Hi everyone, I wanted to start by thanking y'all for your kind words on the last update. The last few weeks have found me in a much better place than the months before that. I finished the latest draft of Honeycomb Heart last week and have started reviewing it for what to work on next. I'm expecting the project to need at least one more developmental (story- and character-focused) draft, and a line-editing focused draft before it's fully completed.
I'm jumping into the next draft with renewed energy, as well as the new knowledge that repeatedly forcing myself to try to work on a chapter where the POV character is feeling depressed while I'm also feeling depressed is a bad idea, actually. It's a little embarrassing to realize you've been walking into the same brick wall over and over, but oh well. We keep learning, and spring eventually comes round again.
I'm also working on the polaroids in the meantime. Aquarium date, anyone? This is the original for the 3rd design; I make them larger for ease of stitching, but as a reminder they'll be printed as these smaller snapshots in the end. Once I've made some headway into the new draft, I'll post an update with my updated progress and a new estimated timeline.
