Shinerdrinker: Blog

I have a bit of a confession to make. I haven't been working on Mayhem as much as you might have been thinking I was working on it. Don't get me wrong, I did a little bit of writing and trimming every day, just not the normal amount. But then again, knowing what a large segment of the story revolves around, you could probably guess what I was doing with my time.

And no it was not MILF porn. There is always room for MILF porn. It's not a hobby but a state of mind.

I am big-time into the NFL Draft and have been since ESPN began airing it way back when. I watch the pre-shows, the main shows, the post shows and then go online and check for expert opinions on what I just watched. This year started something new, I followed along with people online and reacting with each pick. I have spent the last three months or so planning and helping a friend of a friend run his online stream about the NFL Draft and monitor his chat feed to keep it civil. Believe me, these people can be vicious when they think they are helping their team select their next players. It was also a lot of fun.

Yes, I watched countless hours of film and interviews with each of the players.

I am one of those people who enjoy having information on a prospect from a small school that the national media might not know that much about. And this year it helped with the Cowboys' last draft pick on Friday night. He was a young man out of Oregon State that most draftniks had ranked as a seventh-round draft pick at the highest. While I didn't have him ranked that low, I didn't think he would be picked that high either. To me, there is nothing more fun than sitting in a small room with several of your closest friends each laser-focused on each nugget of information we come across for a potential selection to join OUR team!

It's almost as bad as following which high school kid is deciding where to play college football. And yes, I follow that as well. Where else am I going to know if this guy will be a fit for the cover three defense predicated on strong tight pass coverage or should he go-to team that utilizes a more zone-oriented defense.

So that is my confession. I haven't been spending that much time on Mayhem in a Pill, because I've been spending the majority of my time prepping for the NFL Draft. So I shall continue anew with Mayhem beginning this upcoming week.

Besides... our first production meeting to start looking into the 2022 NFL Draft isn't until next weekend!

DATS RITE!!!!!!

P.S. To those readers who don't like the amount of information, I put into the description of the football games, just imagine how much I've cut out!

Sorry about being absent for a while. Unfortunately, the next chapter is still not ready for posting. It has fallen victim to the dreaded (not yet good enough) feelings each time I read the chapter.

Ugh.

But I've been assured the different versions I have spewed out were all fine but for some reason, I just didn't like it.

Ugh.

I have found it amazing that I haven't shot it all and said "screw it, let's forget about older Tim and get back to his high school shenanigans." But amazingly, I'm sticking with the next chapter to be a look at what is going on with old Tim.

But I am keeping my promise to keep the next chapter a look at what the future Tim is living through. the pieces are there for something really fun, I just have to get it fleshed out correctly. I decided to post a quick update for everybody.

I am working on the next chapter... it's just a difficult hill to climb. But it deserves the best and so far, it ain't there. Close. But not yet.

Ugh.

I was working on the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill when I received an email from a reader asking about when the next chapter would be posted. Now that by itself is not unusual. What is unusual is I took it as an opportunity to answer their question and let them know a little bit about the next chapter.

I had written a whole couple of paragraphs just explaining the next bits of the story then I asked myself, "Hey self?"

"Yeah. Whadda ya want?"

"Why am I giving this guy more of an insight into the next chapter than anyone else?"

"I dunno. It is earlier than normal and it is a Saturday. No real reason to be awake this early. It's not like there is a series of football games to watch on TV."

"Mmph."

"That's what I'm saying."

So I quickly went to hitting backspace and erasing the several paragraphs of explanation I had written to this regular fan who was probably bored and awake too early on a Saturday morning. So I've decided to just put out a blog post and let others know while I'm not yet ready to post the next chapter, I can safely warn everyone to go ahead and catch up on the old Tim side of the story. It's about time we get some stuff going over there.

I will tell y'all this though, there are many times since I've started posting this story that I wish I hadn't decided to write both sides of the story at the same time and put them together in the same story. It would have probably been safer for my sanity to keep them separate and just write two different stories in the same universe. But hey, what the fuck.

Like I told that other dude, my pages are about 15 pages or so and I am currently in the middle of page 6. Believe you me, this is way ahead of schedule for me!

Oh yeah! Is it bad form to openly advocate for people to vote for you in the Clitorides for "Author of the Year?" And no, I didn't nominate myself. I'm pretty far behind but it would be nice to at least show up in the running! Tee Hee.

Just wanted to let the score and a half of fans out there know the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill has been sent to SOL and should post soon.

Sorry about the long wait between chapters but this one had a hard time coming together for some reason. But I pushed through, skipped a few evenings of MILF porn searches, and made sure this next chapter was at least respectfully close to correct phrasing of the English language.

As much as I could get away with anyhow. So enjoy, lemme know what y'all think of it and I'll get started on the next one. At least until this weekend when the Super Bowl is played. I got no player in the game, I just wanna see a good game and this one promises to at least try to entertain... much like Chapter 60 of Mayhem in a Pill.

Thanks for your support. (Bartles and Jaymes voice)

--Shinerdrinker

That was without a doubt my worst bout of writer's block I'd ever gone through.

It's not that I couldn't write, the problem was actually the exact opposite. I was writing all kinds of stuff but it was pretty much all turrible (insert Charles Barkley voice.)

If I'd kept all I wrote in the last couple of months, it would equal about 6-8 more chapters. But then again I didn't want to have the storyline morph into the alien invasion where they would leave the planet alone if we can win against them in a football game!

I know, you should see some of the bad stuff I wrote.

So anyway, just wanted to let everyone know I just sent the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill to the editors. I expect to have them returned and I should be able to post this weekend or maybe early next week.

So at least there is that.

Thank you again for your support. (read with Bartles and Jaymes voice)