I haven't really submitted anything since July of last year, aside from some comments here and there, so I'd like to give a few updates. I'm still learning to draw. It is slow and frustrating, but every finished piece, no matter how low quality it is at the moment, is 100 times more fulfilling than ai-generating thousands of images. It's not necessarily something that is for everyone, but I seriously recommend that you try working with your hands if you're able to and haven't tried. It also pulls you away from endlessly consuming. I will not submit any of my art to this gallery at the moment, because I simply don't think that its quality is good enough. I'm continuing to write stories. Some stories are longer than my usual stuff, and I'm re-writing and editing a few things, so it's unlikely that you'll see any of it this quarter. That said, I have created an account on tgstorytime under the name laser-wings: https://tgstorytime.com/viewuser.php?uid=16988 . I re-posted three of my