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Al, son of Ernest here giving one final blog update regarding my father.
He has passed away peacefully in his (medically-induced) sleep as-of 2022/07/16 03:30 AEST.
I along with his brother Gary will soon be dealing with processing dad's will, pre-paid funeral, and various accounts in his name so I will be able to keep paying for the power and rates as we had the house and land put in both my name and his.
I am keeping his stories (and those he was managing for others) online and available, whilst I work out what to do with the partial and nearly-finished stories he was working on prior to this week.
Thank you all for the well-wishes and support in regards to this situation.
A youth makes a promise, and then fights the bureaucrats and killers to keep it. It takes many years, but he's lives is life as he was trained and is faithful to his promise. 98,000 words over 9 chapters if action.
Also available on Bookapy
https://bookapy.com/s/539/keeping-a-promise
Over the years I've had a few people email me about the viability of low voltage direct current, especially 12 volt DC, houses. Having spent time living in a camper-van back in the early 1970s and seen what was available then, I know everything you need to live in a house is available in 12 volt and / or propane gas. Although there are some DC electric household equipment available in other voltages like 6v, 24v, 28v, 32v, 36v, and 48v the 12v are more common due to them being used in camper-vans and caravans for decades. Also the turbines I mention in some of the stories are often asked about as well. So, below are some links for those interested in learning more about these options. These sites are just a small sample of what's out there if you go looking.
https://www.globaltrucker.com/12-volt-items/
https://www.globaltrucker.com/12-volt-cookers-12-volt-stoves/
https://www.12volt-travel.com/
https://www.thecabindepot.com/collections/appliances
https://www.12volt.com.au/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical-axis_wind_turbine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savonius_wind_turbine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrieus_wind_turbine
I hope this helps people to understand the capabilities available to going off the power grid.
Ernest
G'day,
I keep getting emails asking about my intentions in regards to story sequels. There are many I do intend to write and I'll list them below. Please, no more messages asking about sequels and stories as they take up too much writing time to deal with them. I'm still recovering from the health issues caused by the stress of dealing with the NSW Gestapo for over 4 years.
A problem I have is that when the NSW Gestapo refused to provide me with the information I needed to identify files to be returned to me I was unable to get any of the twenty plus works in progress returned to me because they simply destroyed everything instead of taking the effort to work with me or to identify the files they had that were of no interest to them. There was over 500,000 words involved in those stories and about of them were tied up in the sequels, some of which were more than half written. Sadly, due to the four years of stress involved in the case I can't remember much of what was in them. As I do remember some of the scenes I am reconstructing those stories as best as I can, and I'm also working on writing new scenes for them that are in line with the planned stories.
The stories I plan to write and publish sequels for are:
Boone, Finding Home, Hal, Kim, Odd Man in College, Power Tool, Shiloh, Stand in Time, Times of Old, Will to Survive, as well as a few others I'd like to write sequels to but haven't yet thought of how to go with them. The ones in italics are already part written in my works in progress list. I also want to write some more Chaos Calls stories.
I currently have 584,000 words tied up in 35 works in progress. This includes 7 new Rivers Regions stories, and 3 new Life in the Suburbs stories. I'm trying to get some new stories finished as well as sorting out several stories that still need a revision review. Then there's a few other stories I've been asked to work on by other authors.
Please limit messages to reports of story problems that need fixing so I can concentrate as much as possible on creative writing instead responding to messages.
Stay safe and stay well,
Ernest
I've had some people email me with concerns on how a sorority operates, especially the one in my story Tinker Taylor: Spy & Soldier. So here's some information on what a sorority and a fraternity are.
The word sorority simple means 'a house or group of women,' while the word fraternity simply means 'a house or group of men.'
In the US the universities / colleges use the terms for single gender housing organisations that have restricted membership rules and have a management connection to the university / college due to being on the campus grounds so the university / college has some control over them. However, that does not mean that's the only way they can operate.
The sorority in the story has no management connection with the university and it is not on the campus grounds, so it operates under its own rules and under the general meaning of the word.
Now I've explained this, please, no more emails insisting sororities limit access via rushing etc. the way those under university / college control do.
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