10 February 2008 Finished, finished, finished! After three bleepin' years, I *FINALLY* managed to get off my butt and finish SMV*DA #12. Of course I went right out and began to write the opening scene of SMV*DA #13, but that's just the muse trying to make the best of what momentum I can dig up. Life-wise, nothing has changed. Still with CSC, still working nights, still only writing in my spare time at work, and still suffering from dreams that continue to drive the muse to imagine at a relentless pace. As before, I can assure you that I haven't given up on the SMV universe by any stretch of the, well, imagination. I just need time and energy to get things flowing again (and more often than not, I'm lacking the energy, sigh). All I can ask of you is what I've asked of you from the onset: bear with me, be patient, all will be revealed when the time is right. My sincerest thanks to all of you who've hung in with me so far (I'm looking at you, Rodimus), and let's all hope together that the next episode won't take nearly as long :P Respectfully yours, Troy A. Stanton