The Girl Within Comic update + overall explanation of why I've been so quiet

This is a post with two parts! If you only wanna know the juicy bits, read Part 1. If you're interested in me going into detail about the last couple of weeks of my life, read on for Part 2 :D

1. The Girl Within Comic

So, the juice first! The Girl Within comic is almost done! The teaser I've included in the thumbnail should give you a very good sense of the direction it's going :D Why am I including renders from a Special Lady 3? Story reasons! I'm not giving everything away there, but as Kayla's playing with herself she's picturing the events that transpired between Taylor, Breanna, and Mari. 

This was the idea I had a week or two ago, that I decided to spend some extra time on. By the time I'm ready to put all the pages up I think you'll agree that it's both really hot AND and interesting layer of intrigue in the story!

2. Why have I been so quiet?

This one is important to address too. Usually I post a lot more content per month, and I feel like I've done you guys a disservice this time around. You might've already caught some wind of this earlier on in the year when I was hinting at having a bit of a soft burnout. Simply put, I think I was mistaken. I love my work and find it impossible to get tired of. But I do think I've had Covid, with compounding real life issues on top.

As some of you might be aware, Covid can be an asymptomatic disease. That is, you can have it and not get ill. I have simply not experienced any of the symptoms of Covid so I've always been operating off the assumption that it hadn't reached me yet. However, one of the main effects reported by people who did have it was a subsequent period of intense fatigue.

That fatigue has been with me since basically February/March. It's been extremely physical, and extremely discouraging. I sleep 9-10 hours a day, I can't focus, my memory is shot, I'm incredibly distracted, and most of all I've been feeling down. Life seemed less fun, and my sexual appetite was diminished. You can understand of course why as an erotica artist, that's incredibly detrimental to the work process.

Despite this, I've been able to sort of combat my fatigue by pretending it isn't there. This is how I delivered the Tatiana & Jordan set, as well as the Kayla set in recent months. Obviously that was the wrong move and having simply tried to suppress what I was feeling, this month I was hit by wave two and it just knocked me flat on my ass.

The reason for this is twofold. One, I've really been going full steam ahead with The Girl Within. When it came out, in the days that followed, I immediately realised I had pushed myself too far. This is the lesser of the two reasons, though, since ultimately making sets is always a net positive for me.

The real compounding issue has been an excruciating mortgage process. In a few days time I'll have bought my first house but the lengths I've had to go to, the stress I've endured, not to mention the enemies I've had to make have really taken their toll on me. 

March and April have been months unlike any I've experienced before. What should have been a fun and exciting next step in my life has turned out to be a nightmare. But at the end of it I do come out as a homeowner so that's the silver lining, I guess. I'm just glad it's behind me soon, it's a major weight off my shoulders.

I'm telling you all this openly and honestly because you're here not just as customers but also as supporters. Some of you simply care to know this, and others might have some question marks as to why you subbed and then saw basically nothing going on. It's not like me to take any of you for granted, or to grow bored with something and then to simply never mention in the hopes that I can keep coasting off sub money so long as it's still there.

If any of you are worried or concerned that I've lost interest in doing this, or that I've decided to do something else with my life, that is VERY MUCH not the case! Just so that that's clear :D It's simply been a shit time for my physical, and a as a result also my mental health, and you might remember me making a post similar to this some months ago. That's the price I pay for underestimating the realities of life. And a lesson I'm taking to heart.

I'm still so proud of the Lust Unleashed universe I've created, of the beautiful cast of girls that take part in it, and the render quality that keeps going up with every passing year. But I needed some time off and while I didn't want to take it, I've been so tired that my body basically forced me to.

I'm starting to feel better at this point. Knowing that a lot of stress will be behind me, I'll be careful to pace myself so I can do a better job at keeping the content flowing. The fatigue that appears to match the effects of post-covid fatigue isn't all gone yet, and honestly I don't know how long it may take. But having the other stress elements taken care of will do wonders for how I'm feeling and how excited I am to get back at it.

Thanks for reading to the end of this absolute wall of text. You don't have to respond if you have nothing to say, or feel compelled to say something meaningful. It just is what it is :) I'm honestly looking forward to being able to be your no-nonsense erotica provider again :D