Hello
Thank you everyone for the kind words! This took about 9 months to write, so it's heartening to see that people are reading and enjoying it!
I do have some good news. I have already written chapter 7, and about 1/3 of chapter 8. The next "part" will be composed of 5 chapters, so I am hopeful that it will not take another 9 months
I was worried that the pace would be too slow... I'm not going to "rush" ahead, but things will happen a bit more now that the intro is done.
thanks again everyone, and thank you to @teanndaorsa for all their hard work as webadmin, and to @Tigerstretch for inspiration.