Danny January: Blog

From the forum:
We found a new hosting facility that will allow us more freedom.

It will be few days until we move servers again, but as of now, don't worry about your stories.

I will be posting Tourist Season Chapter 8, later today.

Chapter 5 is in the queue to be published. Chapter 6 has serious spoilers for the Beach House stories. If you haven't read them yet, now would be the time.

Writing these stories has been a fun challenge for me. Some of the challenges probably aren't so obvious to my readers. The Christmas chapter from Feasting with a Silver Spoon was very difficult to write. The entire Summertime and the Living is Easy was a challenge of a different type. I included a lot of Spanish. I wanted to capture the flavor without bogging things down for my readers. That was tough to do but I didn't get any complaints. Trying to capture the voice of Timex - serious challenge.
I just submitted chapter 3 of Tourist Season. Writing that chapter was probably the most fun I've had writing since I started. Hope you enjoy it, too.

If you've been reading the Jack Pierce Chronicles and have not read the Beach House stories, be aware that there will be a terrible spoiler in "Tourist Season". If you intend on reading Beach House, A Week with the Musketeers, and subsequent stories, I recommend you do that before continuing with "Tourist Season." I'll begin publishing chapters of Tourist Season shortly so be forewarned.

I just finished the draft of Tourist Season and sent chapter 1 to my editor. It's always good to wrap up a section. It's also nice to receive a bit of appreciation in the Clitorides voting. There are some good stories this year and some are very long. I know how much work goes into my stories and I'm certain G Younger, Gruinard, Lubrican, and Michael Loucks put just as much effort into their work.
Centerfield did particularly well in nominations for the Romantic story category. Now, the voting.
April Fool's contest. I have absolutely no idea what I would write to compete in that. Now accepting recommendations. ha