Short Hiatus

 

 

 

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Short Hiatus Has Started:

Will see you all once more in January! 

I am hoping, by then, I may even be able to do some 2 page posts, but it also depends on how other matters go as well. I am working on PR edits on top of new pages while trying to keep up with Patreon content as well. Patrons will be ahead by 12+ pages at the end of November. December will be my final catch up month as I plan out for the next year. So, still lots to do but working on it at a decent pace at least. 

So, at this time as well, I do want to thank everyone for sticking around this long! It's been 5+ years since the launch of Parallel Rift. Through all it's troubles, struggles, and excitements, I do feel I am going in a better direction. Once Ch6 begins and ends, I will editing the website itself to upgrade both its visuals and some of the pages as well. There will be a new prologue, which still aligns with the current one, but written and paced more smoothly. The first section of Ch 1 will also be edited, with brand new pages and major dialogue changes to fix the horrendous way it currently reads. 
I will say, the initial first 20 or so pages were originally started back in 2016, but because I was doing a lot at the time, they went slowly, lengthy pauses, and also my lack of confidence in sharing the story itself. I do look forward to the edits, I feel they will not only explain a few things a bit better, but align with the overall story in much cleaner fashion and be much closer to how I intended. No, I'm not adjusting any other chapter pages in a big group such as this. There will be some other minor dialogue edits here and there, a few tweaks, but no major changes to other chapters or content. 

I immensely look forward to the future and I still hold onto my dream of one day getting this story published as well. The fanbase right now is very small for me to work with a Kickstarter, so it will be dream that lingers probably for awhile yet. I'm not giving up though!

Thank you and have a great week everyone!

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Ch 5 pg 41 (tbc)

 

 

 

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Short Hiatus:

From now till January of 2005, more specifically January 6, 2025, no new pages will be posted. Ch 6 cover has already been floating about as an early thing so come the 6th, there will be 2 pages posted that day. 

Till then, 12+ pages will be shared on Patreon so if you'd like to dive into the next chapter early, a FEW MONTHS early, then check out the link above and dive right in!

Book 1 of Parallel Rift is also drawing to a conclusion as well. Ch 6 is the final chapter of this book! There is still plenty more to come so no worries about missing anything. That also being said, next year, there will be several changes made as well. I have some of the new prologue pages ready to go and edits made to the first few pages of chapter 1. Next year, I plan to take a couple days to entirely rehash out this website. If time permits, that will also mean redoing other aspects of the site itself. I'll try to work as quickly as I can during that time, so hopefully it doesn't take me too long to get things back up and running and flowing smoothly.

Till then, I'll see you all soon! I will post some other happenings in a couple weeks and probably in December as well, so look out for those updates too. Thank you so much everyone and I look forward to seeing you in the next chapter!

Thank you and have a great week everyone!

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Ch 5 pg 40

 

 

 

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Racing:

This past week has almost felt like a race rather than something more easy going. It didn't surprise me to fail some of the goals I had set up for the end of October for things changed, as seemingly per usual. As much as I'd love to make my comic page goal for the end of the year, it doesn't feel as though it's going to happen. I'll keep trying anyway and maybe I'll at least get close, but it does mean neglecting other things as well. Not that I want to, but as they say, sometimes it's necessary. If I want to try really hard, I'm going to have to crack down and well...try really hard.

On the downside as well, that does probably mean I won't have all the time I desired for my plans next year in terms of what I wished to sell, but maybe since the convention is just a trial run persay, it may at least give me enough finances to start preparing for something bigger, and better stock, and actually getting what I need for a proper table one day. Such a goal still feels miles away, but if I want to get PR printed one day, I need to start saving up for that too for, as much as I hate to be a pessimist on the matter, I know for a fact that I would get all the funding from a kickstarter to get the books created, so I'm going to have to save up on my own for a small batch and start from there. I do still also want to make an artist related book too, just a small one, to sell in the future as well, with various doodles and PR related things that show off what I can do and have done. That alone seems like a goal miles away simply because I don't have the funding for any of those sort of things. 

I do hope the economy does get better as that will give me some hope that I can get some work coming in again maybe, but right now, it's too few and far in between. Most months, it's only the Patreon income I receive so once Patreon takes their cut and then Paypal takes theirs, it's only about $72 or so a month, and not all 8 current patrons stay on the same tier or there every month...so thus it's probably more around $60-72 or so and well, as I've mentioned, I cannot survive on that if I had to be on my own for any given reason. I'm lucky my partner keeps pushing me and trying to convince me that my art will work out one day and thus remains my ultimate supporter in the matter, but even then, it would be nice to be able to do something for them one day as a thanks for everything they've done for me. Maybe one day it won't be a pipe dream.

Anyway, thank for letting me a rant a little today. Been feeling a bit down and overwhelmed and yet, still trying to get through it all.

Thank you and have a great week everyone!

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Ch 5 pg 39

 

 

 

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Happy Halloween 🎃:

The last week of October is upon us!

And I still have lots of work to do before then. I am nearly caught up on pages at least so will be updating Patreon in November, on time with that much. I am also currently clearing out a commission I received for Halloween so will  need to close that out soon too. Those on my discord will have seen WIPs of it, along with a couple other groups I've shared the WIPs in for the time being. Been trying to share more on bluesky as well, but I feel majority of that activity will need to wait till November.

I do have a list of things I still need to do and accomplish, but we shall see. I'm not sure I'll accomplish my goal of completing 35 pages in 50 days, but we're going to heckin try. The goal was to do 80 pages of Parallel Rift this year and I have at least been posting consistently. Just due to everything that happened for a few months, the time frame fell apart in terms of how I had spaced out time in order to work on pages. Oh well, just a bit of reorganization and hopefully it'll be alright.

There's not much left to this current chapter and as a reminder, when it ends, which should be toward the middle to end of November, Chapter 6 will not begin until January due to the holidays in December.

Thank you and have a great week everyone!

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Ch 5 pg 38

 

 

 

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Funeral Today:

Given I am posting this before the funeral actually happens today, I just want you all to know that it is finally happening and I do solemnly hope those who have been hurt can start to move on and heal, including myself. I do feel bad for my mum in that she is blind to the damages my dad has done, but well, it is what it is and after today, I'm leaving it in the past.

That being said, my concern now is with my mum. I know she means and has meant well, but it has also put her own health at risk now too. The stress has quite literally caused an aorta (think I spelled that right) tear and we won't know just how bad till later. I have no clue if such a thing can even be fixed or if mum is going to have to seriously learn to keep her life as calm as possible. Though she generally should be doing that anyway instead of worrying about others and things she cannot control. 

Overall, many things still seem like a mess. Finances have largely been steadied at this point, at least well enough for the time being, but issues are still prevalent. My mum's dog needs to be taken to the vet once more and we're concerned she may have cancer in her ear...if that's the case...well, honestly, no one can afford that bill. It would take a miracle to be able to pay for that kind of surgery, if it's even possible to remove. Though, like I said, haven't taken her in yet, so not 100% sure on what's going on with the dog. Just symptoms right now are making us uneasy. 

Other than that, well, I suppose I've been getting some work done and covered. I'm trying to pick up my patreon once more and though I've cleared out some of the content I had desired to create, there always seems to be more. It's a slow process but well, one step at time. It's just not easy because it also makes me feel overwhelmed and thus is near paralyzing and I barely get done the amount of work I would've like to. Still have to keep trying though. It's all I can do. Keep trying and taking it one day at a time. 

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Ch 5 pg 37

 

 

 

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Progress:

With a funeral date finally set, I've been using the time now to catch up on missed work. I still owe some artwork to others, but beyond that, even though I'm currently making very little income (Patreon only at this time) I've been slowly catching up on comic pages. I have 39 pages left in order to complete my goal for the year and 69 days, as of this post, to do it all in. It does sound highly probable I should be able to do it, but there's other things that need to get done too. It feels more like I have 39 pages due in 30 days, a much more impossible task for me, but I'm trying. The goal is still largely to be able to do 2x a week posts next year at least a couple times a month despite not reaching my goals with Patreon. Though, there are other things in motion for next year too that I need to prepare for as well in order to see if I can make up for some of the lack of finances due to all that has happened these past few months.

The largest endeavor was setting that funeral date though and ensuring that we can have the time off properly. It's not going to be anything fancy, a very short event really because we can't afford anything big, and definitely not be able to feed people either. The finances just aren't there for that and honestly, I wouldn't want to give the donkey more than he's already getting, even in death. I'm sure people who actually cared for him will show, but there will be no tears from me.

Beyond that, it's off to work and learning how to minimize my distractions once more so I can get even more work done before I make it really horrible on myself. If anything, the hardest thing to fight is procrastination and lack of motivation, especially when I've been interrupted during work this past week for several days, which ruins any sense of rhythm I had going. I don't blame anyone, it's just a busy time. Commissions aren't coming in. Work is slow for many, so in the meantime, as I hope some work flows back in eventually, I'll do my best with Patreon and my comics!

Thank you and have a great week everyone!

Stay Creative 💚