I will start with the announcement. There won't be any updates anytime soon, likely in the next few months. That said, the story is not dropped, and I am not retiring from writing altogether. The truth is, writing lately feels like an obligation, a job I am not getting apid for, and for a hobby, which writing ultimately is for me, it is devastating.
A hobby that feels like work will kill any interest in the hobby, thus, I need to step back and reevaluate my writing process and what I actually want from writing. I still fully intend to finish the stories I have started publishing, but things are likely to change. Perhaps I will switch to more traditional publishing and drop volume at a time, which obviously will take months between each publication.
In either case, take care, and I apologize for stopping updates like this.