Dear Friends, Subscribers, and Visitors,

If you've read my past messages, you might recall that I have contemplated and struggled with many philosophical and socio-political matters—which I still do not wish to discuss in much detail—for years.   I have also contemplated writing a literary novel on such themes for almost as many years.  I had several false starts.  I believed that I was not yet ready to get to work on such a huge project.  

I hope that I will be ready soon.  I already began fleshing out elements in a binder containing a manifesto, or a document designed to keep track of how a work of fiction develops.  When will I be ready?  I certainly can't pay much attention to any serious prose work until well after I complete the training, final examination and all.  Otherwise I hope to be ready soon, even if I start slowly.  

If I indeed do start in the near future, it would certainly mean that I would be quite a bit less active online.  That includes the possibility of letting go of an online forum once again.  I don't imagine myself leaving DeviantArt again anytime soon, as I do hope to gain encouragement as I train my skills for illustration.  I also don't expect to leave Imvu again anytime soon, as there are many people on there who want my presence.  Even if I am given a full-time job, I hope to be able to take time to build something serious, intense, thought-provoking, and ultimately beautiful and hopeful.  I did say that I would get into a project to renew my basic drawing skills in view of drawing comics—that might come at a later point after I settle into daily life with a new job and possibly cut more time from other pursuits.  

I pondered whether to share anything about the project.  After a fair bit of thought, I decided that I don't feel ready to share much.  I would rather just work quietly on it when the time comes.  I will say one thing before anyone asks.  No, it does not involve any of the original characters you've seen thus far—I have different characters in mind that I may or may not draw and post online later.  

If you pray, pray that I may be given the wisdom in regards so such a huge, time-consuming, and possibly emotionally draining project.  If not, I just ask that you wish me luck.  Again, I don't know when I will start, but I hope to start in the near future.

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May God be with all of you.