Omachuck: Blog

Double Shot, will begin posting Friday morning, more than a year since my last story in the Swarm Cycle.

Several of you have asked for another story taking place on the Earth after the Sa'arm landed in Canada, and others are curious about the scorched Earth strategy described in my first Harem Tale. This story contains some history before the Sa'arm are known to be coming and mostly takes place in the eight years following the hive ship's landing in Manitoba.

This, of course, means that Aroslav's Pussy Pirates are involved. And let me tell you, it was a blast trading ideas with him.

There are thirteen chapters, all complete and proofed, and posting will be three times a week: Friday, Monday, and Wednesday mornings. The story is pretty much stand-alone, but some characters from previous stories do appear without a lot of background.

I would be remiss if I did not knowledge the essential assistance from my usual bunch plus a couple of new ones. All will be listed when the story posts - unless my horrible memory does me in... With my messed up hands and otherwise horrible typing skills, you'd otherwise be reading a total mess. And then there's their ideas and suggestions. You get the idea. They are essential!

Do give me your feedback. As with my 'formal' helpers, every comment and idea help improve my writing.

As ever, thanks for reading.

Some of you aren't big fans of Swarm Cycle stories, but you might want give aroslav's new story The Assassin a read. It's character driven and a story that could be set in just about any 'space' universe, BUT it is also a fun addition to the Swarm Cycle.

The story is complete, and once you are hooked and want to read faster, you can go to bookapy.com and buy it. Same title.

And yes, I was one of several beta readers, so I can say for a fact that this is a good one.

After a gazillion reads by me and my long-suffering editors, several more typos were identified today. The fixes are in the queue to be posted. You might want to wait a little while to download a clean copy. The story has not changed.

The morning of June 1st will see the posting of the final 'chapter' - the epilogue to The Daughters of COVID-20.

Some of you will feel the story is too short. Perhaps it is, but I have to tell you this was the most difficult of any stories I've written. The map of current events changes weekly, if not daily. To take the story further, I'd need to venture into politics, which though tempted, I really don't want to go there. I do feel all the loose ends are accounted for and explained.

I'm telling you a little more in advance than unusual, because I've uploaded corrections for all the typos folks have reported, and I hope if you've seen any, you will let me know. That way, I can fix them, and those of you who download the whole story will have a clean copy. Thankfully, there have not been many, but will all the effort my editors and I put into making things right, finding any annoys me more than I can say.

I also am asking you to vote and/or send comments ... all of which helps me write a better story next time. I've been wrong before, but It look like we will be re-visiting the Damsels in Distress universe.

Chapter nine is in the queue and should post a little less that 12 hours from this blog.

Lots happens. A senator shows up to investigate fraud and to get himself a little nookie.

General Stilton buys a Caribbean Island.

There might be a cure, but is it what was expected?