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[golarisa]

The State of PIP

Hey Tumblr friends, since we’ve gotten some questions about it I thought I would take a sec to talk about Past Is Prologue, my health, and what’s next. 

If you’ve been here a while, you probably know around the time @bazaarwords and I started PIP, I was diagnosed with cancer. A very aggressive form of leukemia called AML, to be specific. For a while, I was able to keep writing while bored in my hospital room, but as soon as my treatment really got going, I was barely able to move or speak, let alone form coherent thoughts at a computer. My notebook is full of things I don’t remember writing, fragments of thoughts and pleas for privacy or medication or both. 

I decided not to talk about it much publicly (even a number of my friends and family didn’t know) because I didn’t know how to talk about it. I still don’t, honestly. I know that in the face of illness or death I don’t owe anyone anything, but you’ve all been very patient and many of you have left uplifting comments on my stories and even reached out to me to wish me well, and I cannot thank you enough. 

I have been so lucky to have an incredible team of doctors and nurses, and a wonderful, unwavering support system. Because of them I’m happy to report that I’m officially in remission!

So! PIP will absolutely be continuing. @bazaarwords and @osmriceu have been absolute champs and have been really supportive of me taking the time I need, but I do have to ask for a little more time from both them and from you. I am still recovering (5 rounds of chemo does a lot to your mind and body) and I’m rusty as hell. I don’t want to release anything before I’m happy with it!

As for my other fics: thanks for asking about them! PIP is coming first, but definitely don’t count them out. :)

I’ll leave you with a few links:

Be the Match Please consider joining the National Registry for Marrow donation. It honestly saves lives. 

@osmriceu makes great art over at @lushdudu

@bazaarwords deserves a coffee. 

tldr; had cancer, in remission, fics incoming but please be patient a little longer.

[golarisa]

Are u taking request? 'Cause i have an idea (srry 4 bother u) is a korrasami

While I always accept requests, I’m sorry that I can’t promise I’ll deliver. That being said, I am traveling a lot in the next few months, and I’m always looking for things to write in airports and planes, so feel free to send prompts my way if you’d like to. 

Thanks for your interest!

[golarisa]

Brittle Wires

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7362901/chapters/16723999

worldofneesh said: Oh! “We’re coworkers and you got flowers delivered to you and I’m mad, but I’m not sure why.” 

I think this counts as prompt fulfillment only on a technicality. It’s so long that it’s bypassing Tumblr altogether. Thanks for the prompt, and my apologies for the wait.

@bazaarwords kept this from being flung into the ocean, thanks BTubs

See you next week for Weightless chpt 9

[golarisa]

Weightless, chapter eight

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6453817/chapters/16194608

Previously, in the actively crumbling Northern Air Temple...

I apparently should not apologize about the length of chapters, but fair warning, it’s a longer one.

[golarisa]

Weightless, chapter seven

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6453817/chapters/15890092

Big ups to @bazaarwords who, when I asked if section three was too much said, “NAH MAN THAT SHITS GOLD” so please direct all your complaints accordingly.

@osmriceu is the very best, like no one ever was.

[golarisa]

Weightless, chapter six

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6453817/chapters/15696127

help me @osmriceu, you’re my only beta.

I’m doing some traveling on and off over the next few months, and while I’m pretty sure updates will continue to be as regular as they have been, there might be a hiccup or two along the way. I appreciate your patience, even though I have never heard a peep about updates which is rad as fuck, thanks pals.

Oh, and I’ll probably be posting the occasional picture, so if you would rather not see those they’ll be tagged #pic and #personal

[golarisa]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Okay! I heard you! You will now start to see some of my Tumblr prompts and one-shots on Ao3. It’s very likely that stuff like this will continue to be posted on Tumblr first, but I will eventually post most of them to this series, if subscribing to that is more convenient for you.

The Elevator Up, however, has been posted in a series along with Company, so if you’re only into Company stuff you can find that here.

Thanks for all your comments and help, I really appreciate it!

[golarisa]

Weightless, chapter five

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6453817/chapters/15471967

in which the author does not take you for granted and rewards patience

~make america @osmriceu again~

This is what I listen to when I write Weightless, if you’re curious. It’s meant to be fairly downtempo and noninvasive. More like ambient music, I guess. It’s one ‘theme’ per section, so chapter five is represented by songs 13-16.