Bondi Beach: Blog

Switching back and forth between Word and a text editor results in some very odd variations on accents, among other markings. For example, I have no idea what an Italian "charg' " is. It's chargé, as in chargé d'affaires.

My apologies for the distractions, and with any luck at all they'll be gone, or close to it, in future chapters.


Cheers,

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I've queued the first four chapters of Promise for posting. The story is complete and will post over the next few days in about six segments. Heads up: there's some MM, oral, here and there; I'll mark the chapters as needed.

I posted one chapter earlier as a stand-alone story, The Rain Festival in Pre-Conquest America. The chapter as it will appear now has a few tweaks, nothing major. It will be up to the site managers whether they wish to leave the stand-alone story up after Promise finishes posting.

Best wishes,
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I've added "Plucking Debbie" to the Spring Break in Napa collection, available in PDF format on Google Drive here. It's a free download, no registration or sign-in required. It has a couple of tweaks but otherwise is the same story as posted here and that will remain here.

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This is barely more than a scene. It's an outtake from Promise, in fact, which is still under construction. The funny thing is it's based on a true story and a real person and a real party, even if I shamelessly embellished what happened at the party. Sadly, I have no reason to believe the real "Debbie" was unfaithful to her husband when I knew them.

There's a bit of MM, all off-stage, but I mention it because it matters to many readers.

I revised the excerpt from Promise to meet SOL requirements and posted it as "The Rain Festival in Pre-Conquest America". It's still pretty lurid. The novel actually isn't about pre-Conquest cultures at all, but the excerpt serves the plot.

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