This is true. I haven’t played since last August, and that was one night after 3 years. They added so many new features after I stopped.

Maybe it’s time to return!

Strange New Worlds is pretty excellent, in my opinion!

Painfully relatable. My series started as Star Trek fan fiction over 20 years ago. When I realized (quickly) that Paramount was never going to hand the reins to an unknown to create a new series, that forced me to go a different direction. Worked out, but the inspiration—and sting—are there.

I’m so, so sorry, Arley. Sparing the hollow platitudes, I hope you find peace over this soon and great success in the aftermath.

Just seems like a bit of a non sequitur—the kind of thing a bot or scammer would do. But that’s not you, right? 😊

Interesting.

I’m sorry. I just posted about this earlier today. Try to keep your chin up. You can do this!

I’ll let you (and everyone else reading this) in on a little secret:

It’s a regular self-pep talk.

I’ve now gotten rejections from a LOT of agents. I know that if I’m feeling a little worthless, someone else probably is too. I don’t want that for anyone.

I mean, when the bar is so low that it’s tapping my home’s sewage line, the moon suddenly seems a bit closer, right?