Well, I believe it is time to offer you all a brief update at the least.

I've been writing about eight hours a day for the past few weeks (if I haven't been overly inebriated). I have finished the first draft of On 21st Street and have been hard at work on Gibralter as well, depending on my mood for the day.

I will be adding more to Streets as I write along, feel that it is a bit thin, not sure if a publisher will want to pick something up that isn't an epic length, if I can finish Gibralter around the same time though, perhaps I can send them out together, the both of them together (not as one book mind you) may give me a better chance. It's not that quite of a shot to the stars to finish them both up in a month or so.

I apologize for the recent neglect - More lengthy work has made it seem like I've been doing less work. I assure you to not worry, I'm still very busy with my writing.

In the meanwhile, I urge you to check out my tumblr, I update that with random jots of writing, pictures I like, quotes, etc. - It's definitely more updated than my dA at the moment.

To add to that, as I realize you don't all have tumblr, I have also created an artist page on Facebook. Yes, about a week ago I finally handed myself over to Big Brother, I got a Facebook, I stood in the street and yelled, "Damn you Orwell! Damn you database of names and faces!"

If you can't beat them, join them.

My artist Facebook is under John Finch Reay.

Please show your support by fanning me on Facebook or following me on tumblr, it is very appreciated.

Also, as I announced at the end of last month, I released my first full length as the Sparkle Express titled Radio in the Lake. It has been up for a month and the plays are still a little weak. I would really like it if you all gave it a listen, it's only about a half an hour long and features renditions of some of my more recent poetry. It is intended to be listened to from beginning to end, I encourage you all to give it a try.

One more thing - I am currently working on piecing together some chapbooks of my recent work. I'm thinking of making a batch in the next week or so, something to help spread word of my poetry on the streets and perhaps help me eat while I'm out on the road. When I get the chapbooks set up I will let you all know, they will be available for everyone who is interested and will be no more than five dollars. If anyone would be interested in one it would be nice to know ahead of time, even with a comment on this blog, just so I have an idea of how many I will be sending out.

Thank you everyone, for your continued support and all the recent comments I've received. I apologize for not commenting you all back and for the slow replies when I do.

I hope this finds everyone well.

-John