Shinerdrinker: Blog

Hello.

Sorry about the lack of communication from my end but I hit a little writers block because I had written down what I wanted to do in this chapter and then the wife decided my "home office" needed to be cleaned while I was out buying groceries.

Every loose piece of paper on the desk was disposed of and on top of that the garbage collectors were also out and about while I was at the store. Ugh.

So I had to try and remember something I had written down on that piece of paper months ago so I would not forget. Ugh.

So I had to write the chapter without my cheat sheet. I got three-fourths of the way through and all excited I would be able to send the chapter to the editors a couple of weeks ago when guess what. A long forgotten set of neurons raised their hand from the back of the class and said "Hey, that's not how the chapter was supposed to go. It's supposed to go like this." So I had to restart. Ugh.

So long story short (too late) I am in the process of rewriting the chapter using the original version I wanted to use all along. It takes time but the words are flowing much easier and the MILF porn has been tame as of late so no need of diversions there.

Anywho. Um. Chapter is coming. I have not abandoned it. My plan (I know. I know) is to continue this story through this freshman year of high school and through whatever fun hijinks I can think of for the formerly fat escapee. Then call it book one.

I have a couple of other ideas for stories I'm really itching to get into but I can not walk and chew gum at the same time so one story at a time and my lackadaisical ass refuses to try.

Thanks again for your support. (I feel like that Bartles and Jaymes wine cooler commercial. Remember those!)

-- Shinerdrinker

"I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."

~ Homer Simpson

Just wanted to point out "The Simpsons" TV show reached a milestone last night as the longest running scripted show in history surpassing "Gunsmoke."

Like the title says, read Jay Cantrell's amazing blog post.

It is amazingly well written and once again shows that writer's like myself are basically flinging poo against glass when visitors get on our nerves.

Damn Jay, amazing and thanks for showing how mediocre of a writer I truly am. But then again, now I know what to shoot for.

Guess what kiddies! The last chapter of Mayhem just went over 10,000 downloads since I put it up.

So of course that means the next chapter should be ready soon. Alas, this is not so. While I have been working on the next chapter, it is no where yet ready for anyone else to see it. So it will probably be a couple more weeks for an update since the NFL Draft is next week and yours truly watches from gavel up to gavel down and when it is over I compare my list to the official one to see how far off I was. Not to tweet my own horn but I'm not that far off.

Alas, I thought I was going to be there in person, especially since the draft is in Dallas and that's about a 3-4 hour drive from my front door. But the best laid plans... yadda yadda yadda.

But I thank everyone who has been reading and I will be continuing to write the next chapters of Mayhem in a Pill. I've even started working on a cover for the story and since in another life I was a graphic designer, it helps to flex a muscle I have not used in a while. It's fun but no where ready to be premiered.

Okay, thanks again and I am working on the story.

-- Shinerdrinker

Hey all.

Yes, I have some good news and I have some bad news.

Whenever someone on TV gets that dog turd dropped onto their laps, they want the bad news first. Screw that. Gimme the good first and I'll ignore the bad and blame it on someone else whenever I truthfully don't remember being told the bad news.

I noticed in the chapter stats for the last chapter of Mayhem, that it has just reached 10,000 downloads per chapter. I used to use 10,000 downloads per chapter as a deadline to tell me it was time for the next one. At the beginning, that was a good measuring stick for me to use not to early and not to late. But then a few chapters started reaching 10,000 downloads in like 4 days. Now how the hell am I supposed to keep up with that!

So I started ignoring the arbitrary deadline and just decided to upload new chapters whenever my fancy was tickled. Basically I'm a lazy bastard and I don't write as often as I could. And must be wooed to the keyboard.

So um, what was I talking about?

Oh yeah, good news. The next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill has been sent to the editors. Usually takes about a week to get those back and for me to go over them. So I'm hoping to get the next chapter posted in about a week.

And the bad news, well with me bringing up a new chapter at least two weeks earlier than I would have normally done so. I expect to become inundated with requests for me to go faster. Okay, so it's not exactly bad news from your perspective but to my score of fans who do write, tend to ask for strange things like me writing when I have time and more often.

Don't they understand how hard I work at putting things off until later. I mean I was going to write this blog yesterday but held off until today.

Oh yeah, this next chapter goes back to young Tim in high school. Do with that piece of information as you would like.

P.S. It might sound like I don't like people writing to me and asking questions. That is incorrect. In fact I enjoy it. Even the dumb ones. Which are those... I'll never tell.