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As an author, we love our characters. Occasionally, they nudge us to ask what’s next. While the story of Alex and Samantha have a quick follow up, from an actual trip to a Virginia winery I love, they have not nudged me lately. Actually, Jason and Katherine did while I was watching Death in Paradise which made me wonder what would happen if they went on a boat trip. And then the Olympics happened. In Paris. And Alex nudged me.
Ideas are floating around about what happened to our intrepid pair, and maybe their trip to the Caribbean.
Is there another story? Maybe. Is it coming soon? Maybe not. Paris is one of my better read stories based on stats, so there is a group that appreciates the story. And I thank you. I will pencil down some notes and maybe pull together a story worthy of them. As always, if I can’t present a complete story, I won’t write it.
The Constitution is filled with many exceptions despite what we all might believe. For example, we all know Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, except you cannot yell fire in a crowded theatre, or encourage people to riot.
Now it seems that our state governments seem to be jumping even deeper into the exceptions, especially when it is all about the children (right, everyone who believes this, put up your hand). Sadly, as a Virginia resident, yours truly may now be a victim. Feel free to search: Youngkin signs law requiring stringent age verification for porn sites.
I honestly do not know how that will affect us here at SoL, but if I stop posting, you will know that I do not feel like giving some unknown third-party my government ID.
And neither should you, even if you have one that matches your pen name.
(Virginia has a similar statute in its Constitution: That the freedoms of speech and of the press are among the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained except by despotic governments; that any citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; that the General Assembly shall not pass any law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press)
NOTE: Yes, I know "Congress" is now "the Government," and yes, I know a simple VPN would work around the issue. That is not the point. The point is that this is the first shot at the ship of censorship.
I've been working on this story for a bit. It originally came out as a single blurb, but since I cannot post it as a blob, I cut it up into chapters. Enjoy the read.
I wish I could say I am close to closing out a new story, but the truth is far from that. In fact, I have not written a word in close to eight weeks. Nada. OK, that would not be entirely true. I have written. I just have not written anything for this site. I have written some filler scenes for a couple of stories I have set in a space opera and another in a sword and sorcery realm, but nothing that would be worth posting here. I have no inspiration. It could be related to the continued seclusion. I am not in lockdown, but I have not gotten out much, either. No one has to be honest. We all move in our little pods back and forth, which results in little stimulation and a lot of repetitive, rather dull motion from here to there, without any external connections or even interesting conversations.
So I have not written much of interest. As we progress into spring, I hope something will come to mind, but thanks for reading until then.
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