Phil Brown: Blog

Just so you know, I just posted 251 chapters of a new/old story called "From the Journals of Michael Wagner".

This is a complete re-write of my 'Second Time Through' series. Check out the Preface for a better explanation.

For those of you who were looking for Book Five of Second Time Through, and not interested in reading the re-write, you can skip to Chapter 235.

Hope you enjoy the re-write!

Big thank you to all the folks who so quickly and accurately pointed out all my spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. (I Love You, Cassie63)

I actually saved your emails in a handy folder and then finally sat down this afternoon and went through every single one of them and made the corrections. Then I sent them back to SoL. Not sure when they will get them all posted.

I have the outline of LiaB-3 scoped out, but have written only a few paragraphs. Sorry...

As always, thanks for reading my stories.

Just a head’s up that I finally posted Book 2 of Lightning in a Bottle.

Don’t worry… There will be a Book 3!

Don’t have a timeline yet.

Also, for those that keep asking, I have no plans at this time for when I will be posting the next chapter of Second Time Through.

I won’t bore you with all the details. The truth is, it’s not ready yet as I have decided I didn’t like where I took the story, so back to the drawing board.

Since I am an unpaid amateur author, this is not my full time gig, so let it go for now and maybe I will surprise you (and myself) when I get it all put together.

As always, thanks for reading my stories.

Phil Brown
October 31, 2022

With my sincerest apologies to Sage Mullins, I did not know that there was already a story on SoL with the title “Lightning in a Bottle”.

But after researching it I discovered a few things I’ll share with you, just so you know I’m aware and you don’t have to e-mail me about it.

From: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html

Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks. Contact the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or see Circular 33, for further information.

Circular 33 (which is easier to read than copyright law):

https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf

The BIGGER question is; would changing the title be better or leaving it as is? Please let me know. It’s only been up for two weeks, but If I change titles, will it confuse people?

I need your input,

Thanks,

Phil

Big thanks to all those who sent in corrections to my poor typing skills. I made both of them.

KIDDING!!

I did make changes to a number of chapters and just uploaded them to SoL. They should be posted in a few hours, or when Laz wakes up tomorrow morning.

Also, a big thank you to Derek Smith for his very kind review of 'Lightning in a Bottle"

However, I must correct one small, tiny little detail...

While it is true I am working on a sequel, it is nowhere near ready to post.

And no... I do not know when I'll have it finished. My sincere hope is that I will live long enough to continue 'Lightning' and add more to the 'Second Time Through' story also.

As always, thanks for reading my stories,

Phil Brown