Jody Daniel: Blog

Hi everyone. Hope you're good.
Okay The Sound of Thunder Chapter 7 is still with the editors, so hang in there.

In the meantime, I found something on my hard drive and polished it up a bit. Here is a short story called "Caldo Largo." I hope this will keep you going until I can post The Sound of Thunder chapter 7.

There is a little side story about Caldo Largo. Something I have written in two days while waiting on things that had to be completed, but without my input. I woke up one morning with this theme in my head, and just put pen to paper. I hope you enjoy it.

Keep the rubber side down and the blue stuff above!

Bye 4 now!

Good morning, everyone! I hope things are going well for you. Things are beginning to cool down here, with cool mornings but hot afternoons. Even so, every second or third day, afternoon thunderstorms with the sound of a war zone continue. My garden hasn't been watered in three or four weeks! That's how much rain we got.

My one editor claims that one day it is 17 degrees Celsius and the next day it is 17 degrees Fahrenheit! I suggested that he send the weather to remedial class in order for it to improve from an “F” to a “C.” (He is enjoying the “nice” winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere!)

So, here's chapter 6 of the story. Thank you for voting and providing feedback. It is greatly appreciated.

Enjoy!

Bye 4 now.

Good day to you all! I hope you are doing well and good. There may be some good weather news for those of you covered in snow. For the last week, I keep feeling a chill on the morning air. It means that Fall is about to start here and maybe an early winter for us. Winter for us means that SUMMER will be coming to the Northern Hemisphere. So, hang in there.

Chapter 5 of “Sound of Thunder,” will be up later today. Enjoy, and let me know your feelings as how the story is progressing.

Thank you for all the emails, it is much appreciated. AND I mean ALL the emails.

Else, nothing much happening here. Same as usual, nothing new…

Bye 4 now.

Good day to you all! Yes, I’m back home again after a two-week break in KwaZulu Natal. Sunny skies and white tropical beaches. Okay, Mister-you-know-who-you-are, I did sit under a palm tree and finish chapter 4 of “The Sound of Thunder!” But that was a little distracting with all the skinny tan bodies floating by, so I relocated back to the nice cool air-conditioned apartment.

Then there were some hype about a cyclone hitting Madagascar and all the KZN beaches were closed, and the shark nets lifted. Dark clouds rolled in, and a light wind with misty rain set in. Word got to us that a massive storm that hit Gauteng, and there was flooding, trees and walls came down. We packed up and came home. Lucky only one tile on my roof slipped a little down, causing water to get into my study. No big train smash. I fixed the tile and there were no water damage to the floor of my study.

So ready to send the chapter to the editors and then all hell broke loose about a certain description I did in the chapter. Really? What about my readers that crave these descriptions, geography and history?

The other two editors concurred with the first one. So, I moved the offending paragraphs to a part of the text where it won't interfere with rest of the story. (Thank you, Mister Dan Brown for your well researched and descriptive stories. I learned from the best! Although critics say your grammar stinks, I still think you’re the best.) (BTW – Some say my grammar stinks too!)

Next was a Race Name I used to describe a Cape Town Race. It was found to be offensive in the USA. Really? Okay if it would be considered offensive to my USA readers, I removed it. It detracts from the story a little, but I suppose no one will notice it. And if this race have a name that are offensive to others… well so be it. You can’t please all. There are stories on SOL that are offensive from page one to the last page!

It just goes to prove my theory that English is not English from country to country! And here in South Africa we have a Race that pride themselves in calling themselves a name that would be offensive in another country. Can you now see why I said in a previous blog entry that the story is a little technical?

Without ranting too much, can you see why it took so long to get the chapter ready for publishing? (Don’t worry! Chapter five is running now at 1000 words.)

Chapter 4 will be up later today. Enjoy!

Bye 4 now!

Greetings from the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa. I don’t know about Pietermaritzburg, but here it is 29 degrees Celsius, 85% humidity, and not a cloud in the sky. (Apparently Pietermaritzburg gets to be 32 or 33 today.)

Well, as you have noticed, the Redhead and I are on holiday, and with the fine weather the Redhead has nearly turned just as red as her hair. I can’t get her away from the beach, or the pool.

Chapter 3 of The Sound of Thunder will be available a little later. Thanks for all your emails, it is appreciated. I try to answer every one of the emails, so if I’m a little late in responding, sorry, it takes a while to get through them all.

I also have come to notice that “Desert Rose” was nominated for the Clitorides Awards, and “Jody Daniel,” in the category “Author of the Year.” Thank you to who ever did it, but don’t get your hopes up, there are a lot of great authors out there, that I regard as better than me. Also, I see that the 4 stories has surpassed half a million downloads! To me, this is incredible, and I thank you for it.

Now, back to the pool!

Have a great day, keep safe and stay out of mischief!

Bye 4 now!