I've enjoyed the time off since concluding the first arc. I've done some writing, but I've just struggled mightily to get anything written in the new story. Compounding the bit of writer's block I've run into is a lessening of my free time. My day job is seeing its workload increasing and I may be heading back to the office which means I'm going to be losing more of my waking time soon.

Stolen story; please report.

As a result, I have decided to pause this series. I was writing 2 to 5 chapters (of 3k+ words) a week. In the last four weeks, I've completed a basic chapter overview and a single chapter.

I want to thank everyone for their support and for enjoying/reading my story to this point. I'm sorry for this development but I do hope to be able to get back to this story in the future.