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So we're a few chapters into Benjamanda and I've gotten a bunch of comments and a load of email concerning the story as well as the ending of Smart Girls.

Yes, I know that a lot of you were like me, invested in Cindy and the gang. Believe me, I feel your pain. I get tugs. Dorable, my muse, teases me from time to time. We'll see what happens there. A couple of you said I was riding the story into the ground, which is a feeling I got that led to the ending. That' said, the universe is still alive, and I can't say there won't be further episodes tying into it.

With Benjamanda, I wanted something a bit different and I think I got it. Some of you complained about the sex. Hey - new relationship, young protagonists, sex is on the table. Travel will follow. Trust me.

Future? Let's see what Dorable brings me.

And as always, thank you for every comment. I read them all and appreciate them all, even if they're a bit negative. After all, I get more positive comments.

And we're still having fun.

Meet Ben and Amanda, starting off 'different' and dropping into a tragedy.

I promised a new story. Here it is. I hope it meets expectations.

Perhaps I confused some of you with my last blog post and the final chapters of three active stories.

I'm NOT getting out of the writing thing. I enjoy this, the idea of creating a story, bring characters to life, watching them grow and interact, AND

I enjoy hearing from my readers.

Two chapters of a new story are already at the editor's. I'll see how long I can go without a)starting another new story or b) reviving Smart Girls.

Eleven megabytes of Smart Girls stories since I opened up the first stories that would become a universe that has been pretty well received.

It's time to tie the bow on it. Yes, there are loose ends. Yes, there are story lines that would do well with expansion. But it's time.

You haven't seen the last of the Oyster, though. My flittish muse Dorable has been whispering stories in my ear for the last month and a chapter's already in the hopper. I hope you'll enjoy the new stuff as well.

Turned 70 a couple of weeks ago. Yippee!

Muse has not been helpful. Want to finish the Smart Girls universe, though, then see if something else pops up.