I got asked again by a mate and his missus why I don't post any new poems or literature on Deviant Art, and haven't for two years...

The answers are simple.

First of all, I was slowly losing the will to write anything and distribute it publicly, largely because I had too much going on for me to spare the time to mess about with a webpage.

Secondly, when I did finally sort everything out, I was suffering from a more and more visibly fractured long-term relationship, and the resulting relationship breakdown, which meant I really didn't want to post anything I was writing in my spare time. A lot of the work around then became very erratic in the emotions behind it, largely because one day I'd be frustrated at myself and transfer it to paper, and another I'd be burnt out at the end of the day and just blab everything to fictional characters who at the end of the day were poor representations of a fractured psyché.

Thirdly, I was unsure of the license that Deviant Art offers on stuff, as it seemed to deem uploaded material as quasi-their-property-and-you-need-to-ask-for-it-to-be-completely-removed-but-you-also-can't-then-sell-it-on-until-they-remove-it-because-they-have-rights-regarding-your-work. This is bad as other bits of work has been distributed publicly, either under my own name or under a pseudonym, both paid and unpaid.

Fourthly, I was only uploading a very tiny fraction of the stuff I wrote on to Deviant Art, and although I'm proud of everything I scrawl, nothing that I'd uploaded was of a general high quality that perhaps my page needed. It was all specific to hitting certain notes and chords in people, rather than a general goal. As it stood, I was looking at my page and thinking "Well... This stuffs ok, worth a quick read, but nothing more really".

Yes, the last journal post was a reference to Resident Evil, and "That" infamous journal in-game. It was meant to signify the end to this "name" for my writings. Nothing depressing, nothing angsty, just me moving on.

Oh, and two more things... No I'm not angsty anymore, I got out of that phase when I hit 20. Secondly, no, I don't make a lot of money from selling stuff, it's rare I'm able to.

That said, I might just upload some stories later for old times sake.