Another health update
Added 2025-08-03 23:17:54 +0000 UTCG'day all,
TL;DR:
Still sick.
Writing attempts have not gone well (which I'm quite cranky about).
Crowd-filmed video of litRPG Con Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/live/xpU2-zKmEYI
You haven't heard from me in a while, so I wanted to give everyone an update on my condition. As you may recall from the last update, my goal was to try and get back into some writing. Sadly, it didn't go great. I'm still on some very impactful medication, the knock-on effects of which make other aspects of recovery tricky. It has proven hard to sit at my computer and work for the extended periods required to hit a writing groove without the nausea kicking in.
Some writing has gotten done, but very little. I've decided that it's more important to focus on getting better now so that I can get back to work when I'm actually ready, not when I wish I was ready. I promise you that I'm as frustrated by this as any of you, but I've spent enough days recovering from attempts at writing that there is no denying the reality.
It was nice to participate in litRPG Con, even if I was unable to be there in person, as planned. I'm not aware of any official stream of my Q&A, but someone did send me a link of a video taken from the crowd, which I have shared above.
The bad news in all of this is that I don't know when I'll be back and writing in earnest. At this stage, it comes down to when my excellent doctors tell me that I can come off the medication and it works its way out of my system. Unfortunately, we're still taking months rather than weeks as this illness continues to kick me in the guts longer and harder than I ever anticipated.
Yet again, I would like to thank you all for the unflagging support and incredible patience you have shown during what has been a terrible year for me. I've had people share stories of their own struggles, send me letters and gifts, and simply voice their well-wishes. As I go through some of my lowest moments, it is your support that has lifted me back up, and I cannot express how much that has meant to me. Thank you.
-Shirt
Comments
Ditto. Utter insanity. Just get better Shirt. Don’t concern yourself with the petty “fans.” The vast majority of us support you and just want you to get healthy.
Random
2025-09-27 18:14:59 +0000 UTCGet better soon Shirt. While new chapters are great. I can still satisfy myself by re-listening to all 11 books and enjoy your master works over and over again!
Gotrek65
2025-09-23 19:01:42 +0000 UTCGood on ya shirt. Keeping working hard to recover brother. We're still here and will wait!
Frank Morgana
2025-09-21 07:30:28 +0000 UTCThis post is from August 3rd has anyone heard anything since it has been over a month
Samael Seadh
2025-09-20 01:53:06 +0000 UTCOmg please please PLEASE put your health first 🙏🙏🙏 Please hear that, and I really hope that enough other people are echoing my thoughts. You have ZERO responsibility to us, which is especially true when your health is so poor. Make no mistake, we want you back man. We really want you back... But we want you back healthy and happy, and when YOU are ready ❤️ We can absolutely wait, and we absolutely WILL wait! :) Take your time, heal up 🙏 We're rooting for you 👊
Meg
2025-09-19 09:41:27 +0000 UTCPlease don't push yourself. You need to recover and be healthy. We love you and support you even if you aren't actively writing. Seriously, recover and get better. <3
Alayna Danner
2025-08-29 00:51:12 +0000 UTCSo I was thinking that you needed some music in your life, so I arranged a group of Minions from the movie...well Minions. Singing the Imperial March from Star Wars but only using the word Banana. (raises conductor wand) Baaaaananaaaaaaa....Baaaaanaaanaaaaaaaaa...etc.
Jazzmonkey
2025-08-28 18:36:43 +0000 UTCAugust has come and gone, and September is right around the corner. I hope all is well and you are healing up Mr. Deverell.
Antonio Luna
2025-08-27 23:55:50 +0000 UTCYou crossed my mind today. Hope you’re on the mend. Feel better! 💐 ❤️🩹
DeAndrea Harris
2025-08-26 21:25:31 +0000 UTCIf you need someone to take care of you I think Clives's wife is currently free
Aizen Weeks
2025-08-26 12:19:06 +0000 UTCOh and you don't want to come to the USA it's getting pretty scary, but can you send Jason please?
June Winey
2025-08-18 04:05:32 +0000 UTCPlease just focus on getting well, think of this as fodder for your writing
June Winey
2025-08-18 03:50:27 +0000 UTCBook 14 might be the end… holy shit… I don’t know what to think..my brain just stopped working
Pål Hvatum
2025-08-17 15:40:43 +0000 UTCI think they're only available through Amazon. That's part of why I support him here. It cuts out the middleman.
Soli116
2025-08-12 16:26:41 +0000 UTCI didn’t know where else to ask. I’m looking to get a set of physical copies of He Who Fights with Monsters. Anyone know the best way to buy the books to ensure that Shirtaloon gets the most out of it?
Boatmonger
2025-08-12 08:14:11 +0000 UTCDear God man, don't apologize. Take a note from Arabelle and rest Travis - you need the time with no pressure for your soul to be healed. You have all the time you need
Isaac Howe
2025-08-10 17:24:07 +0000 UTCYou have written a thousand chapters, we have plenty of content to re read, take time healing. It’s important you get better. And thank you, with all our hearts, for keeping us up to date and in your thoughts.
John M Davis
2025-08-08 15:05:48 +0000 UTCNone of us are going anywhere! We can’t have our favorite author getting reincarnated ;)
Oleg
2025-08-05 17:32:24 +0000 UTCYour job right now is your health. Only once that's secure will I want another chapter. I'll be very upset with you if you damage your health to write too early!
Peter Schaefer
2025-08-05 15:24:57 +0000 UTCThanks for the update and I hope you get well soon. A lot of us are here for the long haul. Your books have brought me some of the best entertainment and comfort reading in decades.
Derek C
2025-08-05 10:16:31 +0000 UTCI hope you get better I can't wait to read the full book as soon as it's ready but you gotta make sure your fine first and foremost but I do have a question for all of my helpful hwfwm fans is the first chapter of book 13 on here the actual first chapter after the last chapter of book 12?
IMBAD213
2025-08-05 07:41:36 +0000 UTCGet well soon. Being ill is the worst. Your health is most important. Keeping my membership regardless of when chapters continue.
Michael Martinez
2025-08-04 20:37:32 +0000 UTCYour health and wellbeing are all that matters!! As long as you have these two things, there will always be time to write and create in the future. Take all the time you need, knowing you have all of our full support and well wishes ❤️🩹
MeowchuJPicchu
2025-08-04 19:54:54 +0000 UTC
