing, and I'll be sending my Patreon supporters Steam codes when it's ready. If you know any 2D animators, btw, hit me up, will you?

Thanks for bearing with me. If you've got requests, please send 'em to me. A gentle nudge would be great if I've forgotten you. Email's stompsite at gmail.com. I finally got those Win10 drivers for my joystick, by the way, so I'ma try to spend some quality time with That Game I Was Asked To Cover That Requires Joysticks. I might actually publish a piece about joysticks. I have notes for that one too.

As it stands, I expect my production output to increase dramatically (say... two to five pieces a month) starting in January. Also, the plan is to debut a video then, but I've said that before. We'll see.