#and speaking of float therapy I’m gonna book one before our cruise next week

[rinnysega]

I won’t be posting anything on here about my book since it’s original work, but Gus Pinheiro is a main character and perhaps the best version of him I’ve ever written (to me lol time will tell as chapters are written).

What I’ve shared so far with others on my new original works discord has been met with good things, and we’ve got channels for feedback and critique set up to make sure we’re keeping up with original content and holding one another accountable for art and writing. It’s so easy to always fall into fanworks, but I think with the rich environment cultivated so far among friends on our other server, it will be a lot easier to stay on path and get feedback in the moment as I go along. And the same for them as well!

Precipice will end soon in about 5 more chapters and an epilogue, and I’ll still write small stories for encanto for the Arcilla AU for those interested, but I am eager to finish a novel (for once lol) and strive for publication.

And it helps me to know others are taking advantage of the same group and will be able to do the same for their stuff too.

Recently at DragonCon, 3 of the people in my server met up to hang out and the stories I’ve heard have been so uplifting. It makes me very happy to know a fun experiment of getting strangers together through fandom can work out well to the point of lifetime friendships and friends who are there for one another during the hardships of the present. We have disagreements and the occasional roll of the eyes with one another, but at the end of the day, I appreciate when this group is able to see the good in one another and set aside those differences to focus on the important things in life of helping one another. I think it’s made us all a lot stronger and more understanding of ourselves and others ❤️

It’s been a week lol and between therapy, work, family stuff, writing and fandom work in coming up with a zine with a handful of other incredible folks, it’s a very stable bar to hold onto for support. I’m glad I’ve been in a good place now the last few days, so I can be there for them like before. I enjoy collaborating and meeting new people. I enjoy openly showing my inner feelings of love and affection by helping others, and in that assistance, I know in my heart what is right, who I am, and it’s given me immense inner peace to work on things I can change for the better but have faith in myself for what I’m doing right 😌

It’s like coming out of float therapy without the hour of dark solitude lol

TLDR: I’M EXCITED FOR MY BOOK AND MY FRIENDS AND I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET MORE OF THEM AND HAVE OUR BIG SAPPY REUNION NEXT YEAR WHEN WE RENT A BIG CABIN FOR A FEW DAYS!