G Younger: Blog

Due to my health issues and some major changes from the Advanced Reader to the SOL version, I will not be able to meet the end of August launch date. It looks like it will be sometime in November.

We take reader feedback seriously and one of the major issues they had was they felt the story ended too soon. They voiced a desire that it should have ended at either the end of the semester or New Year's, not the last football game. To solve that, we've pulled the first nine chapters from Better Man 4 and will be adding three to five chapters beyond that.

The issue is that with my hospital stays and recovery, I haven't been writing. The good news is the worst is behind me... not wanting to jinx it... so I think I can get the remaining chapters to my editors.

We follow a rigorous process to fix my books. It takes time for everyone to get a chance to read the chapters and make their corrections. Then I become the bottle kneck as I read everything one last time. The good news is that I'm old, so when I get it back it's like reading it for the first time. With all that in mind, I asked my lead editor to find out when it was realistic to implement the changes so we could get the book ready for SOL. That's where the November date was proposed.

Before I get swamped with messages, we will do everything we can to get done sooner.

Thanks for your patients.

G Younger

A reader found the little Easter Egg in the chapter:

Jonas Crumby- The Skipper

Willy (Gilligan?)- First Mate

Are they going on a 3-hour tour maybe later?

In a storm?

landing on an uncharted island?

lmao...

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G Younger

I wanted to send out a quick note that I've been in and out of the hospital, which has affected my writing. I have a serious infection in my left foot, which looks like it is headed in the right direction.

I'm sharing this because it will delay some projects like the fourth Better Man book. The third book is complete and will start posting at the end of August. I just want everyone to be aware that my health will take priority right now.

Thanks
G Younger

I wanted to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone that voted for me and my stories.

It has been a journey over the last nine years when I introduced the world to Stupid Boy. I was lucky from the beginning because Rev. Cotton Mather, famous for writing the Playing the Game trilogy, told me I could tell a story but needed an editor desperately.

I began writing Stupid Boy, thinking I needed to learn how to write. The goal was to eventually write the first book I thought of loosely as Star Academy. From day one, my goal has been to learn my craft, and it helped that you were not shy in sharing your opinions of my writing.

Some were very helpful and said stuff like: “Just finished reading your book and found a couple of errors, but I forgot the write them down.”

Then some came out of left field and compared me to other writers. For Sell Anything on Craigslist – Mark Twain / My Intended – Ann Rice / Conclave – Colin Dexter (wrote the Inspector Morse series) and many others.

I shared this with my editors and laughed at myself because I am not near the writer they are. Then one of them pointed out they were all dead, so I probably could outwrite them now. I feel guilty admitting that they are right... I can probably outwrite a dead person-- IF my editors are on their game.

The long and the short of it is I started a prequel to Star Academy a few weeks ago. Then I found my scribblings from over twenty years ago, containing the beginning of Star Academy. I think the universe is trying to tell me that I might be ready.

I want to thank you all for taking the time to read my stuff. I’ll begin posting a short story on SOL today called Sister Swap. It’s a short story that reflects what I came to SOL to read way back in the day. Basic naughty stuff.

In March, you will find The Valley. It’s about a young man that loses his mother and has to move in with his father, who he has never met, and his family. His father has done well for himself … in porn. He has to deal with the grief of losing someone and his strict Catholic background, surrounded by people he would never have spent time with back home.

At the end of August, I will start posting A Better Man III. Book IV has not been started yet, so don’t ask when it will be ready … I honestly have no idea.

G Younger