REP: Blog

The Ark needs a bit more work than I expected. So far, I have edited almost all of the chapters. Three chapters are in sad shape and need major rewrite. I had lost track of my time line while working on Chapters 9 through 22. As a result I reordered several chapters.

During the final review, I discovered references to events that hadn't happened and references that early events had not yet happened. I think I have most of this corrected but will have to go through it again.

Kiwi Chris has also volunteered to assist me with review of the content and some light editing. He is currently completed Chapter 4 of the stories 23 files (i.e., a Foreword and 22 chapters). Thanks Chris.

For those of you interested in Opening Earth 2, I have been working on it when I need a break from editing The Ark.

I completed writing the final chapter of The Ark today, but the story does have a few rough places that need some work.

During the next week, or perhaps two, I will be finalizing the chapters. I should be ready to start posting the chapters in about two weeks.

My next project is the sequel to Opening Earth, although for a break when writer's block seems to be settling on me, I will probably do some work on two additional stories that I started in the D-Hopping Universe and on Time Scope 2.

I have received many inquiries regarding my next installment of the story Opening Earth. Yes, there will be a sequel, and I have started writing the sequel. I also started two other stories in the D-Hopping Universe. However, my primary focus right now is on a story that I call 'The Ark'. Once I complete that story, I will return my focus to the sequel to Opening Earth.

The Ark is about 80% complete. I estimate that I will be able to complete the story in about 2-3 months, if other things like honey-dos don't take up too much of my time.

At this point in time, the Chocolateen and Ancient Abilities series are complete and I have no plans for further sequels, although I did leave the door open for a further sequel to Ancient Abilities Part 2. My main reason for not planning a further sequel is that I received only a couple of emails about these stories from my readers, thus it appears that they are not enthralled by the storyline. If that is the case, then I will let the story end at this point.

I received a fair amount of feedback from readers requesting a sequel to Time Scope. I developed an idea for Time Scope 2, and put together the basics of a storyline for that sequel. It will take a good bit of time and effort to finish that sequel, so I probably won't get back to it until my D-Hopping Universe stories have been completed.

I have four additional stories that have been on my backburner for a long time. Back when I first started to write fiction, my story and writing skill were rather poor, and my first few stories were put on the backburner, until I decided what to do about them. One of those stories is the second story I ever attempted to write, and I called it 'The Pink Monkey Chronicles'. I find the premise of this story to be very intriguing, and it is on my list of stories to complete. The start of my first version was set in the late-1800s, and my second version was set in the future. I am not happy with either version, so this story will take a lot of time and effort to complete.

I thank all of my readers for the support you have given me during my short career as a writer of fictional stories. I would especially like to thank Kiwi Chris for the effort he provided me on Chocolateen Part 2 and Ancient Abilities Part 2.

Hopefully I will be back to posting in about 3 months, so until then may you find many good stories to read.

REP

It has been a while since I posted a blog update addressing the status of my writing.

Chocolateen Part 2 is complete and posted. I have finished writing Ancient Abilities Part 2 and am in the process of proof reading and editing the story. I should complete that this week and hopefully it will be ready for posting next week.

Today I posted a short story called Time Scope. I recall stating that the Pink Monkey Chronicles was the first story that I had attempted to write. I have absolutely no idea why, but three weeks ago, Time Scope popped up in my mind. I had completely forgotten that story. At the moment and unless something else pops up in my memory, I will have to correct my former statement for Time Scope was the first story I remember ever attempting to write.

My subconscious mind must have been working on that story for the storyline popped into my conscious mind as a complete story. It only took me two days of writing to complete the story; it just flowed from my mind to my keyboard. Of course, I proofed and edited the story also, which took much longer.

My sequel to Opening Earth is still evolving and I also started two additional stories in the D-Hopping Universe, which I named Sam's Hopping and Officer Symms.

I still work on The Ark when I am in the mood to update the narrative chapters to a dialog format. I also have about five additional stories just sitting on the backburner. Once I finish what is on my plate now, I will have to consider resurrecting and completing those stories.

This week I will be spending most of my time on getting Ancient Abilities Part 2 ready to post. I will spend the rest of my time reading other authors' works and writing my other stories.

I submitted Chapter 6 about 12 hours ago. Just checked and the chapter had not been posted. Resubmitted the chapter and it is now posted.

Sorry about that - REP