I'm sorry to give an update so soon after the last one. I thought about putting this off until things were more certain, but thought letting you know now would be less cruel.

I've been writing like mad the last month or so. I was averaging almost a chapter a day for a time until...

My hand started hurting.

I tried cutting back, but it wasn't really getting better. I finally went to a friend and he smacked it around a couple of times and gave me the verdict.

Cut down on your typing or look forward to surgery.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

I really want to write this story. I've been spending hours every week writing and going over my notes. I really want to meet the January deadline I gave you guys. Indeed, I still might. However, I'm not so enraptured by the deadline that I'm willing to go under the knife.

I still might make my January self-appointed deadline. The uncertainty is why I thought about delaying, but it wouldn't be fair to tell you a week before that I'd have to delay the story again.

There is still hope. I've been researching speech-to-text apps and although I don't think they'll be as fast as writing, it may be enough for me to build up chapters while I let my hand heal.

But there is a good chance the release will be delayed, and I wanted to assure you that regardless of the verdict the story isn't dead.

Thanks for all the support, and sorry about the (potential) delay!