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I fixed some typos and several timeline errors in the ePub. Of the free version on SOL, chapters 2 and 3 were corrected.

Thanks to my SOL readers who pointed out the problems!

https://bookapy.com/s/1161/the-adventures-of-young-will-potter-a-seafaring-novel

with bonus content, including the full set of requirements for a purser's report.

Of course, those who choose not to purchase will still be able to read the book for free by chapters, twice weekly, over the next 11 weeks. After all, I owe my writing fun to the readers who supported me over the last 20 years.

Added, 04-08-2024: A new version with ten typos and one glaring continuity error less is now available for download. My thanks to reader johnny69!

As of today, posting of The Adventures Of Young Will Potter started, my brand new seafaring novel. Chapters will be posted twice weekly, but some time this weekend, the full story will be available on Bookapy.

Hi, everybody,
I just posted the first two chapters of my newest novella, Bitter Pills. It is set in Philadelphia, the Di Rosas feature a little bit, but it is mostly a story of a couple driven apart by the pressures of their jobs, who struggle to rekindle their love and careers. I hope you will enjoy it a little.
The book was submitted to Bookapy, too, for those wishing to read it in one sitting (it's only 33,500 words) and willing to pay a small contribution for that privilege. Don't know when it'll be available.
In other matters, I have revised a number of older stories, and I am still rewriting or adding to others. In The Navy will see a second coming, with added chapters and a longer timeline. It will also be fit for younger readers (at Finestories) while those who enjoy the caffeinated, older version will still find that on SOL.
Ellen will see a complete rewrite of the first five or six chapters, to correct continuity and probability issues. Again, the original version will remain available on SOL.
My next new opus, The Adventures of Will Potter, is nearing its completion. The going has been slow in the last year, mostly because my impending retirement had me focus on wrapping up things at work, but I have the plot for the last chapters now, and I am plodding along with the draft.
That's it; I'm alive and writing, and I plan to be around for some time, health and viability permitting. My heart surgery in 2021 went very well, and the old pump is chugging nicely and regularly now. I am very grateful for living in the 21st century and in a country with mandatory health insurance!

… to be awarded a Classic Clitoris. Not that she hadn't a busy one all along, but a Golden Clitoris is rare even in British Aristocracy.
When I started "Ellen", I was still in the middle of In The Navy, having just finished the late Gisele, and my writing was still very raw. Yet, the increasing exposure of Ellen to the Regency's higher society forced me to invest more and more time into the research of the epoch, an effort that bore fruit with many of my subsequent stories. It is a source of constant amazement how well "Ellen" was and is received by SOL's readership, given the often cheesy plot of the early chapters. Then again, a gorgeous blonde who matures into a woman of character and strength is certainly a draw, and it does not hurt that her somewhat immature lover and husband also grows into a man worthy of her. (Note to self: remember that principle for future stories!!)
Anyway, a great, big thank you to the readers for voting "Ellen" as recipient of the Classic Clitoris 2021!
It will certainly motivate me to finish my current main project, "The Adventures of Will Potter". Will is an orphan and merchant's apprentice who is forced to volunteer into the Royal Navy, early in the Revolutionary Wars. With good luck and dedication he becomes first a purser's steward in a small sloop, and then attains the coveted purser's warrant himself, finding a sweet young wife in the bargain. ETA: sometime in late summer or early fall.
That's it. Thanks, you guys!