Mister NiceGuy: Blog

Two months from today, it will be Halloween. I can't help but wonder what that will look like this year. I can't imagine kids going door to door in this COVID-19 world and ending up with a bag of candy that has had 150 hands on it. I wonder if we will ever go back to what things were like before 2020.

I wrote this little story several years ago, and while the characters in my stories all have bits of real people in them, this is the only one that has a main character who is someone I know. She's this uber hot young mom who lives in my neighbourhood, and one Halloween she showed up at my front door in a Little Bo Peep costume that left absolutely nothing to the imagination. That made my imagination go into overdrive, of course, and this story was the result.

When I first posted this, someone wrote and told me he supposed it was an ok story but that I shouldn't have wasted my time writing it. He thought I should stick to the bigger stories I was working on, and not let myself get distracted.

But my muse doesn't work that way - and I'm sorry about that. I've got a few other short stories that you may see sometime, stories that popped into my head and needed to be written down, even if they were just a brief distraction.

Anyway, that's enough rambling for one day. Here's to the moms who dress up and go out trick or treating with their kids - to the memories they make for their kids by being good sports, and to the memories they make for old farts like me by dressing like sluts!

A brief update on my unfinished (and barely begun) story, Will You Be My Valentines?: I had written the second chapter of this story when I dropped off the map, though it was never posted. I will be continuing this story - but I don't want to post Chapter 2 until I've gotten some more material written, and I am not there yet.

It will happen - but likely not for a bit. Alex and Jessica and Katelyn are going to have to hang tight for a while longer.

When I began to write this story, I imagined that it would be a fairly short and formulaic piece about a beautiful and worldly girl who goes low and a nerdy and naive guy who goes high.

But as I worked on it, it took a few turns, and a bunch of characters got added, and it got longer and longer. I love these people - all of them - and I have dreams and plans for their lives.

I've got two new chapters finished off and ready to post, and several more chapters sketched out. Chapter 49 will post on September 1.

But I've also spent a fair time of time this summer rereading the whole thing. I've fixed some typos. I've rewritten a scene that I realized was a duplicate of an earlier scene. I've added a few minor details that will help set up future parts of the story.

So if you are one of those people who liked The Bitch, and who fell in love with John and Cheryl and Megan and Ian and Jamie and Julie and Sumi and Dani, then you might want to re-read the previous chapters before you start in on the new material. After all, it's been two and a half years, and you could use a refresher. But a few things have also been added, and a couple of scenes have been completely rewritten - and Chapter 48 has a completely different ending.

I've always thought this was a good story (even though a reader once told me that the events it describes are improbable). But I think the changes I've made to it have resulted in a better story, and I am pleased with the new chapters that I'll be sharing with you in the coming weeks.

Thanks again for your patience, and apologies for leaving you hanging.

MNG

I'm back.

I apologize for leaving my stories hanging, and I especially apologize to the people who wrote to express concern for my health and well-being.

I'm fine, though several things happened over the past two and a half years that made it hard to keep writing and impossible to post. In fact, when I decided earlier this summer that I really wanted to get back to this, it took me several days and multiple attempts to even figure out what email address I had used when I created this account.

My track record for postings on this site has been spotty, at best. So don't get your hopes too high with respect to my ability to do so consistently. But please know that I will try!

Keep an eye on my blog for updates on specific projects. I'll start posting for real on Tuesday.

MNG

A quick note of thanks. Two of my stories have ended up in the list of nominees for Best Romantic Story, and while I have no expectations that either of them will end being finalists, I'm feeling incredibly honoured (or honored, for my friends south of the border!).

Thanks to those who put in the nominations - and thanks to those who've read I Won My Wife With a Baseball Bet and It Started With Christmas. I honestly write the stories I want to read, and the stories that swirl around in my imagination, and it is a wonderful feeling to know that there are others out there who enjoy the same things.

NG