Jody Daniel: Blog

Hi all!

Well, the poll was very interesting so far. It also showed a few limitations, like you can only vote once, and for only one option. This had me received quite a number of emails saying that the reader likes all the options but can only vote for one option. This now led me to wonder how reliable these polls are.

So far, the stats look like this: (For those of you that could not excess the live results.)

Option one: Technical truth: 10 votes / 20.4%

Option two: Romance: 7 votes / 14.3%

Option three: Slow burn mystery: 28 votes / 57.1%

Option four: SA Setting: 4 votes / 8.2%

Option five: Pictures: 0 votes / 0%

TOTAL 49 votes. (Hmm...?)

Due to these results my editor told me to just leave out the pictures in this next chapter and see who complains. (LOL) I will still include it for today. Then see what my inbox will hold and decide for a final way forward.

Thank you for voting on the poll. It is still open for those that still need to cast a vote.

And there is still the Clitorides Awards that closes either today or tomorrow. Please vote for me.

Category: Epic Erotic Story of the Year = Estrella De Asis.

Category: Best Romantic Story = Rosa Rio.

Category: Author of the Year = Jody Daniel.

Then I would also like to motivate you to vote for Tedbiker in the category: Lifetime Achievement Award. He really deserves it.

Here is chapter 13 of “Let the river run,” (with pictures). Have fun.

Enjoy.

Goodbye 4 now!

Jody.

(2026-04-30, 08:51 SAST.)

Hi all!
Here it is Monday and the rascals are at home because it is some sort of public holiday. “Workers Day” or something on that line. I don’t care anymore as I have a long public holiday. From the 1st of January until the 31st of December, every year. Oh, the fun of being retired.

Just a heads up. I will not be publishing a chapter on Thursday. Only on Monday again. Real World stuff will keep me busy this week. Sorry, but see you on Monday next week.

Please look at the Poll included in this blog. It will be appreciated if you will partake in it and give me feedback.

Here is chapter 12 of “Let the river run.” Have fun.
Enjoy.
Goodbye 4 now!
Jody.
(2026-04-27, 07:56 SAST.)

Hi all!

It is a little startling to discover that with the worldwide fuel shortage and the extravagantly high prices now in effect that they now charge postage on comments and emails. It can only be this as all of a sudden, my inbox is not flooding with emails, and neither are there any comments.

So, if there is no postage imposed on comments and email to fund the war in the East, then I have no idea what is happening and what do the readers find well in the story and what not so well.

Sigh...

Here is chapter 11 of “Let the river run.” Have fun.

Enjoy.

Goodbye 4 now!
Jody.
(2026-04-23, 07:12 SAST.)

P.S. If you've already paid the digital postage and your comment or email is stuck on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, please ignore the above. Otherwise... I'm listening!

Hi all!
Slow week? Not at all. My editors might think I am having a slow week, but in reality, I was on another learning curve in my picture making software. I need to introduce a new character at around chapter 16 but could not find a suitable 3D model anywhere on the internet. That means that I had to improvise and ‘create’ the character from scratch using a 3D model of a similar character.

I had to do a scaling of the character so that the dimensions would be true. Also, there was work to be done on the character’s skin. The character supplied at $17 just did not have the same skin as the new character in the story. So, at the drawing board (Laptop) I tried different settings and eventually after 22 renders of the scene, I hit the one that I needed.

Now you are curious as you might anticipate a neon-green Martian Allain. Not quite. It will be an animal. A wild animal. As Kait told Adrian: ““Adrian! That is a Leptailurus serval. It’s a protected species and a lethal predator.”

And Adrian replied: “Yeah? Well, tell the 'lethal predator' to stop eating my biltong.”

Well there it is! Have fun. Here is chapter 10 of “Let the river run.” Enjoy.

Goodbye 4 now!
Jody.
(2026-04-20, 06:56 SAST.)

Hi all!
I texted my editor this morning: “This is going to be a wonderful day. During the night they stole the mountain and the airport.” He texted back: “How?”

Having his attention, I clarified: “🤣🤣 All covered in a thick fog. Just white. No buildings, no lights, no mountain.” He responded: “Oh…cool.” Because he knows that the flight school converters would all be inside the hangars and not disturb my peace and quiet morning coffee.

Yes. It’s nice to just feel the quiet still air and the clamminess of the fog while the rush hour traffic is miles and miles away. Bliss!

Here is chapter 9 of “Let the river run.”

Enjoy.

Goodbye 4 now!

Jody.
(2026-04-16, 09:05 SAST.)