Well, after 2+ decades of writing and posting , it’s now coming to an end. Due to a particular issue (the loss of my Apple ID), I’ve lost access to every story I’ve ever written, every note I’ve taken and every single revision.
I’ve known this was coming for a long time, yet kept holding out hope I could somehow circumvent it before it was too late. Only, it was not to be. What’s more, I can’t save anything, nor can I access any of my data backups (I could, but finding someone nearby with a suitable Apple system, who’d have to download and then re-upload 500 gb (gigabytes) of data for me, is asking more than I could reasonably expect.
I’ve been grousing about my fate on a number of fronts lately, so many know I’ll be able to continue writing. Only I’ll be starting from scratch, with nada to build on. Thus, it’ll likely take several years before I have anything publishable, and the last few years, I haven’t been nearly as efficient or productive as I once was.
So as I’ve mentioned before, I’ll focus on writing for myself. And IF I complete a publishable work, I’ll publish/post it. But … after struggling to revise ALL of my current WIP, I have little interest in trying to ‘rewrite’ any.
They all had promise, yet …
I DO have backups I can use, yet they’re 5 to 10 years old, so I’m not even sure whether the data is even recoverable, and if a story is that old, why bother.
So, you’ll either eventually hear from me, or not. Though, for all those who despise everything I post, you’ll be glad to know that I continue mouthing off on the SOL Author’s Forum, and of course, with 1M+ followers, I’m still quite active on Quora.
So I’m still busy, I’m just starting over, building on the ashes of my supposed career. :(
It’s been fun and the future is now entirely open.