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I think this is only the second time in the eight years since I started posting on SOL that I chose to delete a comment. But the last comment on The Runesmith Chronicles (as well as my response to it) had to go.
In my attempt to do these characters justice, I have to get into their heads and figure out how they would think, feel, and react in any given situation. That gives me a pretty intimate knowledge of their psyche and reasoning, including why they make the flawed or frustrating choices they do.
If readers get annoyed at a character's decisions (anyone remember Dax needing to kill someone because Kal bitched out?) or root against a bad guy? Cool. Fine. I get it. That means I’m doing my job and you’re engaged with the story. That kind of character debate is always welcome.
But there is a massive difference between calling out a character's actions and saying a main character who’s been here almost from the start should just be drowned and left for dead.
That isn't story critique... It's just pure hostility.
I'm too heavily invested in these characters and in keeping this comment section a good place to hang out to tolerate that level of vitriol. Debate character decisions all you want, but extreme hate will simply be deleted.
It appears that I forgot to post chapter five on here when it went up on the other sites, so I'm submitting five with chapter six in the queue right after it. Enjoy! -Blu
First off, my apologies for the long silence.
Please allow me a moment to explain...
In Dec my Dad had a heart attack. Firstly, he's doing fine and he received treatment quickly enough there was no damage to his heart. Being a good son, I spent the next month with my Mom and Dad helping them out until he came off driving/lifting restriction. When i returned home in Jan I thought my marriage of 26 years was ending and my attention was largely directed toward that. Working to repair my marriage triggered my wife to have a nervous breakdown and fall into a deep, but thankfully brief depression. We spent most of Feb and some of Mar figuring out how to fix what was broken and what our marriage is going to look like in the future. As of writing this we both feel that our relationship is stronger than it has ever been.
This is just the cliff-notes of what's been going on in my life keeping me from posting. That website that starts with P helps pay the bills and so became a priority during all of this while my readers here fell by the wayside, and for that I am deeply sorry.
I won't promise this won't happen again because life is life, and sometimes it throws a bunch of shit your way all at once. But, I will say I greatly appreciate you sticking with me.
My most heartfelt thanks
-Blu
Not Valentine themed, but I submitted part 2 of Close Encounters of the Garden Variety for my wonderful readers! :D
Bludraygn.com is a thing and will no longer just bounce people to my Patreon!
As a celebration of sorts, I'm offering a free story that was originally going to be Patron Only.
"The Prologue" tells the tale of how Kal and Ikuno first met and will only be available through bludraygn.com. At the bottom of the page just put in your email, the format you would prefer (Epub, Kindle, PDF, or webpage) and I'll send you the story. :D
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