Alured de Valer: Blog

Chapter 37 of Best Summer Ever has been posted. It's Gary's 17th birthday! That means all kinds of neat things are coming, but he still has to go about the mundane parts of life like going to work. There is some big news on the legal front, and a couple of new guys are about to join the cabana crew.

I really need to quit staying up so late and get an earlier start in the mornings. The download count is already pushing 164K with about 1,300 just in the couple of hours the new chapter has been up. And I swear the score ticked up another point in just the last 15 minutes while I was looking things over.

Some good news is two more chapters (55 & 56) are in the can and up on my Patreon page. Both were among the major story points of my original rough outline. I'm glad the story has finally progressed to that point. Now the way is clear to bring some other characters to the fore.

Chapter 36 of Best Summer Ever has been posted. The gang finally has a group date. Morgan keeps finding herself in dangerous situations, forcing Gary to take action. Arlene once again steps in to save the day.

The story is almost at 159K downloads this morning. The score ticked up another point and held it all day. I'm up to 383 followers. The growth has been steady for two weeks now.

I had another good day of writing and am almost done with Chapter 55. If I can keep it up over the weekend, I'll be three weeks ahead.

I hope everyone has a good Good Friday.

Chapter 35 of Best Summer Ever has been posted. Gary takes another shower at Arlene's place. Wednesday date night plans are solidified. A new girl enters Gary's life.

I'm running a little behind today and feel like I've already missed a lot. I woke up find the story already nearing 153K downloads. There's been more than 1,500 on this chapter in just a couple of hours. The score went up another tick yesterday and has held steady. The follower count has increased to 376. I picked up three new patrons on Patreon and have enough pledged to pay my Internet bill.

The writing continues going well with Chapter 53 almost done. It's still a process of figuring out how to move from one point on the outline to the next. I've swapped some bits around just to make things flow better, but all the other girls have their moment in the spotlight coming.

You keep reading. I'll keep writing.

Chapter 34 of Best Summer Ever has been posted. Plans are made for the first group date. Gary and Kacie get a lesson in real estate. Gary and Arlene do some more work in the apartment.

The story is almost at 146K downloads, picking up more than 5,500 for Chapter 33. The score bounced back and forth a little yesterday, but seems to be holding steady at another new high. I'm now almost to 370 followers. That may have been the biggest one-day jump since I started paying attention to that count. And I'm now in double figures for patrons on Patreon. It's slowly getting to the point where I'm getting a little bit out of this.

Two more chapters are in the can and posted on the Patreon page. I'll continue posting a chapter a day here as long as I can.

Again, all this is happening because of you, the readers. Thank you for the continued support.

Chapter 33 of Best Summer Ever. Morgan is full of plans, Gary is put to work, Arlene extracts her payment. What's not to like?

The story blew past 140K downloads overnight and is already nearing 141K. The score finally ticked up to 7.80 after flirting with that mark for nearly a week. And I've passed 350 followers.

I was able to get Chapter 49 in the can last night despite real-world events taking up a chunk of the day. And I'm up to nine patrons on my Patreon account! It's almost to the point of paying for my Internet service.