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Chapter 2: Take A Chance On Me! Posted on schedule this morning. That would be 8:00 AM Eastern time.

The Trips rescue their neighbors' dogs, see a giant torus in the sky, meet some aliens, and become landlords...

The rating system is strange. The first three votes were two eights and a seven resulting in a 6.03 score. As I write, half the votes are eight or ten with sevens, nines, and fives about equal, then one five. 1249 downloads and sixty votes in ten hours. Two emails. Without more comments or emails, I'm not sure what all this means, except the scores are much more evened out than in the past. Oh, and there were 1000 additional downloads of Siobhan...

Speak to me folks.

One of the notes responding to my blog expressed concern that if he voted early on, that was his one shot. Actually, you can change your vote up or down after each chapter posts. That's why voting as you read helps me...

The sequel to Siobhan is finally finished to my and my editor's satisfaction. Chapter One: The Sounds Of Silence is in the queue.

I created a new universe The Human Nexus to hold the, so far, two stories. The moderator will need to move this story into the universe as the utility didn't work when I submitted it.

For those of you who download stories to read off-line, you'll want to thank my editor, Steve, who helped me clean errors from Siobhan. The story's content is unchanged, except it is cleaner - unless I messed up when I submitted corrections...

The Higher Order Multiples is fnished and is ten chapters long. I plan to post every other day until it is complete.

Please give me feedback - as you read. Getting this one 'right' took a lot of thought as I received feedback from my editors. Your votes and feedback are very useful, so both voting and comments are turned on. I find it strange that Siobhan is my 2nd most downloaded story, and has the 2nd most votes, but has a score that is 9th out of my 12 stories.

Enjoy!

You folks amaze me. Less than twelve hours since my last blog and the daily downloads of Siobhan have doubled. More over night than the rest of the week altogether. Since uploaded, she has the second most total downloads of all my stories - though she is not the highest rated - and consistently is the most downloaded each week.

I promised a while back to give sequel priority to the story you folks indicated by reading and feedback. I hope I match your expectations.

I still have two Swarm stories in the works - a good bit is left before completion, at least I think so. I like them and where they are going...

You know, there are three ways you can influence what we authors write - at least me anyway. First is polite emails with comments and suggestions. It is really easy to email us, and some of you know I've used your suggestions. Second is your votes. The votes, up or down let me know you are paying attention. The third is just reading and/or saving to your library.

It's an ego thing I guess. I write because I like writing, but you folks are my reward system.

After all my promises and teasing, I can finally report that the sequel to Siobhan is now with my editors and proofreaders. Anne N. Mouse suggested a better title - The Higher Order Multiples.

I'm guessing it will take me a week to correct all the typos that they find. Thanks for your patience and encouragement.

Only two have reported back, but they like the story, so I hope you will as well.