My health problems have gotten worse to the point where I am at the moment no longer able to write. In fact, I have not written a single word since the last chapter.

Unfortunately, I have to declare a hiatus until I get better. That does not mean that I will drop this story. I have the basic plot for the next few chapters planned. I just can't write it.

The problem is that I have one prescription for a drug that increases drive and energy for the day, with the unfortunate side effect that it causes insomnia for me. For that, I have another prescription with the side effect that it makes me tired over the day.

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Add in my allergies, which make me tired as well (though I have drugs against those, which make me, you guessed it tired) and right now I am literally laying in my bed unless I absolutely have to do something.

The hopefully good news is that it seems to be a matter of balancing the first and the second prescription, and I am working with my doctor on it, but it could be that I am writing again next week, or next year.

So sorry to all of you, but it sadly can't be helped.