Blog Announcement: Semi-Haitus!

Don't worry, I'm not vanishing anymore so than usual.

These last few years have been hard on everyone. Normally, my response to difficult times was to retreat into my writing and that would help me gather the strength to face everything in my day-to-day life. In a sense, checking out of reality allowed the part of me that handled reality to rest so I could take on the rest of the world when I came back to the moment. 

But that seems no longer successful in my life. Times are difficult all around and a lot of changes have happened in my personal life that I'm still trying to navigate. Mental illness and emotional exhaustion have finally taken my feet out from under me, and no amount of writing has been able to cushion that. 

I have been giving a lot of thought to my writing and my stories, and I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to taint the love I have for writing by allowing the outside world to influence it as it has been over these last few years. A part of my exhaustion is burnout. I used to put out three books a year. And now it's a struggle to manage one. I have allowed self-doubt to come into my writing and that makes it much harder to immerse myself in the worlds and enjoy the process in the same way I used to. 

With the conclusion of the Coalition Trilogy, I have come to a decision. I had a docket of books I wanted to work on next, but I am throwing that into the wind and seeing what speaks to me and allowing my creative muses to take control of my writing as they did in the past. And with that, I am going to just disappear and write until I feel that I am ready to release books again. 

[with 1 possible exception being the rest of the Roadside Paradise series, which is still on-going, I haven't forgotten!]

While I am recapturing my writing identity, I will also be working on getting all the current books into audiobook format. I have re-recorded The Significant audiobooks and the first Coalition audiobook with a new set up so those will be getting an update. Therefore, you will see updates from me now and again, but the truth is, there is not going to be anything new for a while. 

Not that this is of any surprise to anyone, but I also won't be on social media very often. I am a Certified Hermit. I do not like to share much about myself or my private life, but if any readers do want to get in touch, I will still have my accounts open and you can send me a DM if you please. 

This is not a permanent thing. I'm actually feeling better about writing than I have in a long time and this decision has helped me take some of the self-imposed pressure off my work so that I can enjoy the magic once again.