Michael Loucks: Blog

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I have updated A Well-Lived Life 2 - Book 6 - Samantha. I've corrected grammar, word usage, and punctuation. I've also incorporated all the corrections sent to me by readers.

The story did not change. If you're keeping an eBook version, you may want to download a new copy.

A revised digital edition has been submitted to Bookapy, so if you purchased a copy, you should automatically receive the updated version.

All my stories have been restored to their previous condition

Based on the events of the weekend, I uploaded expurgated versions of GM1-4, CTL1-3, and AWLL1.10. The originals are still Bookapy.

In a few days, once the dust settles, I'll restore the books, as none of them contained any characters younger than 16.

Some of this was in an orignal blog entry posted to SOL on 2025-03-29 that was removed during the fallout period.

I spent some time 'cleaning up' CTL (all), GM (1-4), and AWLL (AWLL1.10 - The Wife). I have archives of all my stories in their unexpurgated form, so once we see the new guidelines, I will restore some/all of the expurgated content. The versions on Bookapy are unexpurgated, as are those available to my patrons.

I do not yet have release dates for the next books. Here is a 'raw' status, showing where I am with each story:

AWLL3.6 — I have written 53 of an estimated 70 chapters

GM10 — I have written 54 of an estiamted 80 chapters

CTL5 — I have written 45 of an estimated 75 chapters


There is collateral material which has not been published to SOL because it is not complete:

From the Files of Fran Mercer which is the backstory of Fran Mercer and other characters (including Debbie V's, Donna W's, Jonathan's, Kara's, and other parents). As it's unfinished, it's only available via my support sites. About 100,000 words so far.

A Sailor's Diary is Ray's backstory, and is about 10,000 words covering the start of World War II. Also only available via my support sites, as it's unfinished.

And, outside the AWLL universe, I am working on a High Fantasy story, A Roll of the Die, and have about 250,000 words in manuscript form in notebooks (and about half that transcribed).