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Chapter 13 of Carrying the Flag has been uploaded to the queue and should be available soon.

It was brought to my attention that the chapter heading had been forgotten. I have fixed that.


As always, I welcome feedback, even anonymous feedback. However, Anonymous, poor chap, should not expect an answer.

Chapter 12 has been placed in the queue.

I've placed chapter 11 of Carrying the Flag in the queue. Those of you who have read the earlier version of CTF will note there have been major changes. From here on the story will digress further.

My special thanks to my editor for her work on this chapter. She provided a valuable perspective.

I would really like your feedback on this.

Thanks for your patience.

Chapter 11 is in the hands of my editor. Unless there are serious issues it should be uploaded later today.

I received some feedback from Anonymous and he, or she, has some good points about Lestat and Hadiya that deserve to be addressed in future chapters. Thank you Anonymous whoever you are.

Aside from the "love at first sight" aspect of the relationship between Lestat and Hadiya -- which is jarring, I admit -- there is a another reason its development isn't explored well and that is the viewpoint I've chosen to write from. Judy can only convey what she sees of the relationship, which strips it of the internal feelings of Lestat and Haddy and misses what goes on "off-stage" between them.

Another point, I have a few interactions with that strange social phenomenon the Goths, and the Vampire subset of it. It is a put on facade of course, a sort of play-acting but behind it there are real emotional and psychological reasons for assuming such a personna. Exploring or revealing those back-stories may well become part of Carrying the Flag.

Thanks as always for the feedback. Very often it is questions like that which influence my writing.

Thank you.

Chapter 11 needed more rewriting than any of the earlier chapters. I hope to have it to my editor by the end of the week, posted possibly over the Memorial Day weekend.

I have gotten a little encouraging feedback, for which my thanks.

Part of the delay is the rewrite, while another part is a computer system change on my part. I'm tired of being "updated" by Microsoft. I'm switching to Linux, so I'm learning lots of stuff about a new operating system.Thanks for your patience.