Shinerdrinker: Blog

Wow!

When you post nowadays, the possibility exists that your story may get caught up amid a flood of updates and thus your update gets pushed off the front page very quickly.

I choose to think of it as a result of the popularity of SOL. So many stories being regularly updated seemingly all the time.

When I posted the latest chapter of "Mayhem in a Pill," it was in a rare null zone of about an hour and a half on Monday morning with no other updating posts. So I had a little bit of time to myself upfront on SOL. I remember times, when I could update around 9, am on a Tuesday and no other new posts until almost noon, and then it would be only one or two updates until late afternoon. I used to think that was a major reason for the nice numbers I'd see whenever I update the story.

But the latest stats show that you guys like me... you really like me um, I mean my story! Yeah. My story.

The first 36 hours up and just over 7,000 downloads of the new chapter.

I said all that just to say this... thanks. And yes, the rumors are true. I did have time this weekend to write and yes, I actually did write. See... my collection of MILF porn took a big hit this weekend without me and my searches. I did that for you.

I know, I know. I'll get back to writing now.

Just a quick note...

I've sent the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill to my excellent editors. We can give them obviously like an hour maybe even less, to get it back to me fully perfect since we all know they sit at their desks twiddling their thumbs waiting in breathless anticipation for me to get off my fat ass and write something.

But I digress.

I realized I have been writing about the young Tim a little too much, even before I was in the hospital. I had almost completely forgotten my plans for older Tim and his friends. So I needed to remind myself.

If you were like me and needed to get a reminder of just what the hell was in mind, go ahead and reread chapters 47 and 50 to remember what was going on with that side of the story. But then again all the really cool people will just go ahead and reread the whole thing from the beginning.

I really need to be careful about balancing the storylines.

Like I told my editor I have time today and this weekend so I'm planning on doing some writing for the next chapter ahead of schedule. But then again you know what is said about making plans...

Hey there kids, can you believe it? I can barely believe it myself. But the rumors are true. "Mayhem in a Pill" has a new chapter being posted. Chapter 55 of Mayhem in a Pill was long overdue after I got hit with a health scare.

But thanks to a wonderful surgeon who hit juuuusssst the right spot and fixed me up pretty damn well. It took a good month after the surgery for the swelling on the spinal column to reduce enough that the damaged nerves relaxed and I got feeling and strength in both arms and hands again. I'm still not 100% but I'd say I'm at about 95%. And I think that is amazing.

This was my third surgery on my spine. There is a possibility that within the next decade or so, I might need to have another. Spinal Stenosis sucks the sweat off a deadman's balls that's for damn sure!

Two surgeries on the lumbar area of the spine and a nice 6 to an 8-inch scar on my lower spine from my tailbone and up. Now I have a 4 to 5-inch scar going from the base of my head down my neck and onto the back. The next surgery will probably need to connect the fuckers. But that is in the future and I'm gonna fight that for as long as possible.

But for now kiddos, you get another chapter and I get to start the next one.

(Quick Hint: I do believe it has been damn near a year since we've seen what has been happening to future ("fat") Tim and their friends. So I'm thinking chapter 56 will focus there and depending on what happens, maybe chapter 57 as well.)

Like the title says, I finally decided on something last week. I decided to stop procrastinating and go ahead and write something for heaven's sake.

So after about a week or so, I found myself nearly finishing the latest chapter of Mayhem. So I went ahead and finished the chapter. It is right now out at my editors. When they finish shaping it into something readable, I'll go back into it and replace the mistakes with new mistakes.

So I'm expecting to post the next chapter sometime this upcoming week. I am finally feeling well enough to promise a return to normal (well as normal as expected) posting of new chapters.

I'm well. The family is well.

I hope you are, too.

--Shinerdrinker

I was winding down from a couple of hours of working on the next chapter of "Mayhem in a Pill," I noticed the downloads for my story and while I am happy about the number, I needed to put it into some kind of context.

I decided to check it against a few other of my favorite stories on the site. I started with cmsix's magnum opus "John and Argent." I stopped my search after that one. My little story "Mayhem in a Pill" is sitting at 772,515. But "John and Argent" is at 654,444. Now, of course, my ego exploded but quickly recombined when I realized what that meant. I'm having all kinds of trouble thinking that my first story has more downloads than one of the greatest stories on the internet.

Don't get me wrong, I'll take it. But I'm not going to enjoy looking up other download numbers of my other favorites. I'll either expand my ego to the point I can't lay down for sleep tonight without having to hang my head off the edge of the bed.

I'll probably do it... but I won't enjoy it. Much.