#Progress

[emersonfreepress]

help i'm alive

So! Long time, no see. 2023 was a whole goddamn lot lol

I don't have a demo update to share yet, but that's because I had to scrap nearly everything I managed to write during a very, very, very bad stint of writer's block last year. I hadn't even realized it had been a block like that until I went over my work so far last month and realized it was bad -- like, trust me; a slog to read that didn't even sound like me. It's been extremely frustrating but I've finally broken free of that and it's been easy and actually fun to write again for the first time in actual years. I just hate giving updates that have no actual news in them. And I really had nothing to share other than: I deleted thousands of words and feel so much better now 😅

Anyway, little about my demo plans have changed: I'm still putting out the Chapter 3 demos in Choicescript/on Dashingdon and then will be going dark to move things over to Twine. Where I am in the process right now is... feeling like 35% done with the overhauled version of this chapter and 50% done for the next demo update.

As far as asks, I'm... not really sure what to do?? I believe I've read them all (I love you guys), but so much time has passed since getting most of them that I'm not sure if it's, like... still pertinent??? To go back and answer them?? I suppose some of them like character asks could be, but all the nice messages of support -- that feels weird since I've practically ghosted this blog since August! Idk. Y'all tell me what to do with 'em and I'll do it. Maybe I should make a poll.

Uh... that's really all there is to say regarding the game! I've added some personal stuff after the cut, but if you're done here: Thanks for reading and sticking around. It means the world, for real.

So what has occupied my time all this time? Doctor, therapy, money, and friends. And improv! But especially the first two. There was a lot of non-writing related stuff fucking up my ability to focus and write, so hopefully with my mind and body both feeling a lot better, I can get back to being present and active with the game. I didn't realize how physically unwell I was until last year and it's been like... life-long issues I've been treating. It turns out it's not normal to feel exhausted enough to sleep at any given time, at all times, for your whole life! wow!!

I also uninstalled Tumblr from my phone back in February, so you could say I'm sort of generally focused on offline life. (And what an interesting coincidence that my writer's block dissipated shortly after that...) I also just moved!! The last two weekends have been so expensive and stressful -_- But I can't even compare the old place to the new. We're basically paying the same price for idek how much more space. The cats are so happy; which means the house humans get to be happy.

My schedule is finally freed up from constant medical shit (there was a 3-month stretch this winter with multiple doctor appointments literally every fucking week 🙃🙃🙃). My mental health is doing a lot better -- literally incomparably better compared to where I was this time last year. There's live comedy now (which I dabble in, to be clear lol), but I've finally found myself able to like... balance it all. The physical and creative energy that goes into it all, anyway. The lovely thing about improv is that you kinda just show up and do your thing -- it doesn't cut into my writing time so much as it costs energy. Unless I end up in this comedy debate show thing next month, which I am very excited to give up writing time for

So like... Life is life-ing and I'm just vibing. Or something? I'll be around.

Thank you all again so much for your interest, support, patience, and readership <3

#oh and if anyone knows where i can stream mob wives uncensored without paying any extra money i'd love you forever lol #that is unimportant- unless y'all find it important that i have access to all of my most influential pieces of media at all times IJSAYING! #jk jk ofc <3 thank you for reading #conspiracy in emerson #if cie #progress #cie ch 3

[hotinthesun]

Liked the lighting

#gay #gym #me #progress #jock

[fantasyfictionfables]

| Gale & Athena on their honeymoon |-

#bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #romance #dnd #faerun #video game #rpg #fandom #fanart #galemance #gale x tav #gale x oc #gale x female tav #gale x f!tav #athena dekarios #athena asteriadis #bg3 art #bg3 fanart #wizard #paladin #cleric #waterdeep #forgotten realms #drawing #painting #progress #learning #love

[m0tiv8me]

Did I mention I did 100 push-ups this morning and 50 crunches. Yeah, certainly not a big 60 min gym grind but certainly beat the hell out of laying in bed 15 minutes longer. LFG!

#getting back into it #something always beats nothing #perspective #fitblr #small steps #workout #humpday #progress #fitspo

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal #I do live in a major progressive city #there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here #but it's still really powerful to see it #because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts #and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol #seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much #and I love it for you #not news #life #hope #homophobia #sexism #teens #teenagers #progress #gen z #btw if it wasn't clear I'm a #millennial #plush toy #plushie #squishmallows #build a bear #stuffed animal #like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys #saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS #that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS #when I was a teenager #????? #cannot imagine that ever happening.

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

#healing #journey #growth #progress #patience #self-compassion #innerstrength #resilience #emotionalwellbeing

[erisperitas]

An Eve of Frivolity [Close-up of Wyll Ravengard]

Posting a closeup of Wyll's face specifically because he's just such a babe~

If you'd like to see the full piece also featuring my Tav, Erik, check it out here!

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#wyllweek #wyllvember #wyll ravengard #blade of frontiers #baldurs gate 3 wyll #wyll bg3 #bg3 wyll #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 fanart #bg3 #bg3 fanart #bg3 comic #erisperitas #progress #digital #original character #photoshop

[daneecastle]

What did I do?

I'm supposed to be sleeping?

You're welcome ......

I'll color it tomor- ...... when I wake up. Night.

#good omens #man friends forever #crowley #aziraphale #michael sheen #david tennant #neil gaiman #progress #good omens fanart #alpha centauri #crowley x aziraphale #azicrow #aziracrow

[life-spire]

#curators on tumblr #inspiration #quote #words #literature #quotations #beautiful quote #life quote #quoteoftheday #quotes #slow down #doing fine #progress #slow progress

[selfhealingmoments]

#progress #moving forward #moving on #mental health #self reflection #self help #self worth #self improvement #be yourself #new life #new day #new me #new beginnings #therapy #letting go #inspirational quotes #positivity #inspiring #inner peace

[hotinthesun]

No undies 😈

#gay #gym #me #progress #jock

[macrolit]

#small steps #progress #change #time #patience #liz fosslein #remember this

[hodgemanzturnell]

#kik seller #boredoodles #sad and high #autorias #classic rock #progress #encapsulated #amsterdam #darthvader

[mon-mothmas-collar]

in other news, David Bearman looks visibly calmer watching his son race around in a slightly slower death machine than in the super fact death machine

#don’t get me wrong #bros eyes were glued to the track looking for his baby #but calmer than two weeks ago #progress #david bearman #ollie bearman #formula 1 #formula 2 #f1 #f2 #australian gp 2024 #saudi arabian gp 2024

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

Master Your Emotions..

#whatif #meanttobe #fate #destiny #truth #reality #wisdom #openmind #change #reflection #hindsight #learning #insight #progress #maturation #evolution #hope #optimism #zen