Don’t feel bad about posting this gripe, William. You did well to wait this long, and many of us have already expressed our concerns. Like you, mI would have been fine with an up front explanation right at the very start of the earnings drop.
I read somewhere that writers are expected to be compensated in the first week of November (so hopefully that will be added to our monthly total for October) but I can’t find where I read that, so maybe it was wishful thinking. Fingers crossed though.