SOL: Author Blogs

Allen Wilson: Chapter 41

2012-05-17T11:02:52Z

For those who have asked, and those who haven't, chapter 41 should be up late tonight or tomorrow morning.

Enjoy and let me know your thought, ideas (I have plenty of my own, but I can always use more) 8-), ect.

Allen

Pen Epically: Surprise..!

2012-05-17T05:35:02Z

I hadn't actually stopped to consider it before this evening, but I've averaged better than 2 posts on SOL per day for the last nearly week and a half. That is 8 submissions in 11 days. I've managed to surprise myself with that volume. Granted, there are authors here who only post maybe once a week, and there one chapter might equal all of my submissions combined. Still, I hadn't expected that much of myself. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to keep up that kind of activity, but I'll still try to do my best.

I'm hoping to improve the formatting of my stories, to make it easier to read. You may or may not have noticed that the paragraphs in this last chapter were basically shorter than they have usually been. I ask your forgiveness for editing errors. I do try to catch them, and I have a great person who has kindly offered his editing services. That said, not all the errors necessarily get caught, and that is entirely my fault. After all, I wrote them. I'll try to be a bit more observant for those keeping a look out, and I'll try to fix those errors pointed out and get them re-posted when I have time.

Thanks for all the great feedback and support..!

JRyter: 'The Legend of Eli Crow'

2012-05-16T15:54:10Z

'The Legend of Eli Crow'
Part Three

Chapter Twenty-Nine
by: J Ryter

Has been submitted for posting @:
http://storiesonline.net/s/69853

Chapter Synopsis:

With the loading of cattle at Crow Ridge Cattle Company
going even smoother than anticipated, Eli decides to
send Joe and Sissy down to the other ranch to help Don
Cowden start the roundup there.

Eli and all the wild-ass Crow kids are set to leave later that day for the new ranch to help with the huge cattle drive to Little Tree, Texas.

Miranda McLoughlin, the new school teacher, asks to go
with them. To the delight of the four girls and six boys,
Eli agrees.

What was planned as a fun, first time trip to the other ranch
for the Crow kids, takes a violent and deadly turn!

Genre: Traditional western, Historical, Romance
Codes: Minimal sex, Language, Warning: Extreme Violence
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One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out!" ........Louis L'Amour

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"Picking up hookers instead of my pen,
I let the words of my youth fade away...."

Willie Nelson singing....
'My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys'

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J Ryter Story Links:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JRytersStories_Group/

http://storiesonline.net/s/69853

http://storiesonline.net/auth/JRyter

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This story edited by: Keng and BlackIrish

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I announce my stories on 'Story_Announce':

http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/Story_Announce/

Jack Green: Update

2012-05-16T13:23:55Z

I've decided to post 2 chapters every other day, rather than every 3 days. Some people might accuse me of 'gaming' the download scores....guilty as charged.
However it also gets me to the moment of deciding what my next story will be that bit sooner.

Chapters 12 and 13 will be posted tomorrow 17th May.

Jack G

Peter Duncan: Paradigm Shift Chapter Nine

2012-05-16T13:18:50Z

I have been taking longer on this chapter. The other eight chapters were rewrites and were done pretty quickly. Chapter Nine is new material, Arthur's seduction of Madison, or I should say Madison's seduction of Arthur. I have completed 4000 words and should have the rest done within the next week.

Thank you for your interest in this serial.

Peter

rlfj: Chapter 65

2012-05-15T20:23:00Z

Not much to blog about here. A sharp eyed reader noted that in Chapter 63 I mentioned the Hotel Utica. In the time frame mentioned, the Hotel Utica was not actually being used as a hotel. From 1912 through 1972 it was a hotel, then was converted to adult care residences until 2001, after which it was converted back to a hotel. I’ve only been there since 2001, so I wasn’t aware of the adult care time frame. Ooops! I removed the reference to it.

In a similar vein, I refer regularly to the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Utica. That hotel is still present, and is the best hotel in the area, but at some point in the 90s (I think) it was sold to the Radisson chain. I tried researching the date, but haven’t gotten anything definite. If anybody finds an anachronism on this one, let me know.

rlfj

Dual Writer: The Recluse and The Ghost

2012-05-15T20:01:26Z

Hope you like this one. It is a peaceful story about the characters of that part of the country. Life in the Kentucky mountains is not the easiest but not horribly hurried as it is in cities. This is not a real sexy story but something about relocating and succeeding.

Damascus: Sorry for the delay

2012-05-15T17:34:33Z

In a fit of opportunism and poor grammar, I prematurely announced that I was continuing my story. But this time I mean it. I was distracted by other issues, but i have been doing well with writing recently. I have a couple of other stories in the hopper, but I plan to actually finish them and get them before I post them. I had hoped the pressure of having people want to read my work would encourage me to get the story finished. Unfortunately, I am pretty unreliable, even for an disorganized drunk.

Crumbly Writer: Chapter 27: A Whole Lot of Telling and No Showing

2012-05-15T03:29:24Z

Ah, the 'after incident report' where Cate and Alex run down what it all meant. That accounts for the title, there's very little happening, just a lot of reflection over what occurred. It's a little more involved this time, as this chapter is more one of discovery, since Alex isn't quite aware of what happened yet, since he was shoved out of the incident in question. The 'detailed analysis' between Cate and Alex will take place next week, but there are a few new mysterious presented this chapter.

Speaking of mysteries, some of you may remember one of the mysteries in this chapter. It was originally presented way back in Chapter 17 or 18 (I 'revised' the initial usage away), but I 'forgot' to follow through on the details. This time the full subplot will finally have a chance to play out.

Also, for those of you keeping up with the previous discussion, there was a reader 'issue' with the ill-timed discussion between Alex and the three new girls. I think you can see form the placement of events in this chapter, just why it was a difficult fit in the previous chapter. I needed to establish who the women were in the previous chapter, since I couldn't just drop them in here without letting you know who they were initially, but.... That's one of the difficulty we writers face, especially with a story as complex as this one is. There's a lot of detail we have to establish, and sometimes fitting all the details in takes precedence over 'logic'. I faced the same thing in the first chapter of L&F. There, the initial sex scene seemed 'wrong' since it was shoehorned in between a bunch of other events which prevented my showing the normal development of events. Instead of showing a slowly developing relationship, I was busy giving news reports and showing other people getting killed. All necessary events, but it sometimes leaves the readers hanging.

Kid Wigger: New story and still working on a really big new one.

2012-05-15T00:30:20Z

OK. I uploaded a new short story that I wrote to sort of blast the tubes clean so I can get back to my big space opera I've been working on since before Christmas. I've got 14 chapters written that I've gone over about three times.

I am not going to upload anything until I finish with the first part of the story because I hate when writers, including myself, start a story and I get hooked into the plot and the characters and then the writer doesn't finish the thing. There was one writer I really started to enjoy until I realized he doesn't ever finish 90% of his stuff.

I have plotted about three more short tales that will continue with the story line of the Knock on Door and I'll write them as breaks from my mini-magnum opus.

So if you really liked what you've read about the two new characters, there will be more of their stories as I get to them.

PLEASE VOTE OR SEND ME EMAILS.

Thanks again for reading.

LexiRose: Stories and chapters

2012-05-14T23:57:52Z

Hello again, Lexi here :)

Those of you who have looked at my page may see there are several stories in progress, some seem to be added to almost daily, some have just the one chapter after several days or weeks.

Why is this?

I'll be honest, it comes down to a lack of time rather than a lack of interest. I can usually carve out around an hour each evening to devote to writing and some stories just seem to come more easily than others, hence why Sandy's Seduction is now three chapters long, something about the idea of meeting a stranger in a nightclub and completely losing control to the point where the outside world just disappears... Well I just find that amazingly hot and so the words just fill the page.

Others, like An Awakening, take very careful planning in order for the characters to do precisely what I want, that first chapter is something I've been working on for a good few months, staging each scene so that each character does what they're supposed to and there is no room for manoeuvere. Think of that one like a game of chess.

Of course little poems and fantasies slip into the net when they spring to mind and I have a list a whole page long of ideas that I want to turn into stories when I have the time... when I have the time.

And then there are the old stories, the ones I wrote with a paper and pen, surreptitiously at my desk, hidden in magazines on buses, in text books when I was supposed to be studying... these all have to be typed up before I can share them with you.

So please, don't write me off because I haven't added a chapter in what seems like forever, I'll get there eventually I promise.

Lubrican: New Story: The Breastfeeding Blues

2012-05-14T17:43:33Z

Hi everyone.

There's not much to say about this one, except that there are four chapters and an epilogue, which makes five parts.

So, instead of doing my normal make-you-wait thing (and since there aren't really any cliffhangers in this one) I'm just going to post one part each day this week.

Call it my end of school gift to you.

If you're not in school, call it my late Mother's Day gift to you.

If you're not a mother, call it my early Memorial Day gift to you.

If you have no memories, that means you have dementia, and it won't matter, because you'll forget this as soon as you click away.

Thanks for reading.
Bob

PS. No, I'm not going to tell you what it's about. It's a surprise.

Stultus: Into the Garden... at last!

2012-05-14T14:01:49Z

Many of you are saying 'about bloody time!' and I can't disagree. For some indescribable reason, I once thought I could tell this entire story in about 6-8 chapters. Impossible of course, considering that my story outline was a page and a half long (and still is a full half page long)!

Anyway, now they're just about there... and I hope it's been worth the wait. This has certainly been a wild story!

Now, our heroes get to plan for the end of the world and do a bit of doomsday prepping. That will chew up much of the next few chapters. I was originally going to write about six chapters of that sort of stuff but I don't think anyone cares that badly, so I've tried to make it as brief as possible.

I think they'll be just one, or at most two, more new chapters left to write. This bit of the novel (already over 120k words) ends at Doomsday + 2, or the Christmas Eve party from hell (and you thought the Labor Day weekend party was appalling)! Then I'll take a break and do some other things for awhile.

This will probably please most of you but some folks actually seem to be enjoying this story! Voting is still lower than I would prefer.

When this phase of the story is complete, I'd enjoy receiving a comprehensive typo report, so I can patch and fix before getting too caught up in my next project.

DG Hear: Reflections

2012-05-17T10:42:44Z

An older man reflects on his life.

First four chapters of six has been submitted. Comments are appreciated.
DG Hear

R.J. Shore: Grandpa's Education

2012-05-14T00:50:43Z

I've written and posted this story as of today's date. The story itself is labelled as "Erotica" simply because it was the best category available. However, it could have also fit into the categories of either Romance or Coming of Age, as those elements are also a part of the plot.

This is a long one, although not the stuff of romance novels, because it took me that many words to get the story told to the degree that I needed. I hope you enjoy it.

R.J.S.

Dr. Paco Jones: The Knocker Contest offering

2012-05-13T21:39:45Z

I just re-posted the story I did for "The Knocker" contest.
To put it bluntly, my original sucked -- badly!!!
I hope that this will be a much smoother read!!
El Golpeador by: Dr. Paco Jones

enjoy
cheers
pj

Jack Spratt1: New Reader

2012-05-14T19:36:38Z

I am pleased to annouce that my reader list has reached the lofty number of 44, with the pledge from Gentlejack.

Pen Epically: Progress Update...

2012-05-13T08:50:11Z

I decided to accelerate certain aspects of the 'James 2.0' story, going ahead and telling both the reader and the protagonist what has been behind James' changes and why. I had been going to wait a bit longer, but both, because of reader interest and a need to find some solutions in the story, I've moved it up. Hopefully you'll enjoy the new elements I'm bringing into the story, and hopefully it will answer some of the questions readers have had.

The first chapter of Aelfric's Journey was an attempt to setup future players in the story. I've had a few concerns about the limited coverage of Aelfric himself in the chapter, but that was intentional. At the moment (chapter 1), Aelfric doesn't know where he is; for all he knows he's still on Earth, in a forest somewhere. So far he's only been camping and hiking, and there isn't much story to that. Aelfric's story will really begin when he finally encounters someone, which will confirm that he is in fact in another world. Aelfric will also learn a little about himself soon. Either in the next chapter or the one after it. It will depend on how the story develops as I write it.

I'd like to address another concern about Aelfric's Journey as well. The Elvish I'm using in the story, is in fact, taken from resource material about J.R.R. Tolkien's Elvish language that he literally created for his universe. Aelfric will eventually have the local languages implanted into his mind with a spell, but not before he is in a position for that to be done to him. Certainly not while he is traveling alone in the woods. At that point, I'll try to minimize the Elvish in the story, although it will continue to be used in the names of locations and characters, and at certain appropriate intervals. I am very open to suggestions on the usage of Elvish in the story, as I do want to make it an enjoyable one.

Thanks for your support!

Invid Fan: Limits are fun

2012-05-13T03:34:20Z

After a couple days of not writing, for various reasons, the tenth chapter is starting to come together. It may be late, but then again it might not. We'll see.

I thought, though, it might be fun to talk about what makes a story interesting. Interesting for me, that is, and given I'm the writer that's all that is important. For the current story, The Bells of Tanah (available here and at ASSTR for your reading pleasure), my main motivation was to put my characters in a place with limited resources. I did not give them a whole shopping center, or a large Walmart style department store. No, they're in a supermarket... and a rather small one at that. Part of this naturally is due to my experience as a teen working at just such a place, but also because making the characters work around problems is more interesting then having them instantly solved.

To be honest, it was a reaction to two stories I've read here. One had a bunch of college kids lured to a frat party at a mall/condo development, only to end up on another planet with access to hundreds of stores to satisfy any need. The other had a guy sent by aliens to the distant past with, in theory, only a limited amount of supplies. Very quickly, though, the guy is having the aliens ship dozens of shipping containers full of stuff to prehistoric times, and the caves he lives in are magically transformed into 100 bedroom residences with private baths.

In both cases, while there were other problems that at least limited my enjoyment, a major problem was a lack of followthrough with the premiss. The second story is the worst offender, as in the first we do find that some groups never find access to the mall and thus are limited in their supplies. Why even bother setting up limitations, if you then have your character (through "smart thinking") get around all of them? Hmm, maybe we should call these "straw man plots", as they only exist for the main character to easily defeat them.

With regards to Bells of Tanah, I've already run into quite a number of plot problems that I've had lots of fun trying to overcome. I'm constantly having them start to do something, only to realize they just can't. Now, to be fair, they're currently in a different situation, but I'm trying to keep limits in place. The realization, for example, that zero g cooking would be an issue didn't raise its head until I'd already put them in space and gone through how the hell you'd make the store work in that environment. The next chapter sets the rules on how the ship travels between suns, more limits I'm sure I'll be banging my head against soon.

Fun!

Kenn Ghannon: A New Book

2012-05-12T22:34:15Z

Howdy, Hi and Hello!

I just thought I'd write a quick post to say that I am still alive and well; the rumors of my demise are exaggerated. I'm even writing -- always a good sign.

I'm currently working on a project that I've been adding details to for about a year or so now (background, plot, characters, etc.). I've mentioned it in a previous blog post; it's a (hopefully) epic fantasy story that I feel really good about -- it's a good story and tells a good tale. It's intended to be part 1 of a 4 part story sequence but it will definitely be able to stand alone (although, not all plot devices will be completely fulfilled because some of it sets up later sequences in the story).

I've received some mail about Marc Bruester's story (Not Enough) and when I'm going to finish another segment of that story. I can only say that it's going to be a while; I'm completely committed to this fantasy story right now (to the point I've actually got editors going through my muddled prose). I'll likely turn back to Marc's story after that (well, I *may* post another little tale I've got that is another of those 'part 1' of a story sequence -- but I've had that one mostly finished for about a year now...and I just keep adding more to it when the mood strikes me...).

What might not be completely obvious is that Marc's is a very difficult story for me to tell. He's a character that I like -- but he's very unlike 'me' and I find that I have to be in a particular place mentally to really get into his head. I have to have a certain amount of anger and frustration to bring him to life and I'm just not there yet. [Side note but true story: I literally POUNDED my keyboard on some facets of his story -- to the point that I had to buy a new keyboard when it was over because I broke a few keys!]

I've also decided that I'm not going to post a story until it is completely done. I'm not certain when my current fantasy story will get posted -- but it definitely won't be before late June and might not actually get in until August or September some time.

So, I hope that you all will have patience with me.

Thank you,
Kenn

Baphemetis: The Sacrifice is finished

2012-05-12T16:49:53Z

Hey, just wanted to let fans know that I have finished writing The Sacrifice. It will run four parts. Part three has been posted and should be up shortly. Part four is finished, but I need to proofread and revise it. However, the major writing is done. If you absolutely cannot wait, contact me and I'll e-mail you a draft.

My work schedule is crazy and I can work long days. I travel a lot now, too. Thanks for being patient and sticking with my stories.

I really want to finish stories that I have started before I start anything new. I really, really want to finish Terminator With Love. I have the season 2 DVDs with me. I'll rewatch them and try to work my story into the existing one.

My story about a 19th century Southern plantation owner and his black slaves is coming along well and I may be ready to start posting that soon.

I'm glad the Sacrifice is DONE. It was a hard story to write. The imagery just got darker and darker and it was difficult for me to immerse myself in it. Honestly, it really made me feel uncomfortable. Don't expect another story like this from me again. It was just too much darkness and perversion. I know people love it. I've gotten a lot of positive e-mails. That's really the only reason I finished it. I couldn't leave my fans hanging.

I'll revise part four when my work schedule allows and hopefully, I'll be able to post it in a week or two.... hopefully.

peregrinf: More on Chapter 8

2012-05-12T16:13:59Z

Well, chapter 8 has gotten me more feedback than almost all the rest of my stories.

There is so much wrong with that chapter I'm not even going to try to list them all. Suffice it to say, what happens is totally out of character for Dee, her mom and Elaine. Furthermore, the consequences of Dee's actions would be devastating.

So, what to do? I've contemplated pulling the chapter, but as far as I'm concerned that's like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Those who have read it have read it. Would pulling it get the bad taste out of their mouths? You tell me. I have had more than 700 downloads since it was posted. There are some readers who liked that chapter, so why deprive that audience of their jollies?

So, in chapter 9, which is already underway, I'm going to use a cheap literary device to extricate myself from this mess and get the story back on the right track. I hope you'll find it satisfactory.

RoustWriter: Chapter 174 of Book 3 is in the queue

2012-05-12T12:16:03Z

This week with Arlene and Jeff:

...“But… I enjoyed some of it,” Hope whispered. “I hated most of it, but sometimes… sometimes I came. I orgasmed. I’m a whore.”

Jennie wrapped her sister in her arms, Hope’s body now wracked with sobs. “Hush, Baby. Hush. You’re not a whore. You’re just normal,” Jennie kept saying as she added her tears to Hope’s.

After a few minutes, Jennie pushed back to look Hope in the eye. “You were raped. You were raped every time you did it against your will. And… our bodies are designed to respond to a man’s cock inside us. From what I’ve read, it’s not that unusual for a woman to orgasm while she’s being raped – no matter how much she hates what’s being done to her.”...

Have a goodun;

Roust

Cleanshaven: New Story Posted - Suki, Bonnie and Me

2012-05-12T05:33:56Z

I continue my relationship with my Labrador Retriever!

Crumbly Writer: "Racing the Clock": Chapter 26 Question

2012-05-12T13:17:33Z

OK, got another e-mail with an invalid address asking a specific question. Chances are they'll just assume I'm too pompous to answer, but I'll try to respond as it was a reasonable question.

Here's his question, followed by my response:

>> Where did the bullets go after hitting the girls?
>> Surely in a crowded space, more people should have been hit.
>
> I didn't want to get into that, figuring it was more
> of a distraction. Alex had found an area that was
> somewhat isolated, so the idea is that, since he
> [Anthony] was shooting down, that the bullets would
> have gone into the floor. Remember, he was aiming at
> Alex when he [Alex] was knocked to the ground. The
> two girls then rushed him, and he shot downward,
> hitting one girl in the thigh.