I know I was MIA and I'm Sorry

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I wanted to write an apology to everyone who has been supportive of my writing for the last 11 years. Real Life for the last 2 years has been hectic. Early in 2013 I had 6 months of dealing with a chronic acute gall bladder infection caused by stones. Gall bladder had to be removed. After that, I re-wrote FatIT as Tenjin for general consumption and promptly hit a dry spell that stymied both recreational and professional writing. I'm so, so, sorry FatIT Part 6 is taking so long to produce; I am at least as frustrated as anyone that it's not out there right now being read. The existence of Tenjin was never meant to replace FatIT as I've seen suggested on TVTropes.

Then I met a girl, got my ass to the gym and dropped over 30kg and my life is turning around. I've got a new universe idea that I'm excited about; the first story is getting plotted out right now. Once I break my dry spell, I'm glaring at the elephant in the room, FatIT Part 6, the final part which will probably be written in tandem with stuff I can get paid for. On the plus side, Onyx Path, the producers of Exalted, seem determined not to publish Exalted 3e before I finish FatIT (joke, I have no contact or association with Onyx Path). Then there's the other elephant in the other room, the next Sara Waite story, Anecdotal Apocalypse Antidote which is on the cards. These are my primary concern. Sometime in the far-flung future when the new Lunars book comes out for Exalted 3e, there may be a new Exalted story.

Right, the new story. It's a spiritual successor to Merlin High, Kage Hime and Hold the Salt. The universe doesn't have a name yet but some elements will be lighter in tone than my previous work. I want to write a much more fun story... sexy without delving too deep into some of the edgier subject matter I've dealt with before.

Speaking of which, over the last year I've done a lot of soul searching, particularly after reading some of the previous comments I've made here and elsewhere. I'd like to apologize to a lot of you, I know most of you were giving constructive feedback and I have been snappy previously. I hope you can understand that between putting my heart on the line, being wary of internet comments that can be caustic on occasion (to the point of some commenters elsewhere openly stating that they were attempting to badger me into quitting) and my own personal issues, my state of mind over the last 11 years hasn't been the best. To those who have been nothing but civil and honest with me despite my problems, I think I'm better, wiser, calmer and more prepared now and I can only promise to handle your comments in a better manner and ask your forgiveness for some of my previous comments.

I don't want to promise more fiction when I feel like I've been doing that for over 2 years. I can only ask you all to trust that I want to write more so badly and not being able to has been hellish for me. Thank you for your patience and I'm sorry for the delay.

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WOW! Dr Kiss My Shiny Metal A**... -- GRIN -- Hi Dr Bender !

I admired your Whateley stuff and, well most of your writing to be honest.

Mind you, you ARE a wordy one.

Like I'M short winded. -- GRIN --

So happy your health issues are improving.

Congrads on your weight loss and finding someone to love.

Hope to see more of your stuff here in the near future.

John in Wauwatosa

John in Wauwatosa

WOW

Welcome back , happy that you are feeling better and Sooo looking forward to more great stories from you . KUDOS

Doctor in the house!

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Glad to hear things are on the up, Doctor. The apology for absence is nice but you were not away from us willingly by the sound of it, and I look forward to future Dr.B. writings.
Now to go and look again for the back catalogue. :)

"Reach for the sun."

You know what? I don't care

You know what? I don't care - but not in a bad way.

Let me elucidate:

I don't care that you've had a lot of problems. I've enjoyed your works, and that's all that matters.
I don't care that you've suffered a lot of health concerns. What I care about is that you're moving beyond them now, and you're feeling better about yourself.
I don't care about the people that have badgered you. I'm grateful they didn't drive you off.

I've said it to a lot of people on here, and on the CH forums. While I may want to see you (and they) write a lot more things that I enjoy, you've already "paid" your dues, as it were. You wrote already. What I do care about is that people whose work I have enjoyed aren't suffering, or are at least having as reasonable of a life as can be hoped.

There are VERY few people who I think I would be better off without - and those people are those who I am firmly of the opinion that they are harming thousands to hundreds of thousands are people. (No, not who you think, I'd bet) Even those people who have personally caused me a lot of harm in the past? I'd rather they were fixing their problem and going about their business. I may not want to talk to them again, and I certainly won't trust them again, but I don't wish them harm beyond "May ye reap what ye sow."

As far as I'm concerned, if you write _anything_, even if it's not FatIT, I'll be happy. Even if I don't _like_ it, it'll be good. Sure, I'd love to see some more Merlin High - but I'd also like to see Babs return for Jordan. Kage Hime - sure, love the next section of the story. I mean, there wasn't really any sex in it, so I don't expect any. Hold the Salt sounds like a pretty fun universe to play in. Even another one with a 'sequel' could be good. (The opening of the new restaurant, with the Door)

So - what I'm glad about is that you're still around, you want to write more, and you're feeling better. _That_, I care about.

BW


I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.

welcome back

WB Dr,nice to see you feeling better and what not. I'm waiting on more FatIT stuff n naturaly everyone's fav(except rev stick up the ass englund) lust demon sara. As for Kage Hime I never read that or hold the salt.

Tenjin

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I'm hoping that you can write more of the Tenjin version of the story but I'll take what I can get.

Chris