I’ve been sitting on this for a while, and I think it’s about time I talk about a few things over here.

When I started this blog, I had a completely different life.
I lived at home with my parents, I was healthy, and had oodles of free time. I could sit down and bang out a whole update in a day because I didn’t have to do much of anything besides go to my classes and study.

And then I got married. And then I got sick.
And when I say sick, I really mean that. I was in serious pain for two years with no end in sight. Most days I was lucky if I could drag myself out of bed just to do laundry. Doing anything with my arms or upper back would leave me in serious pain for days.
But I tried my darnedest to keep making things because I loved to and it was the only thing keeping me partially sane. It hurt (physically) a lot sometimes, but it helped me try to be happy on days when it was really hard.

Then I finally got some help! Which was great!! HURRAY, no more pain!! I could draw and write and run and do as many things as I wanted!!
And given the choice… I wanted to work on other things. I wanted to give new stories a shot, I wanted to explore new characters, and write new things. Because I finally COULD, I wasn’t trapped anymore by what I needed to do and had to save all my energy for.

FQC has obviously fallen to the wayside, and it does make me sad. I love the story I’ve built and written, and I’ve loved the support and the joy I’ve been able to bring people by creating this space here.
But if I’m being honest, it’s just not high on my priority list right now, and hasn’t been for a while. It really hurts to admit that, and it feels like I’m letting down a lot of people by finally saying it. I wish I could be like the other artists I see who come back from breaks and just keep going along. 

When I was finally well again, I thought I could just jump back on the horse and everything would go back to normal. I would be able to do weekly updates, and everything would be super fun!

But sometimes life happens, and it’s been happening a lot lately. Turns out when you’re an adult, you’ve got to make some hard, not-so-fun decisions, and sometimes that involves picking the realistic things over the things that you thought you wanted.
For a really long time, I thought I wanted to be an artist and that would be how I would be happy. But when it was turned into a job, with deadlines and a dollar bill sign stamped on it, I wasn’t very happy anymore. On top of that, it seemed to make a whole lot of people resent me, either because they felt entitled to my time and work or because I wanted to earn a living in the first place, and that wasn’t very fun either. In fact, it really hurt me. It creates a great recipe for an artist to just stopping making things altogether, and that’s what I’ve been doing for a while.
Everything related to the blog became this huge chore, and I hated it. I didn’t want anything to do with it anymore, especially when all it did was make people upset with me.
So, I stopped, and I thought about what I really wanted to do. I finally looked at all the stuff I had put aside because I had been too sick or too busy to do anything with it, and realized how many things I missed doing and being involved with. 
Turns out there was a lot!! And unfortunately… FQC just isn’t in there right now. 

Will FQC ever resume regular updates? Probably not.
But that doesn’t mean the blog’s dead and that I won’t stop making art for it completely. I love this blog and my little queen, and the tiny universe that I’ve made. I’m pretty sure I’ll never give it up, and you guys will never have to worry about it being deleted.  
Things will just have to happen when they happen, and while I’m trying to find my footing and a good place for me, I’m okay with that. I’m actually much more comfortable with letting the inspiration and motivation come to me when it’s ready instead of making myself do something that could possibly hurt me or just demotivate me completely.

It’s okay to unfollow the blog. There isn’t some crazy contract that you sign when you hit that follow button that says you HAVE to stick around. You’re free to do whatever you feel like with the content you like to see on your dash.
But if you do decide to stick around, that’s pretty nice of you. The art will show up eventually.
I’m very grateful for the patience a lot of people have had and the dedication some of you have for my artwork. I never really thought people would like it so much, and so thank you, really and truly.