Hello folks,
I've started a Patreon. It's under DonLockwood. I have it set up for $5 a month.
What's going to be there? Let's start with the biggie: Rewind. I'm going to finish it, but, if I'm going to put myself through that, I'm going to get paid. And I'm not promising anything about when. But I will finish it--it deserves to be finished.
If I do the DoaL sequel--which will be called Dance Like Nobody's Watching--it will also be there.
There are a few things that were up on the old ASSTR site that weren't here, like the Beatles Suite and some flash stories; I'll be putting those up on the Patreon.
As for the usual diet of short stories, what I think I'm going to do is post them by chapter on the Patreon, then, when they're done, wait about a month then put them here. That's my first instinct.
I'll also put any other writing I do up on the Patreon. One thing for sure is that I'm going to start working on a project I've had in mind for some time--historical music reviews. I'm not going to do a countdown or rank anything, just essays on some of my favorite albums.
There's not much there right now. I'm working on it. Feel free to wait before signing up. But the more signups I get, the more time I'll have to write!
-Don
This one is called Just Business.
And it got away from me. In a good way.
The beginning was playing with a trope--the ol' enemies-forced-to-marry trope. It was an exercise in playing with something a bit tired and silly. But it didn't end that way. This was actually one of the most emotional stories I've ever written.
I'm proud of this one. I hope you like it.
...that, the minute I came back, I would get repeated mentions of Rewind.
Am I going to finish it? Honest answer: I don't know. I'm not motivated to do so at the moment, but that may change.
Right now I have 5 more short stories in various states of completion, and those stories were my motivation to start writing again, so that's my priority. I also have to see if I have the stamina to go back into longform. And, if I do, do I complete Rewind or start the DoaL sequel? Or even complete Naked High?(That's the least likely, because it had a complicated outline I'd have to reconstruct except for the ending, because I've lost it. Then again, I love writing Amber, so who knows?)
I got laid off from my teaching job in June, so I have time. We'll see how long that lasts!
Thanks for reading,
Don