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How oral surgery will impact my writing and writing-related work

Due to a painful dental condition necessitating surgical removal of my upper right wisdom tooth, I am scheduled to undergo oral surgery on June 16. This oral surgery was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic; my oral surgeon was not able to return to work until very recently.

My writing and writing-related work will be impacted by my oral surgery, as follows:

I will continue to do some writing and writing-related work, albeit at a slower pace, until I undergo oral surgery.
Once I undergo oral surgery, I will be taking a one-week hiatus from all writing and writing-related work.
My YouTube channel is officially on hiatus until after I undergo, and recover from, oral surgery; there will be no new YouTube videos from me until June 23, at the earliest. I hope to be able to upload a new YouTube video no earlier than June 23 and no later than June 30, but that window of time is tentative.
I will not be publishing any new books until 2021. I hope to be able to publish several books throughout 2021, but I don’t have release dates set in stone for any of my works in progress.
This blog, and the other Apollo Corner blogs, will go on hiatus until June 23.

I have undergone oral surgery once before, so I know what to expect from oral surgery. It takes approximately one week for my mouth to fully heal from an oral surgical procedure. Once I undergo oral surgery, I hope to be able to return to writing work as soon as possible, hopefully without having to write through pain!

My writing work will continue through a stay-at-home order in Illinois

Starting at 5 PM CDT today, a stay-at-home order, issued by the Governor of Illinois, will go into effect across the entire state of Illinois due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A list of permitted activities during the stay-at-home order can be found here.

Due to my mother being in poor health and having to spend a considerable amount of time of each day caring for my mother, I have only recently started getting around to doing writing work on several books to be written and published, and this writing work will continue during the stay-at-home order. As a self-published author, I work from home under normal circumstances, and my work as an author is not incorporated as a business in Illinois or any other jurisdiction. However, final publishing of books that I am currently writing will not be done while the stay-at-home order is in effect in Illinois.

While the stay-at-home order is in effect in my home state, anyone with an Amazon account can buy gifts for me from my Amazon wishlist.