+1 to Perspective

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     I am at a loss for words on how things could change so much in life. 

    I am currently writing this to be released on 19 May (even though I am writing it on 25 June). I am giving everyone who is catching up like I am a small break in all of the fiction ideas to kind of re-introduce myself to the new people I have given a link to this blog. 

    Hi. My name is Animus Custodius, but most people just call me Ani. I am a Colorado native now in my 30s who is trying to piece together some sort of collection of musings, ramblings, and overall chaos when I have the time and energy to do so. Most of the time, I'm pretty good about giving this blog weekly updates. However, with the most recent events in my life, I will be back-dating and back-logging blog posts. 

    Why do I bother to do this?

    Well, for one, I like looking at this and seeing that I tried to do this weekly. I have been doing this blog basically weekly since 2018, and it has been one of my longest running writing things to date. The other one being a fantasy universe I decided to take a break from back in 2021 when I was losing my mind trying to make cool shit that was just shit. 

    Why do I say it was just shit? Because 2021 me thought it would be awesome to write a four-novel series that could be read in any order that linked four characters into a fantasy world where all of them played an important role in it. This was shit because I tried to make it more connected than it needed to be, which just stressed me out. 

    Now, back to this blog. As you may have noticed, some stories have basically gone "missing" with an added note. Originally, this was because I thought I was going to turn them into actual stories. But now I am doubting my ability to do that with the work. So in future, you may see these reappear with a note that they were restored at a certain month/year. Because as much as I like to write bigger tales, these were just like my more recent posts: simply ideas that don't go beyond what I write of them. 

    Do I plan on writing novels that I can self-publish? Absolutely! And when I do, y'all will be some of the first to know about them.

    As it stands, I am in the throws of a complete life overhaul, and I've learned that saying something that I'm excited about doing or that I've been working on only makes the work harder for me to complete mentally. Hence the lack of info at the moment. 

    No matter though. I'm glad you came by the blog. Thank you to those reading the first time, and those that have been reading since the beginning. It truly means a lot to me.

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