Just a quick update to let you know I'm still alive. I'd been planning to release chapter 2 in the next few weeks, but I'm fighting a march deadline to get my pharmacy tech certification. The book I have to learn is HUGE, and chock-full of things I'll never actually have to use. Once again my procrastination clocks me in the head.

Nevertheless, chapter 2 will begin March 23, or possibly sooner if things go well test-wise.

New years resolution, I promise to not be such a whiny bitch all the time. Seriously, you guys rock, and I've been an ass. Get ready for updates.

Some of you may have noticed chapter 2 did not start on time. This is due to several reasons. Mostly, I'm getting hitched on Halloween and don't have time to draw. I still have a dozen strips or so ready, but I don't want to use up my entire cushion in one shot. Also, Steve is working on a proper Stone Clouds website, and there's a good chance I'll wait until it's ready to relaunch with chapter 2.

Finally, I was curious how much of an audience I actually had. My tracking numbers haven't changed since I relaunched in January, and they seemed suspiciously high even then. In a month and a half, I've had a grand total of 2 people ask what's up. Now I'm not an attention whore, and I'm not really concerned with how high my readership is. But I've been pushing things a bit faster than I'd like on some of these pages so as not to fall behind, and I'm realizing I'll be happier with the series as a whole if I take some more time and do things properly. So I'm going on official hiatus till at least the end of November. Progress-wise I'm somewhere around page 15 right now, and I want to get to at least the mid 20's before posting again. I was averaging 2 pages a week for a while, so that's not as bad as it sounds. But I'm going to be exhausted in every way between now and the wedding, and it's gonna take some time to recover afterwards. So I can guarantee I won't be drawing until a good week after Halloween.

I will be posting pics after the event, which should serve to explain what I've been doing rather than drawing.

Anyway, thank you for reading, I'll be back shortly.

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This brings us to the end of chapter one. I hope you enjoyed it. Chapter 2 will start right up next week, and it will eventually give up some history on the underworld. I'm on vacation right now, trying to finish 6 pages in just over a week. We shall see how close I get :P