Shinerdrinker: Blog

Something I came across today online.

Roosevelt beat Judson in the first round of the state playoffs last week. Check this out if you are interested...

https://youtu.be/Axd3HtfUC4w

Just something fun!

Lemme just go ahead and offer everyone a Happy Thanksgiving this week. I realize SOL is available worldwide and not everyone celebrates this particular holiday. But I can fairly say with confidence that everyone enjoys the idea of a nice holiday. Just for the idea of a day off from the monotony.

And now for the apology.

I am nowhere near ready with the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill. I have not had much time to even think about it and what little time I did have to work on Mayhem during this last month or so, I spent on my other story "A New Quiver for Cupid." It was written for the Halloween 2020 story contest and though it did not place, I still like it. Of course, the more I look at it, the more I see where it could be improved. I feel I will probably do that sometime in the future. I have already plotted an outline of what I want to improve and add to the story. I'll definitely leave the current version alone and most likely just go ahead and repost a new version with an obligatory 2.0 at the end.

But that is a ways off. I have not given up on Mayhem and I will go until I can't continue. I can see taking the story much farther than where it is now. The likelihood of a couple of other books is a strong possibility. Hell, considering the amount of feedback from other readers wondering where they can purchase the entire story is enough of an incentive for me to go through a re-edit from the start, separate the two storylines and delineate for separate books. (I gotta get paid, amirite?)

Okay. So no new chapter for Mayhem until after this holiday week for sure. More than likely the second week of December for the next updated chapter of Mayhem. But then the chance of the following chapter soon after is very real.

So, just wanted to let y'all know.

--Shinerdrinker

Ten days to reach 10,000 downloads of the latest chapter of Mayhem in a Pill. That is amazing.

Also, the overall story has just crossed the 850,000 mark for total downloads. That is awe-inspiring!

When I posted the first chapters, I wasn't sure if ANYONE would read the story. But you did, so I continued. And I will continue.

Thanks again for following my journey on this first story on SOL.
(Yes, I did confirm there will be more stories coming from Shinerdrinker!)

--Shinerdrinker

Just a quick note for my legions of fans out there.

Chapter 59 of Mayhem in a Pill is currently with the editors and once it is turned into something quasi-readable, I'll go ahead and post for all of you.

So figure early next week if everything goes according to plan.

Thanks!

--Shinerdrinker

Someone wrote to me believing they had figured out who I used as a frame of reference for some of my characters. I'm pretty sure most writers do this, but I'll tell all of you like I told him/her. I don't just use them as a reference, I actually have the picture up on my iPad while typing on my computer. I used to have it opened on the computer but I hated going through tabs. And amazingly, he figured it out! Knock me over with a feather, either I am a really good writer and did a wonderful job describing this beauty or this him/her is just as equal of a pervert than I am. I'm thinkin' a little bit of column A, and a little bit of column B.

But I digress. In fact, it set up a nice little idea in my warped mind.

Who do you guys think I used as the celebrity base of the women in Mayhem in a Pill?

It was a contest I didn't know I was sponsoring. But it seems like a good idea.

So I'll ask all y'all (that's a Texas phrase for sure), who do you think I used as a picture for the women in this story?

I did it for all the women in the story. Some, I think, you should be able to figure out quickly. But of course, I don't expect most of you to figure any of them out. But then again, maybe you're just a perverted as I claim to be.

As for the prize, no physical prize. I don't have $500 sitting around to give out.

But I'll totally immortalize your SOL name into my story as somebody who asks a question in an email or something. I'll find a place fitting of your name. I mean seriously, some of your names are out there!

So email who you think is who here in SOL and if I get any winners, I'll let you know.

Why am I doing this? I'm procrastinating on the next chapter, of course!

Okay... and... go!

P.S. Use the email function in the site, not the messaging system! You don't want anyone to figure out the real woman using your ideas, do ya? So shoot me emails and let's have fun! And I'll do this for as many characters as you guys can get right!

--Shinerdrinker