Alex

Hey y’all, I just wanna tell you guys that my depression is back. I’m gonna try my best to get chapters out but you know how it is with depression. Motivation is hard to come by. I’ll try my absolute best, but I apologize as I can’t promise consistency anymore.

Hi everyone,
          
          I don’t really know how to say this or why I am but I need to sit down and talk with y’all. I’m sorry to say it, but the chapter is coming slowly. I don’t want to say any time frames so that I’m not disappointed in myself when I don’t meet it but things haven’t been going the best. 
          
          I’ve been feeling like I have nothing going on in my life. That I’m doing nothing to help society. I’ve always been all about writing but lately that hasn’t been working out so I feel like I’m just… nothing for lack of a better word.
          
          I don’t know if this is depression. I’ve been treated of depression for over 4 years now but I just feel so conflicted. Or… I don’t know how I feel. I feel like I’m losing my touch with reality. I need human interaction again. I have my family of course but I just feel so distant. I’ve been cooped up in my house all summer and it’s too hot for me to walk to the cafe for a change of scenery. I don’t know. I need something different in my life but idk how to get that. 
          
          Anyway sorry for my tangent. I’m gonna try to push past this and get back into the groove of writing.

Good evening everyone. The chapter is coming along surprisingly nicely and I made a lot of progress today! However, I’ve come to ask a question. 
          
          I had the crazy idea to read and edit one of the scenes from Sober like an audio book. Would you guys be interested in that? And if so, what scene would you like me to read?
          
          I’m taking responses on my Instagram here https://instagram.com/stories/salty.yams.alex/2825287655162177272?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
          You can also comment on this post. I’ll probably do it even if no one wants it because it sounds like fun. But I wanna hear what you guys think. 

I don’t know if anyone noticed, but I wrote in the comments in the last chapter of Sober that I had taken out a scene and that I would share it elsewhere. Well I repurposed one of my old Instagram accounts to do so. I’ll also post things like life updates, progress updates, maybe even sneak peaks or secrets about the story. Follow me over there if you want more content from me.
          
          And here is the deleted scene: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_QEMoPZ4s/?utm_medium=copy_link

How do I cure my chronic writers block? 1 week and I’ve had nothingggg T^T

Imagine you just spent 5 months writing a chapter. You just published and are so excited for comments. Then you get a notification saying you got a comment. It’s been a rough week and some kind words are just the pick me up you need. But the comment says “nÆqÜēD gŪrŁzž”…. Well if I’m getting spam comments does that at least mean I’m famous? :’D

Did I-? I just- I just sat down for 3 hours and finished writing all the scenes for the chapter? Well gôddàmn commence the editing phase!!!

Hi y’all. I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated Sober. I’m working hard on the next chapter. Unfortunately, I can’t give an estimate as to when I’ll be done with it. I really hope it’s soon, because I feel terrible not publishing for so long. I’ll try to crank it out soon. Thank you for being patient with me. 

What’s up y’all?? I got my flu shot 2 days ago and it got me stuck at home with a 102°F fever this morning! I assure you though, I’m fine. I took some medicine and a bath and I’ve gone down to 100°F. But I’m taking advantage of this extra time and hoping to get past the stupid scene that gave me writers block for two months. Wish me luck!

Oookay so writers block fûcked me up again and there’s gonna be another delay in Sober. There’s one texting scene that’s taking me FOREVER to do. That scene in particular might just end up crappy. I’ve rewritten it 3 times and still can’t get it to work. I’m gonna try one more time with a different approach. Hope you all had a happy holiday and have a great new year. Here’s to 2022 and one year of working on Sober.