Another health update (Patreon)

G'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