Shinerdrinker: Blog

Well a couple of weeks ago I posted the latest chapter of "Mayhem in a Pill" and I expected to have a couple of weeks away from the story just to get away from it for a while. Normally that ain't a problem since I have no set timeline any longer for when the next chapter comes up. I'm basically lazy... I admit it.


So I took the last couple of weeks and caught up on a bunch of reading I had been putting off until I finished the next chapter. So I caught up with some reading and some correspondence with other friends outside of you guys here on SOL.


My very basic deadline I have in my own swollen head is when the latest chapter reaches 10,000 views. I have been generally setting it up for the next one when I reach that mark. And before you ask, yes, I have been noticing the up tick in time for how quickly the 10,000 mark has been getting reached. But it has stayed at generally a month.


I checked it last night after I finished reading a story I had been trying to read for a little while and it was well worth the wait. So I check the chapter download stats and lo and behold chapter 16 of "Mayhem in a Pill" is already at 10,358 just 18 days after I uploaded it.


Wow.


I didn't think anyone would want to read the stuff coming out of my head and here you guys are reading it... faster.


As a gift to everyone... no the next chapter ain't ready quite yet, good grief get a hold of yourselves. I will use some of the time this weekend to work on it.


I don't think you understand what a huge sacrifice this is for me because I am an NFL Draft junkie. I watch the whole thing gavel to gavel and everything in between. I keep track of where the next team should go and find myself often getting into arguing matches with the so called draft gurus ESPN and the NFL Network like to put on the desk. I mean how dare they have a coach with decades of experience on the sidelines and often even years of experience playing ON the NFL field try to tell me I'm wrong about who should be picked next.


So, I shall tear myself away from the draft today until about an hour before the second round begins and I will NOT go out Saturday night to begin our first mock drafts for the 2017 NFL Draft. Here's a little hint about how serious this is for me... I have already been working on who will be available for the 2018 NFL Draft.


So while the draft is on TV, I will watch it happily then I will make myself watch only one after draft discussion show. And instead, I will work on chapter 17 of "Mayhem in a Pill."


Okay... maybe two NFL Draft shows I mean there are TWO conferences but then it's right back to work for my fans.

Anything for the fans.

Well, it's not like I'm releasing state secrets here am I? I know my muse is absolutely fickle and when she gets started, I don't wanna stop her. Why would anyone?



If your muse begins fellatio, why in the hell would you stop her!?!



So, last week, I GOT LUCKY!!!!



Well not like that, I got into a good rhythm and the next chapter is out a good couple of weeks earlier than normal. In fact, it is in the queue right now and should be out for all of you who no longer have to punch a clock at work on Monday morning.



Or for those of you like me who would have called in sick anyway if one of my favorite authors with an awkward posting history just put up a new chapter.



I have already told people I work with that if Cold Creek posts ANY new chapter, well, I need a day to absorb... and of course to reciprocate with my muse cause if you don't go downstairs neither will she.



-- Shinerdrinker

I do believe time is a wonderful and interesting thing. Though I do fall terribly short waxing poetic on the subject.

But time is something on my mind recently when I realized, I am coming up on my one year anniversary for posting the first chapter of "Mayhem in a Pill." Actually the latest chapter is rather late. Real life and damned quality control kept Chapter 15 from you guys.

But I do have good news. I have gotten the chapter back from my last editor and both have given monumental Herculean efforts to make sure that this story is something people would like to read and not just the ramblings of a maladjusted adult attempting to relive his misspent youth in a farsical and unrealistic way. But then again, ain't that what a lot of the stories on SOL are all about. As far as I am concerned... that's the way I likes ya'll!

So... Chapter 15 of Mayhem in a Pill is now in the queue and will probably show up early in the morning and I hope it helps several of you find yourselves late getting to work as you choose to read this latest chapter, rather than being normal responsible adults and going on about your lives.

But you know what... that's the way I likes ya'll!

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.