Sage Mullins: Blog

Finally, I have Internet access again. Sorry for the long time gap between chapters. I'm planning to give you two chapters at once on Wednesday, when 23 and 24 will go up.

I want to apologize for being slow in replying to emails this week. I'm in the process of moving and will be without reliable internet access till the weekend. Nonetheless, I do have Chapter 21 in the queue to go up on Wednesday. :)

Chapter 19 just went up. I still have a backlog of unposted chapters to work with. I had about a 3-week period where real life kept me from doing much writing. Right now, I'm putting the finishing touches on chapter 31. I figure that the finished product will have from 50 to 60 chapters, but that's only a guesstimate. If that figure turns out to be wrong, it's on the low side. :)

The good news is that after Thanksgiving, I should have a window to do a good deal of writing. I know what I want to write. It's just a matter of transcribing thoughts into words.

In the meantime, I'll continue to put up a chapter about every third day. Like I said before, Chapter 20 will go up on Sunday. But I'll eventually reach a point where my backlog goes away, and when that happens, my frequency of posting will necessarily go down, so consider yourselves forewarned. If I'm calculating correctly, that should happen around the end of the year.

Thanks again for reading, and for the constructive feedback.

Chapter 19 of LIAB will be posted on Tuesday, 11/20. Because of Thanksgiving and all that goes with it, I've decided to hold off posting Chapter 20 until Sunday the 25th.

I did a slight edit on Chapter 17. A few readers pointed out that Patti's remarks during her valedictory address would not be protected under the First Amendment, since freedom of speech only applies to government and not private institutions. So, I removed the First Amendment reference.

Also, there was a recent story in the news about a girl in Oklahoma whose diploma was withheld because she uttered the word "hell" during a valedictory address. Obviously, the situation in my story is much different. But coincidentally, I wrote that chapter just a few days before that story broke. :)

Chapter 15 of "Lightning in a Bottle" went up on Saturday. Chapters 15 and 16 are a little shorter than most, so I'll move a bit faster through this part of the story. Chapter 16 will go up on Monday; Chapter 17 on Wednesday.