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I hope your Christmas was merry and bright, and I hope your Christmas wasn’t white. Snow on a holiday is a major problem!
I haven’t been able to be productive and do any writing lately. We are remodeling the kitchen and have moved everything into the living room and dining room. We are living off an electric skillet, a countertop microwave oven, and an easy-bake oven. Every half an hour I have to answer questions, everybody in the crew has an incredibly loud phone ringer that goes off every ten minutes, and I now know their life stories. It should be finished sometime in either the spring or summer, but I am not sure which year. My wife is going as crazy as I am.
Anyway, Mars and WestHem are moving closer to war. I’ll be turning voting on sometime next week. Enjoy!
I learned about another few typos of the who-whom variety. Fixed. Thanks.
Interesting comment on the story. Most have been pretty positive but every once in a while you get one that makes you scratch your head. “I usually like your stories but "Martian Justice" is just too trite!” Not sure I would ever have considered it trite. According to Merriam-Webster: “hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original” Oh well, another fan lost.
As a Christmas present, I am posting two chapters today. Enjoy!
Our intrepid spy visits the ghetto. Hilarity ensues! Enjoy!
As always please keep an eye out for any typos. Thanks.
One of the discrepancies I mentioned earlier comes up in Chapters 6 and 7. In Greenies, the EastHem currency is the pound. In Homebodies, it is the euro. I stuck with pounds.
I had a few interesting responses to my use of the Rule of 70 to determine doubling times. Several readers corrected me, saying it was more accurately the Rule of 69 or 72. I found this interesting explanation on Investopedia: “In some instances, the rule of 72 or the rule of 69 is used. The function is the same as the rule of 70 but uses the number 72 or 69, respectively, in place of 70 in the calculations. While the rule of 69 is often considered more accurate when addressing continuous compounding processes, 72 may be more accurate for less frequent compounding intervals. Often, the rule of 70 is used because it's easier to remember.” For the purpose used in the story, 70 is sufficient.
An eagle-eyed reader of the story noted a few typos in earlier chapters. Many thanks to stephen21412. I reloaded chapter 3 and 4.
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