I sleep all night and a write all day... Oops. Sorry. Got carried away for a second there ;-) This is a long overdue blog post, and I'm sorry to say it's not as informative as I'd like it to be, but that's because there's a lot of good things happening that I don't want to curse!

Caution: Mild language. Only mild, though.

So, let's start with the obvious things. Yes, I'm very much alive and well! I wasn't abducted by aliens, kidnapped by elves, or shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle. I've just been extremely busy.

Yes, there was some drama that happened behind the scenes with a couple of members of the community here that, coupled with some even worse real life drama, prompted me to need to get away.

I'm honestly still recovering from the shit storm. I don't want to get into too many details, but suffice to say being put in the middle of a custody battle over eight children who aren't even yours, who you never asked to take care of, and who spent every waking moment blaming you because their parents are fuck-up crackhead junkies who only see them as a source of welfare checks...

Yeah, I'm disowning most of my family when I leave here.

Which brings me to my next point :-) I'm finally moving some time "soonish". Not only are Ashleigh and I still together, but we're moving east. I already have a couple of prospective therapist options to look into the second we get settled, and she has the name of one of the best eye specialists in the country for me to see.

Things are very much up in the air as far as dates and things, which is why I never said anything sooner. Because we just don't know anything other than that we have a beautiful house waiting for us when we get there :-P

The other reason I haven't been very active lately is because I got into the habit, during the massive family drama that was happening, of using writing as an escape more than ever. Together, Ashleigh and I have at least started a good fifty novels. That's not an exaggeration either. Some only have 1-2 chapters, quite a few have more. One came close to being finished; we just need to write a proper ending for it and get it edited.

We don't like publishing unfinished stories because there's just no telling when we'll get around TO finishing them, and I like to go back and edit a hell of a lot more than I used to. We've discovered that using a Table of Contents in Google drive makes things infinitely easier as far as creating note sheets and planning out stories, though, so that should improve productivity immensely.

So anyway, that's the story so far. I know Ashleigh at least has remained active around here, and I've tried to help from the shadows when I'm needed (the DKE contest and things like that).

I love you all, and even though I needed some time away for awhile, I hope that the Big Closet will always have room for this nomadic Native American girl :-)

Love,

Zoe
~* Queen of Sweetness *~

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