Shinerdrinker: Blog

Make a plan and see it screwed up easily.

I should have posted by now but I got the chapter almost finished just a few paragraphs to finish and I put it down for a couple of days for real life reasons... mainly doctor appointments and those tend to wear me down so much I need to nap.

My napping time time is at the same time I can write.

But when I read what I had written, I was disgusted.

I don't claim to be a great writer but damn I think I can put a couple of thoughts together coherently. But after reading that draft... .

So I had to restart the chapter. Now the ideas were there but the execution should have been put to death. That's it 30 lashes with a wet noodle for yours truly.

One other problem for this weekend is it's my birthday this weekend and I really hope I have enough friends to keep me away from my laptop for the weekend. I went to the bank and got a lot of singles for visiting a local facility for single men who wish to help young ladies with their higher education by tipping them generously based on their state of undress and gyrating ability.

But I figure there might be a couple of hours this weekend when I'll be forced to do some writing since G Younger is gonna break SOL with the last chapter of Stupid Boy's - Sophomore year.

But I digress. I am trying to settle my ear drums by listening to some of what the kids these days are calling music in preparation of my yearly bacchanalia.

Usually takes a couple of days to recover... it's not the alcohol that cause trouble it's the ear drums begging me to listen to something else.

So to recap, I know I am late with the next chapter of "Mayhem" but don't worry I have not given up. In fact I am starting to think I care too much about the story because I still can't believe I killed the whole chapter.

Ugh. Sellers remorse.

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!