G Younger: Blog

I just finished writing chapter 35 of the last book in the Stupid boy saga. As I sat back after hitting the send button to my editor I got a little emotional as anxiety clawed at my guts like a cat in a wet bag.

It's been quite the ride. To see the light at the end of the tunnel is daunting. At times I wasn't sure I could keep writing about the same thing and keep it interesting. I'm sure some of you gave up. I want to thank the ones that stayed with me.

This all began as a writing exercise that soon got out of hand. I've learned so much about writing over the last few years. I still have a long way to go, but I can now at least put together a coherent sentence. I read some of my first stuff and squirm, like spider-webs catching on your face, to see what you all suffered through.

I see only two or three more chapters and I will be done with Senior Year Part III.

I plan to tip one back as a nod to the end. Almost Done.

Happy New Year!

G Younger

Next week I'll be taking some stories off of SOL. I wanted to give you a heads up in case you wanted to download them before that happens.

There is a combination of reasons that include rewriting the story with a different plotline, to expanding the story into a full-length novel, to it just wasn't up to my standards.

Story List:
1) The Device
2) The Chosen
3) Sell Anything On Craigslist
4) Getting it Wrong

Update On SB Sr III: The original plan was for 26 chapters and I would be done by Thanksgiving. I'm now starting Chapter 33 and have about five more to go. At a minimum, the ARC copy won't be ready until mid- to late-January.

Thanks
G. Younger

I had an old PC that crashed and had some of my early stories on it. I finally was able to save them. To be honest, I was a little scared of their quality, so I sent them to my editors to read. I was told one or two might be salvageable.

As a side note ... I apologize for my earlier writing. For many years all I wrote were business reports, which tend to be formal in nature. I didn't know what a contraction was ;-)

Thankfully, Bud Ugly is a glutton for punishment and cleaned up my story - The Device.

It's a story about a geek who lusts after another geek and then there are cheerleaders (that is mandatory for any story IMHO). Oh ... and there is a device.

If that description doesn't get you excited(more likely confused) ... LOL.

Five chapters. One posted daily starting on Thursday.

My editors and I spent way too much time on this.

Is it: Bow Chicka Bow Wow -or- Bow Chicka Wow Wow?

Here is the YouTube video the song comes from in the story.

youtu.be/cPaGlnNaL80

Enjoy.

Because this week is Halloween I've added an easter egg in my story ...

Also, for my advance readers, you may want to read this chapter on SOL because there are changes from the original storyline.

Easter Egg
I added a new character and as a nod to my favorite horror movie franchise named him Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series. I needed a scary lawyer and Jason used to scare the crap out of me ;-)

ARC - SPOILER ALERT -
In the original version, David hires Cal Bell, Pam's father, to be his lawyer. Several readers were shocked that he would even consider using him after what he did to David Junior Year. When my editors agreed, I took everyone's advice. The SOL version has David firing Cal and hiring a new lawyer.

Thanks for reading.
G Younger