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OK, sorry about the delay but with the change in the story, I needed to go back to previously completed chapters, even those that were not posted and tweek them to make sure they corresponded with the new path I am taking the story.

I have a couple of editors now but they have not read this chapter. It was an almost physical pain to not post this new chapter on time and since I don't exactly know when I will get chapters back from the editors, I decided to just go ahead and post it now.

I have several chapters already written after this one and that is what I have been working on. So I will be back on the Thursday posting schedule later this week.

Unless I get a visitor from the future who tells me not to post, I will post on Thursday.

Please enjoy and let me know what you think.

I have to apologize for not posting the next chapter in "Mayhem in a Pill." I will either go ahead and post as soon as I can which will probably sometime this weekend. Or I will hold it and just post later in the week. It depends on some RL stuff.

I am currently in the process of trying out a couple of editors to see if I would like to work with one of them or some combination. The delay in the next chapter has nothing to do with the vetting of editors as I was going to post the next chapter as I have written it without any editing help. I'll update past chapters when I have new edits.

Again I apologize for the delay.

An earlier blog post showed a little of the back story concerning the path my first story on SOL is taking.
I had the whole story outlined and I knew where I was going to take the story but a moment of inspiration smacked me in the head.

I have decided to go where the muse is taking the story. This new path is a bit more ambitious than where I originally wanted to take the story but I did a LOT of writing today and the story flowed like butter on freshly baked bread.

See... it's still going. Tee hee.

Anyways with this explosion of inspiration I am now able to continue my posting schedule I put on myself. I know one chapter a week is not that impressive of a feat but for a classic procastinator like myself. It is a giant leap for me.

The turn will start with the next chapter posting tentatively scheduled for sometime Thursday.

As always, thanks to everyone for reading and thanks for sending comments as well.

I had one of those great meetings with a muse ... OK, I call BS on myself. It was one of those great times when right before you fall asleep you have a moment of clarity. I found myself taking an entirely new turn in "Mayhem in a Pill." I was able to jot down the few ideas that blossomed right before sleep over took me. In the morning, amazingly enough, the notes were readable and I actually realized where I was trying to take the story.

Now, I have several chapters written for the story already and if I go ahead and follow the new twist it means rewriting those chapters and reworking my outline. I think this new twist is worth it and I have sat down today and worked out two new chapters today already.

Now my problem is what to do about the other chapters already written. I don't have to throw out the baby with the bath water so to speak. The basic ideas already written can still be rescued and used in later chapters.

Ugh.

I think I need to think about this some more. My next posting could be delayed because of this but then again, I still have some time.

What do ya'll think?

OK, I just submitted chapter two and it is in the queue. Please let me know what you think of my story.

Yes, I do read every note sent to me. I think it is absolutely amazing when I get a positive response from an author who's work I have admired for years. The ego is well stroked.

Only bad thing I can think of all this is the way I am constantly checking out the stats and my email for feedback. It's addicting!

Thanks for reading!