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See my 3/24 blog post for the full list but as of today, the front-runners remain, in order:

“My First Gig” - Sequel to “My First Fan”
“Aiden Ascending” - Sequel to “Aiden and the Ring”
“After the Highway” - Sequel to “On the Highway”
“By My Own Rules” - Sequel to “On My Own Terms”
“Collateral” - Husband in debt to Russian mob; forced to loan wife until he pays

I submitted Chapter 8 of “My First Fan.” Devin is surprised—several times, and Mark teases Jenna. It was exceedingly fun to write and I hope you continue to enjoy their interwoven tales.

Hope your Spring is going well, dear readers.

I submitted Chapter 11 of “The Immortal.” It’s a fun one. As I edited and updated it, I had a grin on my face, remembering how much I’d enjoyed drafting it several years ago. Anyway, your turn to experience Jim drawing a map, or two. Good times.

In the yards, I’m doubling down on “Aiden and The Ring” as there are a number of dense chapters that need unpacking, better prose, and clearer alignment with the rewritten characters. So far, so good. They read a lot better. It’s amazing how much better a crappy writer I am than I was three years ago. That’s, uh, progress I guess?

To those of you who’ve sent feedback, thank you ever so much. I will never stop banging a drum to hear from all of you. Votes are nice, though the system is “curious,” but the email conversations I’ve had with readers are simply the best for fueling my muses. Priceless, as it were.

Wow! Okay, so I’ve received a lot of votes for the subsequent story to Aiden’s first book. Thank you all so much. Others have asked when the deadline is since they’d like time to read stories before deciding to vote for its sequel. Well, yep, that makes sense. As such, tada, the deadline is Camerone Day—30 April 2022. I’ll compile all the votes and announce the top three selections. Then we can all gnash teeth and throw stuff to decide which one should arrive first.

FYI, the current top picks are, in order:

“My First Gig” - Sequel to “My First Fan”
“Aiden Ascending” - Sequel to “Aiden and the Ring”
“After the Highway” - Sequel to “On the Highway”
“By My Own Rules” - Sequel to “On My Own Terms”
“Collateral” - Husband in debt to Russian mob; forced to loan wife until he pays

I admit to finding the first two interesting, since both are sequels to stories that have yet to be posted in their entirety. I guess ya’ll like them enough already, huh? I’m leery, because “Owning My Image” scored well until the end, when it tanked. So, hmmm, I hope you find these endings more to your liking.

“After the Highway” is coming along quite nicely; I found the hook and the plot to pull that into a much deeper tale, so that’ll be fun to finish if it wins.

“By My Own Rules” will also be fun. What did Ryan do next? I know. And I also know Naomi’s plan to get him back on track.

“Collateral” was fantastic fun to build. Yeh, it may sound a bit cucky, but all the characters have their motivations and the husband does just fine.

Frankly, I can’t wait to see which one you decide I should finish first. They’re all so amusing.

Oh, and a timing note. I unpacked all of “Aiden and the Ring” to lay out the prose into new chapter structures. I woefully underestimated its size. As of today, the story has 39 chapters, which at my current posting rate carries us through about this time next year. What does that mean? Well, there is no way in Hell the muses are gonna keep silent enough, so whatever story we select will most likely appear before the end of “Aiden and the Ring.” It’ll be a surprise post like “My First Fan” and I’ll submit as I’m able.

Dang, I’ve been posting my insane mind dribbling for six months already. Double the bourbon rations for everyone!

The beat goes on. I’ve submitted Chapter 15 of “Aiden and the Ring” for posting. Kendra Owens realizes Aiden has become a part of her life, and her husband’s. Meanwhile, Mrs. Davis is concerned about losing Aiden, who continues to challenge the ring.

In the yards, work continues on updating subsequent chapters for this story as well as “The Immortal.” Also, I’m now at the point where I should select the story to slot in after “Aiden and the Ring” draws to a close. The quicker I decide, the faster I can get its chapters updated so they are ready for posting. While my intention is to post chapters every fortnight, interspersed with the ninety billion chapters of “The Immortal,” we’ll see. I’ve got a raft of other hobbies besides scribbling the muses’ mad ravings.

For those of you interested, as of right now, here are the top contenders of the 29 stories I’ve got to choose from:

“188” - Sci-fi action/romance. Big guy, space princess, evil aliens, less sex
“Aiden Ascending” - Sequel to “Aiden and the Ring”
“My First Gig” - Sequel to “My First Fan”
“Earning the Collar” - After her husband’s shove, a woman becomes a corporate asset
“Collateral” - Husband in debt to Russian mob; forced to loan wife until he pays
“After the Highway” - Sequel to “On the Highway,” my first posted story.
“By My Own Rules” - Sequel to “On My Own Terms”
“Meet the Daemon” - Paranormal/erotica. What happens when a Pleasure Demon cares?
“Nowy Krakow” - Sci-fi action/erotica. Grizzled merc fights alien death beasts
“Learning and Adapting” - A19th Century Earth woman is kidnapped by space futanari elves.
“Not Yet” - Married woman is obsessed with well-endowed, older neighbor
“Boy Toy” - A young man is hired to serve a rich woman in Aiden’s Universe
“My Image Alone” - Sequel to “Owning My Image”
“The First Time” - Prequel to “The Student”
“Tentacles in the Tub (REDUX)” - Redo of my horrid, shallow Halloween 2021 entry.

Plus whatever the muses shove into my brain housing group.

Since we’re early enough in the cycle, feel free to drop me a note with your preference. No promises, as some are easier to update/polish than others, but they’re all a lot of fun.

First up, I submitted Chapter 10 of “The Immortal” for posting. After arriving for dinner, Mandy continues to explore her expanding relationship with Jim. More secrets are uncovered while future challenges and exploits are hinted. Though I know I sound like a broken record, as much work as this story is to update, I’m thoroughly enjoying reconnecting with these characters. It’s been far too long.

Secondly, as hinted in the blog post title, yep, the muses, after six months, slapped a viable framework for a sequel to “On the Highway.” While conscious me had been trying to wrangle a way forward, those little gits came up with a whole different approach. New characters, new plot, Daisy-focused, challenges, heartache, hugs, sex (well,duh), new partners. Whew. I’m now stuck with making sense of it all and building a workable structure for the tale. Already, I can tell it will be quite a bit longer. As a matter of fact, at this point I’d consider “On the Highway” as the appetizer in this saga.

Meanwhile, more stories are in the sheds. Some for SOL, while others are for private customers, but this whole scribe thing is going gang-busters. Sometimes, it feels as if there are not enough hours in a day, but wow, is this fun. Turning shadowy ideas into something approaching an actual story. With hopefully relatable, believable characters. Good times.

Anyway, thanks to all of you who continue to provide me support and feedback. As long as you keep fueling my crayons, I’ll keep scrawling the mad ramblings of those annoying little muses.