I cannot believe that it’s been nearly a year since I posted a story. Like when I finished a Chelsea story I went back and double checked, and yeah literally a year.

Oh, uh, hi. Yeah, I’m writing again. I’m even writing Chelsea again.

But, literally, this has been a hell of a year. My anxiety took over for a few months. Writing actually helped for the first time in years. My husband helped more, but writing was a solace and not an exercise in frustration for the first time in a long, long time.

Anyway, I’m restarting Chelsea this weekend. Back to the first Saturday of the month until it’s over. I think that’ll be December, but if I’m wrong, we’ll go weekly in December until its over. A very nice Christmas present for everyone.

As for me, once I’m done writing Chelsea, I’m starting voice acting and book narration classes. I will be releasing narrated Chelsea for free. The other stories, I will probably charge something for. We’ll see.

I also got my favorite beta reader back. She asked to read and I about died, because I had just finished one Chelsea story and started another. This is huge and feels like an important step forward. However, that means I need to get my stuff actually organized for the first time in many years. Usually, it’s just me reading out loud to my husband, which mean calling a story “Aug Chel 25 FINAL final” and leaving it in a folder called “WIPS” with random chapters from two different books is perfectly acceptable. I know what I’m looking for and what order everything goes in.

Sorry for the year off folks. Sincerely. But mentally and emotionally, I did need it.

And physically. I had quit doing PT because… reasons. But I’m back on that wagon too, and feeling better for it.