You can always ask the mods to open your thread, and you don’t have to write. But just talk about your IF just like in INFAMOUS IF (BAND WIP) CHAP 2. P1 OUT (178k words)
The author is not really on the forum, but she still talks about the game! 
People can deal with it, mental health is always first. You shouldn’t be under any stress, to give updates. It’s always on your time, all authors write because they wanna write.