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Over the last 15 months I have been working on a new story in the Anthony Carter Universe. I started it mostly to keep my mind off a rather worrisome diagnosis I had received, and while I unterwent treatment, the story progressed at a nice clip. With the therapy being successful, however, it was back to work for me, with unfinished business piled up in my in-tray. That put a crimp in my writing and the story languished for almost half a year while I was trying to get back into my day job.
Through all this time, Old Rotorhead kept giving me feedback whenever I had finished a chapter or five, encouraging me to keep going and adding his valuable advice.
Now the story stands at 30 chapters, with Nº31 in the draft stage, and I am now confident that I can finish it. Therefore, starting tonight, I start posting chapters. I shall post twice weekly, Sunday and Wednesday, until I will have the story finished. Then I may switch to thrice-weekly postings. Enjoy!

I just finished posting the last revised chapters of Ellen which should be in a better shape now. Enjoy!

I am currently revising Ellen Trilby, having realised that there are/were some continuity errors in it, in particular with regard to the second part of In The Navy. My writing was quite raw back when I first posted the story, and I decided to correct syntax and dialogue while I am at it.
One thing that I realised was that the heroine, Ellen, is Ellen Trilby for only three chapters before she becomes Ellen Wilkes and then Ellen Carter. I decided therefore to simply name the story Ellen.
I am also aware that I promised my readers a new story, The Return of Thomas Grey, and it is still on the front burner. I have 27 chapters ready to post, but still another 6-7 to write.

I wish to thank the premier members who voted my little Hallowe'en story best in this year's contest. It is much appreciated, and the prize money will once again go to Medicines Sans Frontiers, a non-profit volunteer organisation that provides life-saving health care to people in some of the worst areas in this increasingly shitty world.
My thanks and appreciation to Old Rotorhead who volunteered to edit "Constable Hereward" and who - as usual - did a great job in a very short time.
For those of you who will have to wait six months for "Constable Hereward" to become available, I will soon start posting a new serial story in the Anthony Carter Universe, tentatively titled "The Return of Thomas Grey". And yes, I cannot shake the writing bug :o)