I know this is a long time coming, so thank you everyone for all your patience.
Professional updates will be up top while Personal Updates will be towards the bottom. Thank you!
Professional Updates
I have a Trello now! I need to update a few things, but this way people won't have to wait for blog posts to see exactly where their story is in the process. If you have any questions about which one is your story, please feel free to message me and I'll let you know. I'm adding the link to the sidebar on here, but you can find it here as well!
I really want to get my Ko-fi started, but I don't have any icons for the shop x.x I have a friend who's willing to trade me for a short story or three, but I haven't figured out what I want the icons to be yet. Just stylized words of what is being sold (Short Stories, Long Stories, Tarot Reading, etc)? Stylized first letter of the name of the item being sold (SS, LS, TR, etc)? Something more sky-themed? A single icon for everything? Please feel free to message or email me with ideas!
I have a bunch of stories planned out for the Ko-fi store itself and a few that I started writing during my break from commissions. Quite a bit unfinished still, but a few that are done. So there's that to look forward to.
Also, I won a writing contest! It's with a story called Social Distancing and is getting a free illustration from a truly talented artist. I've gotten the lines recently and I'm more excited now than ever over it all! It will be available in my Ko-fi store, along with its partner, Long Distance Relationship. Once I get the money to spend, I might art for the second story, as well! I'm also turning the whole shebang into a series, but I'll take my time on said series so that I don't fall any further behind on commissions, promise!
I might have to wait until after I get back to get this blog back on track. I'm honestly sorry about that, since I know there have been a few writers who have offered a great piece of work to display, and thank you for all your patience.
Status Update
There's not too much to update on at the moment. I'm going to tackle Stockings tomorrow with a hard goal of finishing the first draft by Friday, soft goal of having it edited enough to send to the commissioner.
I'll try working on writing The Potion and editing Stockings while on the trip, but I can't make any promises. There are just too many unknown variables at work. We'll be back the third week of July, but we're definitely going to need time to settle back in before I go back into writing. I should be able to start up again first week of August, though.
So far I have:
Completed - 10 stories
Writing - 2 stories lined up
Paid Commissions - 2 stories to write
Unpaid Commissions - 3 stories (potentially more, need client to secure ideas)
Personal Update
So here's the skinny. Last month we learned that my mil and sil have cancer, the former stage 4 in various parts of her body and the latter stage 3 in her bones. My mil has never met her granddaughter, and my sil hasn't seen her since she was born. So we're going to be gone for most of July. My mil has had high swings and low swings for craziness (I mean, actually something wrong with her- she tried to run over my partner when he was little), so this is mostly for my partner and our daughter. I'm hoping I won't need to, but I'm prepared to be their advocate while we visit.
Besides all that, I went through a personal low swing awhile back ago that came out of nowhere and have only recently recovered from it. It's why I've been struggling so much with the last two shorter commissions. I have to admit, winning the writing contest has helped a ton with that XD
Kiddo's growth has been insane lately. It's a struggle to keep up with what she can and can't reach, especially now that she's learned to use a step stool. She says new words every day, though will never do it on command. Her problem solving skills have made it a challenge to keep her from getting into things she shouldn't be into, but we're keeping our head about water. This will be her first plane trip, so I'm more than a little nervous. Trying to go into it as prepared as possible though.
I think that's everything? If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to message me through the form to the right, on Twitter @EroticSkye, or email me at erotic.skye.blog@gmail.com.
Thank you, and be safe everyone!
