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January '25 Progress Report
🕑 Added 2025-02-01 06:29:16 +0000 UTCHello! This is gonna be a shorter Progress Report, because this month has been a very bad one!
WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON?
WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO?
At the beginning of the month, I was making a lot of progress in reorganizing my office—I had just finished taking everything out of the cabinets and installing some sliding shelves when the wildfires started.
Karen and I were displaced for most of the month, but we are overwhelmingly lucky that our apartment is still standing. Between the fires and the news cycle, it has been exceedingly difficult to focus. I feel like my brain is running 15 different applications in the background, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling.
WHAT'S UP NEXT?
Karen and I have been treating this past week as the REAL start of the year. It's when all of the resolutions are actually kicking in, and we have finally moved past cleaning ash and smoke odor out of the house and back into reorganizing things.
I'm actually making some progress on a completely new project: a series of horror short stories! I started them while we were displaced because that's all I could really manage, but I'm really excited about it.
I think I'll either turn them into videos or into some strange new multimedia project. A zine? A series of podcasts? A few animations? Maybe handing them out to cool creatives I know to direct their own versions? I've changed the Jorts Enthusiast tier to include "Early Drafts of Long-Term Projects" for this very reason because I'd like to share first drafts of the short stories, but I'm also TERRIFIED of showing first drafts of anything. Maybe this will help me get over that fear!
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO END THIS
So I'll say: I hope you are all safe. Trans people deserve happy lives. Nazis are bad. Don't do cruel things just because someone tells you to. Fight in the ways that you can.
Comments
Delphi Ahn
!! i love your horror writing in different formats and am very excited to read any of the stories you end up wanting to share!
Ess
So glad your home is okay and yall are safe!
Lollerskate
So glad you and Karen are safe and your apartment is still standing! Would love to read some horror story drafts if you decide to put them on here. Stay safe and here's to a better February!
Shabcrab
So glad to hear you both are alright and your apartment was safe. I hope you can find joy in your work and not anxiety!
RAD
I saw "horror shorts" and got so audible excited I had to explain to my husband what I was looking at. So glad you and Karen are well.
MyGirlFryday
🏳️⚧️💗
rionsanura
<3 glad you're safe. excited to see what you're up to. take care of yourselves!
dsmsblk
That's amazing! "Earn 20k" is one of my favorite videos and "Teaching Jake" is a masterclass in storytelling. I am so excited to see what you two do exploring the horror medium more!! Whats the best way for us to support you during your recovery from the fires?
Ghost
oooh, love some horror short stories, looking forward to whatever those end up turning into!
low level rat
Glad you are okay, take care x
Melissa Troutt
I'm glad you're ok! I was without power for 4 days and lost all the food in my fridge and had to evac but otherwise I was unscathed and I am heartened to see our communities coming together to help rebuild and recover. And also, thank you for being clear about supporting marginalized communities. I have been crying with all the terrible things happening to immigrants, trans folks (I'm gnc myself), and our Black communities, but I refuse to fall into despair. The more we make and support our communities, the better we'll be able to survive and resist this cruel administration. 💜🏳️⚧️✨
Miy Eterp
Oh ok...
Aimee Goodwin
I can't wait to enjoy some fictional horrors in lieu of the IRL ones! 🏳️⚧️❤️
Emily C. Martin
Thank you so, so much for the update. We were pretty worried for a while there. I hope this year gets better for you!! We’re rooting for you (and each other)!!
