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Hot Damn!

I don't have a set timeline for posting new chapters but it is generally about a month between postings. At least that is what it is supposed to look like to everyone else. In fact, I set a personal limit of waiting for a chapter to reach 10,000 downloads before posting the next chapter.

But lo and behold earlier today when I checked the numbers just to see how the last chapter was doing and yes, chapter 14 is now over 10,000 downloads.

So apparently, I need to get off my lazy ass and start writing. Nothing like an ambiguous and fleeting deadline hitting you across the face to get the writing juices flowing again.

So I guess I have some work to do.

A little later than I normally like but I generally try to wait until I have 10,000 downloads of the last chapter. I dunno if anyone else does that but it helps me to have a sort of deadline. I came from a journalism background and spent a few years as a writer but then they put PageMaker on the Mac IIse and I found I liked designing entire news pages much more than writing. And quite frankly... I was burned out. That is a hard bit, if your heart ain't in it!


And so I didn't write for damn near twenty years.


SOL brought it back out of me. But I still do other things like TV and keeping caught up on the latest porn starlets. (It's a lot more difficult to do than you'd think.) But I digress. Ya'll are interested in Mayhem in a Pill and so am I!


Chapter 14 is currently with my final proofer and he generally gets it back to me fairly quickly. So when I get it back, I'll post. But then again I may wait until next week since Bluedragon is promising a new posting for tomorrow and I may want to spend the weekend enjoying that rather than freaking out whether or not you guys like my little story.


Now if Cold Creek posted, y'all might not see my update for a couple of weeks!

Well we are coming up on the end of the year and of course just like many others I have become thoughtful of what I have accomplished this year.

While yes, life continued and luckily not many problems reared the ugly head. But on a personal note, I actually consider taking the chance to show others some of what I have been writing by posting here on SOL a very positive achievement. The feedback from you readers has been amazing and has made the overall experience, well... amazing.

If anyone else out there is thinking of trying their hands at posting, I say try it and leave yourself open to the whole experience. I had one bad experience but once I pointed out their mistake, he apologized and subsequently volunteered to revote a few times to correct his mistake. Since then he has been a good muse to bounce ideas off of.

Well enough good thoughts... Chapter 13 of Mayhem in a Pill is in the queue.

Enjoy and have a great end of the year celebrations whichever you decide to enjoy.

Okay, here in the U.S. the turkey and ham have all been eaten, appreciated and if you are like me properly offered up to the porcelain gods this morning as a part of my daily ablutions.


But since being a multitasker, during said ablutions I had a few moments to think about what else I might be thankful for and I have a small list that might pique the interests of my readers from SOL.


I'm thankful for the wonderful feeling on Friday we feel when worrying all week about the upcoming holiday with friends, family and other sorts that can obviously cause stress comes to an end. But not too worry, we need to do it again in a month.


Well also we realize that yes, it is Friday so we get another installment of Arlene and Jeff. Thank you RoustWriter. Didn't even really hit until that moment on the toilet that yes a new chapter should be out today and he did not disappoint.


I'm thankful to well myself since I have finally finished the next chapter of "Mayhem in a Pill" and that is currently going through final lookovers and when I get it back I will post so realistically Sunday or maybe Monday.


And since I am almost finished, I am thankful for one more thing... since Xmas holidays are coming up in less than a month, the possibility of a new chapter of Dman3 from Cold Creek is becoming more probable. I have no evidence to make it true. I can only wish since the last update was around Xmas time last year then MAYBE we can get another chapter.


I think this weekend will see me reading about college hockey in Michigan as well as being a fashion model and of course what is it like to meet the Queen of England.


But don't worry when the chapter comes, I'll take a few moments and post it. Keep your eyes open!


Until next time!

Apparently several readers of my story really don't like me telling the story of what is happening to the original Tim Murphy after he returned to his future hoping to have improved his status in life. The amount of emails and the drop in score has really confused me.

I mean sure there were a few who wrote wondering about the sudden change from a kid getting ready for high school into a fat man being held in a secret prison. Once explained, it was understood about the jump.


Maybe the delay chapters coming out make it difficult to keep track of the story but I am confident if you follow the story then the changes make sense. But it is still disheartening to see the scores drop and the hate mail come barreling into me or rather over me.

But I figure that no response is worse than a negative response.

I guess I'm acting kind of childish.

So to the haters I say...



thbpthbpthbthbpthbpthbthbpthbpthbthbpthbpthbthbpthb!