Jody Daniel: Blog

Hi all!

I hope you are having a great day! Well, I told you that I read all comments and appreciate the emails that you send me. Well, I think it is best to answer some of your input here on this blog.

Firstly: Here in South Africa there’s a LAW that state no one is allowed to take your picture without your permission. (Effectively killing those stupid traffic speed cameras!) So, I can’t go around and take random pictures of nice pretty girls without them telling me it’s okay.

Secondly: If I do that I might get a whack on the head from the Redhead light of my life!

Thirdly: There’s a thing called: “Copyright.” I can’t just use pictures from the internet without paying some photographer some money.

To counter all these problems, and still give you illustrations to highlight some aspect of the story, I resorted to using a 3D rendering software application and design my own girls. (Yeah, I know!) Also, I have to get the right angle for the illustrations, something the internet pictures don’t always give.

The photographs of the aircraft I use are also copyright, therefore I use a Software application called Flight Simulator X (MSFS2020 is way too expensive to buy here in SA.)

You will notice that the pictures of the T-6 Harvard is FSX with the one where Bobbie saw it for the first time, to be the real ZS-BAL. Lucky the owner of the aircraft had no problem with me using that picture of ZS-BAL.

I could not trace the owner of the L-39 ZU-JET, therefore, I used the FSX one.

I am real sensitive towards copyright protection, and therefore do not want to step on anyone’s toes, as I have the same sentiment towards my own works. If you were not aware, there were some people that went and copied SOL stories and just changed the title, then went and sold it on a well known online book-store. This is not only theft, but, outright disrespect for the author of the original work. I can assure you it takes many hours of research and coining the phrases. Especially for me that is not a native English speaker, and neither English grammar wise.

I do hope you guys and girls understand the problem. I will as far as possible still use pictures of landscapes that I describe.

Okay, that out of the way… Here is Chapter 10 of Cargo Drop. Happy reading!

Until next time.

Bye 4 now!

Hi all!

LOL!!! Just some fun with the title of this blog entry. Just to show you, I DO read all the comments and emails!

Okay… for those who waited, and waited, and waited… Here is Chapter 9. Right on schedule, I might add.

Any female pilots out there? Email me at jodydaniel28@gmail.com I have a question for you. Something that I am researching right now, and is somewhat overlooked in the aviation world.

Until next time. Stay well, and look after yourself!

Bye 4 now!

Hi all!

Just a little problem with the upload of C8. Something went wrong and I can only attend to it later tonight. If Load-shedding will allow me, I will again upload c8 later, else, I will get it done tomorrow. Sorry!

2023-09-06 21:16 The correct chapter 8 now uploaded. -JD

Bye 4 Now!

Hi all!

Well, time is running out with all this (Non-printable word) load-shedding! I have only a small window to get chapter 8 uploaded.

So, without any delay, here is chapter 8. I hope you guys enjoy it. The best is yet to come!

Thanks for all the emails and comments. It is appreciated.

Until next time.

Bye 4 now!

Hi all!

A good very good afternoon for you all. Old Man Winter is slowly but surely packing his bags here and moving north. I must say; it was not a bad winter so far. But I fear the summer with its thunderstorms. I have a feeling in my bones that this summer is going to be a little more thunder-stormy than before. But let's wait and see.

The story is developing good and herewith is chapter 7 for you!

Thanks for all the emails and comments. It is appreciated.

Welcome also to the new followers. I hope you get here what you are looking for.

Until next time.

Bye 4 now!