I know. I've been away from writing for a long time. Kids will do that. When I first started writing here, I had zero kids, now I have two of my own, and several classrooms full every day.
I changed careers, moving from a stay-at-home husband who worked part time on two jobs with a wife who worked a full time job ... to a husband who works a full time job and a wife who is a stay-at-home mom.
Basically, the last few years have been pretty hectic. I have written during this time off, but never really had the time or attention span to finish anything solid. But tonight I'm submitting a story I wrote (with my wife's usual help), and somewhat loosely inspired by "Fifty Shades".
I say loosely inspired because ... well, we read it, I liked some aspects of the characters, and sort of meshed together this story. It's not my best work, but considering how long I've been away from really writing, I'm still somewhat proud of it.
I hope you enjoy it, they'll probably have the whole thing posted sometime today (Wednesday).
P.S. If anyone's wondering if I'll ever return to writing "The Story of My Life" ... the answer is 'maybe'. Writing SML is HARD because it's not just fiction, there is real life and feelings midst the fictionalized sex ... and while I thought it might be good therapy or something to put it all down in a fun way, it's emotionally draining at times.
So, the short answer is 'maybe', but I WANT to return to it, eventually.
It just seems like yesterday that I posted "The Scientific Method", and already I'm adding another story to the mix. This one is shorter than the first, mostly because I got all that techno-babble out of the way in the first story.
Since it's late on a Friday night, I expect it will probably take a few hours before being posted for those who read this right away, but the SOL Mods are usually quite quick, so I don't expect it will take too long for it to be ready for viewing.
A couple of things about the series that have come up from several comments:
1. Military research is never this lax in security. They would never be able to just walk out of the building 'pocketing' doses of the drug.
You're probably right. But my own experience with military research has only been through the dastardly minds of authors like Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and several other fiction writers. And in most of their stories, the security isn't always so great.
Also, in this series, I tried hard to explain that the project is trying to blend in and look like any other college research project. So security is somewhat lax on purpose. If you read the last chapter of "The Scientific Method" (or all of "The Stages of Grief") you'll see that there is someone keeping an eye out for the project's security.
2. This story barely had any mind control in it at all! Why even call it a mind control story?
You are right, hardly any of the traditional elements of an erotic mind-control story were missing from this story, which is why on the very front cover page of the story, it specifically says this story is rather low on the mind control elements. Yet the story is also heavy on the technical aspects of the drug and how it works.
The next two stories following "The Scientific Method" are much heavier in the mind-control usage.
3. The military doesn't work that way. (Ok, this is actually in anticipation of comments I'm sure I'll get about the technical details I used in "The Stages of Grief" about military life/procedures/etc.)
Get over it! It's fiction!
I wasn't in the military, but for the character's sake and the story, it needed some details. I'm sure I overstepped in some ways, but I tried to match everything to an accurate timeline and use correct terminology and still give it an accurate feel. If I messed up a few details, you'll just have to court-marshal me! :P
I just submitted a new story, and it should appear within the next few hours. I know the site always warns it can take up to 48, but after posting several chapters of TSoML, Daddy's Slutty Slave, and updates to those as well, I've noticed that SOL mods are much faster than they warn, so it should be up soon.
For those wondering when I'll get back to work on the TSoML, I can only say ... soon. I haven't hit any writer's block with the story, as it's based on real events, but I am a bit emotionally drained after writing the horrors of Chapters Six, Seven, & Eight. I can give you a little teaser that you probably won't be needing insulin for Chapter Nine or Ten either, but at least they won't be causing some of you to reach for tissues--for your faces, that is :D
So there will be a slight improvement in Nathan's current dark mood, and Chapter Ten will be bringing some brighter days.
Currently, I'm writing another short story in the MK-ULTRA series/universe. I came up with most of the story for the first one, but this next one is mostly my wife's doing--I'm just writing it out, the story ideas are all hers. The potential is there for MK-ULTRA to become a public universe. I'm guessing I can probably get another short novella like the first one done in just a few days. So I'll probably get back to work on TSoML sometime after the weekend. If there are any authors out there who enjoy "mind-control" stories, please do check out my new "MK-ULTRA" story when it posts, and if it interests you, shoot us an e-mail.
Ok, you can stop sending me messages like:
"When is the next chapter coming?"
I know I promised a new chapter would be out like a week ago, but I just got wrapped up in my own life a bit, plus my wife found a new long-format story that we were enjoying for a few days. If you haven't read Nick Scipio's "Summer Camp" saga, I definitely recommend it, as would my wife. I've already added it to my "recommended stories" page. I only added the first book, but don't let that discourage you from reading the other three or any of the spin-offs that other authors have penned.
Book 2 in his series is also quite amazing. But if you don't think you can handle a bit of turbulence in a three-way relationship, don't read Book 3 expecting more of the same passionate fun-filled story of the first two books. It is a coming of age story and that means ups and downs. Currently, the author is still working on Book 4, but some of it is already available for reading. Personally, my wife and I are both addicted to the series and can't wait to see how it ends. Most of my readers are probably already familiar with the story as it is very popular and he's been working on it since 2002 (I think).
Ok, so ... instead of one new chapter, I've kept to the natural "breaking points" of my chapters, using the season/school semester method as I was doing before. But Chapters Six and Seven were rather short, so I continued writing until I finished Chapter Eight. The three together are about the same length that Chapter Five was, so I feel comfortable leaving you with some new material now :D
As for when the next chapter will be coming ... it might be a bit longer. If you read the new chapters, you'll realize what I meant when I said this period of my life was hard to write about. Some really bad stuff happened, and some good stuff happened, but all of it was fairly emotional for me. So, with the help of my wife, we've got a new short story we'll be working on for a week or two, and then I'll probably get back to writing more TSoML.
Thanks for Reading!
I just uploaded Chapter 5 for posting, so it should be available very soon. You may notice I've added some new codes to the story, as new experiences have occurred. This will happen a few more times as the story progresses, but for the most part, the current themes will continue.
You may notice that my sex life / love life is getting wilder, and as such, you'll probably start to notice that things are beginning to unravel as well. So now to handle some comment/questions I've gotten frequently:
1 -- You said you're married and the story is based on your life. Are one of the women in this story your future wife?
A -- Yes. But I'm not telling who. My wife is in the story so far, but I doubt many of you could guess who it is. And just so you know, if you guess ... I still won't confirm it. You'll just have to keep reading.
2 -- I love how you've written Nathan & Natalie, how much of that part of the story is true?
A -- All of it. I have a twin sister who is still basically my best friend. I can't tell you too much without ruining the story, but the Nathan/Natalie relationship is probably the one I put the MOST truth into. Most of the other relationships in the story are also truthful, but since they're also sexual relationships, there is a bit more fiction involved to make the story more fun to read (and to write).
3 -- How much of the story does your wife read and/or write?
A -- My wife hates to write, but she's my first and last editor. I've used a few different editors from the Volunteer Editing Program here, and they're all great, but I go with my wife's judgment last.
4 -- I love your story, can you recommend any other authors on the site?
A -- My wife and I would always recommend bluedragon first above all others. His stories are actually what inspired us to not wait and have a big wedding and all that stress, etc. When we finished reading everything he's written in his "Ordinary Sex Life" series, we decided to just plan a trip and get married on a beach somewhere. I think it was about three weeks later we were saying 'I do' in the South Pacific. His 'John Billionaire' series is also very erotic!
Thanks again to all the new fans of my story, and I hope you keep reading it. I hope to get another chapter written and posted by sometime next weekend, but in all honesty, this next chapter or two is going to be hard to write, so it might be more like two weeks.