Hi,

Uh. I have not been writing at all. Rip. Reading I'm trying to get back into and I find when I'm inspired, I want to write. Right now all brain energy go into union work and brain just shuts down when home. I just want to sleep.

Also, like. The world is on fire right now (metaphorically). The fuck even is going on? I would usually hide and go into my escapism methods of reading and writing but since I'm so entrenched in the union work at this point, I'm attending a lot of conferences and participating in way more discussions about the current state of the world more than ever.

Needless to say. I'm not in the position I was hoping to be in when it came to writing. I had a large plan two years ago with a writing schedule, a potential self-pub book release, and potentially querying a middle-grade book idea I was obsessed with.

Now it's just finishing the one goddamn book I was uploading consistently on Tapas. Like my standards have dropped. I don't even know if I should even continue writing publicly with all the AI scraping that has been happening and this fear of having work stolen. How does one navigate the world in such a tumultuous time?

I want to write but capitalism doesn't let me unless I profit majorly. I want to shut my brain off and just focus on what makes me happy but the world is on literal fire and I have gotten into initiatives that keeps you thinking about these things.

Welp, maybe one day I'll get to finish writing the stuff I want to write.

I'll see you guys in the next update,

- Joy