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Hey all, I know I’ve not been on twitter or here much. The last few years have been tough and this one isn’t much better.
My disease is super super rare; the main disease has an incidence of maybe 1-2 in a million and I have an even rarer subtype they’re only now identifying. Needless to say, no doctor wants to manage me because I’m so complicated. I have not been able to find anyone in the entire state of Texas to treat me and am beginning to run out of options. I haven’t had my treatment since early January, and it’s looking like it’s unlikely I’ll get it this year with how things are going.
So 2024 will probably be another year in which I am not able to write or do much. I’m sorry. I know you’ve been waiting for a lot of stuff from me. Believe me, I am incredibly frustrated and upset.
I will proceed with plans to post S3 of In/Exhale on AO3 (first two seasons are now there already in full), though it may be a few weeks from now until I’m able to get that rolling.
As always, thank you to those who have stuck by me and continue to support my work. If you’re used to my original work, you may want to check out my AO3. Most of my works are AUs that are practically original works, and most of my recent stuff involve characters with chronic illness or disability, so if you’re missing my writing, you may like what I have posted there.
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Quick Update
My health has been bad the last few years, which is partly why this blog has been so neglected lately. I’ve had to put all my original work on hold, including In/Exhale for the time being.
However, I am still as active as I can be on tumblr and AO3, so you can find me there for now. Hopefully, next year will be better and I can get back to some of my OW projects.
I do have a new fan fic you might enjoy that I’ve been focusing on this year to help me get through things; it’s an AU so you do not need to know the source as it’s all but an original work.
It’s called Synchronize and is about a chronically ill man who needs full-time nursing care but hasn’t had good luck with medical help and ends up hiring a nurse who changes his life.
Thank you to all of you who continue to follow and support me and my work despite all that.
I’ve also deleted a few spam posts. Apologies I didn’t notice them sooner.
Share:In/Exhale ~ Update
Hey, all. I know it’s been awhile since you’ve heard from me here. I’m slowly getting back into writing again (yay), and hope I can be somewhat productive this year and will be able to stay on my medication that I need so I’ll keep getting better and better healthwise.
Just wanted to update you all on In/Exhale!
I’m currently editing S3 for ebook and am hoping to have that release this summer. I’ve also begun working on S4, slowly, for now. I don’t expect to have that out until 2023. I know it’s been a long time, but hopefully it’ll be worth the wait.
As for the other two seasons…
All of S1 of In/Exhale is now available to read on AO3! You’ll find it here:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21574096/
I’ve also begun posting the apendices there (which are found in the ebooks and some on PD but have never been posted separately and entirely before). You’ll find them here:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38379163/
In addition, I’m posting S2 on AO3 now as well! I’m trying to add a chapter each week (so the entire days, not posted as episodes as they were on PD). You can subscribe if you have an AO3 account so you’ll get an email whenever I post a new chapter. Find S2 on AO3 here:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37876594/
Thank you to all of you who have sent comments about my work here or on other platforms. I really appreciate it!
As for PD, I still haven’t had the opportunity/spoons to update all the links for I/E there. You can use this post to help you navigate (as they’re all still on the archive site, just hard to find), or of course you can read S1-3 here or partly on AO3, above.
Share:In/Exhale on PD (Broken Links)
Awhile back, Paradevo moved the story blog to a completely different site. While they did archive the old blog with all the old posts, it means none of the previous links work.
This means you can’t use any saved bookmarks to get to In/Exhale seasons on their site anymore.
Because of my health issues, I haven’t been able to go in and fix all the links, including the table of contents (none of those links work at the moment), or the links at the end of each chapter that take you to the next one.
However, you can still read S1-2 here in ebook form, and S3 as well on this site.
If that doesn’t work for you, then you can also find all of In/Exhale here.
You will need to scroll and use “older posts” at the bottom to progress through. I know it’s not ideal, and I promise I will fix it when I’m finally able to get my medication and have more energy. (I’ll also get back to working on the S3 ebook.)
I’m really sorry for the inconvenience and I also apologize for the long wait for S4. As of now, I can’t say when I’ll be able to get back to it, but hopefully I can in 2022. Thank you for your support and happy reading!
Share:Still Here, Barely
I’m still around. It’s been a rough couple years. My insurance doesn’t want to pay for a vast majority of my medical expenses, and my chronic illness has gotten worse as a result. Therefore, I’ve been feeling too ill/exhausted to do much of anything for the last year and a half, and especially the last ~8 months or so. I’m mostly active on Tumblr, and a little on Twitter.
Right now, all my writing is on hiatus until I can get a little better. My main priority is Where Demons Hide, but even that I haven’t been able to work on much at all, unfortunately. This means I can’t say when S4 of In/Exhale will come out. I will continue to upload S1 to AO3 as often as I can, and I’m really hoping I’ll manage to update WDH this summer.
Thanks to those of you who continue to support me and my writing. <3
Share:Fund In/Exhale Cover on Ko-Fi!
Hi, everyone! I know I haven’t been updating that much this year. Without my medication, it’s been a rough one.
However, I did find a very talented artist to draw the cover art for the In/Exhale – Season 3 ebook!
Since I offer the entire series for free, I would really love some support in paying for the artwork.
If you enjoy my writing, I would really love if you could take a few seconds to donate a few dollars toward paying for the cover art.
You can donate as little as $3 on Ko-Fi!
If you can’t do $3, or Ko-Fi isn’t your thing, you can also donate via Paypal!
Even if you can’t afford to donate (I realize 2020 hasn’t been kind to a lot of us), if you could share the link, I would really appreciate it :).
As of right now, S4 will probably not come out until 2021. I’m very sorry about that. But I am still posting S1 on AO3, and I can hopefully have the S3 ebook finished before the end of the year.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported my work in the past!Share:
In/Exhale Now on AO3
In/Exhale is now on AO3! Read it here.
If you follow me on tumblr, you may have noticed that I’ve been posting a lot on Archive of Our Own (aka AO3) lately. It’s normally a home for fan fiction, which I have been writing a lot of in the past six months or so, but you can also apparently post original work there as well.
A friend suggested that I post In/Exhale there as another way to reach an audience. It’s a bit more reader-friendly, especially on mobile, than reading on the original blog or here on my site, so in case that’s turned you off of reading it in the past, or you’d like to read it again (and ebooks aren’t your thing), you now have another opportunity.
I’m planning on posting the entire completed three seasons, updating weekly as much as my health allows. Once I start posting the next season (season 4), I’ll probably post both on the original blog and on AO3, if it seems enough people are interested in it.
Please feel free to leave comments and kudos on the AO3 version if you decide to (re) read! I could use the motivation to get back into my original work.Share:
I’m still alive
I know I haven’t been active on here or twitter lately. There are a lot of reasons for that but I am not going into it here right now.
I have been posting regularly on Tumblr: http://plague-of-insomnia.com and AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/chiealeman/pseuds/plague%20of%20insomnia
I am not abandoning any of my original work. I am still planning to finish the first draft of Love UnSeen (hopefully by the end of this year if not sooner) and I will continue In/Exhale, with Season 4 most likely being pushed into 2020 (sorry). I don’t have any plans for the ebook of S3 right now, but that will definitely happen. (I need to find a new cover artist as mine had to take a leave of absence.)
I’ve added a KO-FI button! I’m going to try to use it to raise money for the cover art since I need to pay an artist to make one. If you enjoy In/Exhale, I would love if you could spare $3 or more toward the cause!
Anyway, that’s just a super-quick update. I’m going to see my specialist in NY in a few weeks, and I’m hoping he’ll consider adjusting my meds. We’ll see how I do. Thanks to those of you who still follow me. I appreciate it!Share:
In/Exhale: S3 – February 13, 2001 – Season 3 Finale
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In/Exhale: S3 – February 12, 2001
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