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Hi Everyone.

So, a few days ago I posted a new story called Hello Tommy. The story arose from me reading a few of those stories where a bully embarrasses and humiliates a weaker person over and over again. The stories kept on with more and more scenes where the bully returns and humiliates the weaker person again and again without the overall picture ever changing. I'm not criticising the writers for this. I realise those writers were writing to their kink and that is totally appropriate. But my brain works differently and I wondered what happened next. What happened when the situation changed? And why was the bully the way they were? So I wrote Hello Tommy.

I was pretty pleased with it, even though the content is fairly dark. I've been amazed to see it has so far scored the lowest of any of my stories. Oh, well. The way people choose a score for stories continues to be very confusing to me.

Apart from the score, about the only feedback I've had was one person saying it was good but too long, one person saying it was too short because I finished it before it provided all the answers, and one person saying the story was good but the ending was weak.

Reacting to the feedback, I've changed the ending very slightly. On the less is more principle, I reduced the length of the story by a couple of paragraphs and finished it a fraction earlier. For the person who wanted to know what happens next, isn't that the sign of a good story?

Happy reading.
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Hey all,

I've now published The Way Home on Zbookstore. It was something that didn't take much preparation to put together.

Previously I tried to publish The Choice, but it turned out to be too short to be allowed. I will have to do a collection of short stories at some time and include The Choice in that.

My poll is still open. I'm still interested in what you would like me to post next. So far, I've had 6 people respond which is cool, but probably not representative.

In the meantime, I am continuing to write. Everything I have is in draft form atm so not sure how long it will before I'm ready to post any new stories.

Cheers
barbar

Hi everyone

I recently tried to update Jacinta and remove some errors. Apparently, not only did I miss some issues, but I also created a few new ones.

Fortunately, a very kind reader let me know and took the time to go through and pick out some significant typos as well as pointing out a few other grammatical or contextual issues. As a result, I've now completed a second update.

I'm sure there are still errors in there somewhere. Errors are like germs. It doesn't matter how often you wash your hands, there will still be some germs there. All you can do after that is hope that your immune system can cope with what's left behind.

I'm always happy to be told about issues in my stories if you find them. In fact, I invite you to contact me and let me know what the errors are that you've noticed.

I've also uploaded an improved version of the Epub book to zbookstore, with the same changes.

Cheers

barbar

Hey everyone.

This is a note to let you know that Bec Book 4:The Wrong Wardrobe, is now published in a bookstore near you (specifically Zbookstore and Bookapy. It joins Bec1, Bec2, and Bec3 which are already available at those stores.

I'm always happy for people to review those books, so if you feel inspired, go ahead.

While preparing these books for publication, I made a full sweep through them, making minor edits everywhere.
The changes are pretty subtle, I doubt if you'd notice them, but they make me feel better.

Cheers

BarBar

Hi all,

I've been having fun using AI to create cover art for many of my stories. You only get to see them when you open up the story, so maybe cover art isn't the correct term. I kept the file size small so that they hopefully don't clog up download times for people with slow internet. If anybody has any comments about the art, would love to hear them. If you would prefer not to have such art, that is a valid comment and I'm happy to hear that from you as well.

(Edited to add.) All of my illustrations and cover art are completely safe for work. There's no nudity or sex or implied nudity or implied sex in any of them.

So far, Kitchen Meetings is the only story where I have included art within the story. Again, I kept the file sizes fairly small on the pics so hopefully they don't cause problems. Please be aware that Kitchen Meetings is now available on zbookstore.

Cheers