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Or so I thought. For a week now, I've had body aches, headaches, congestion, cough (a cough like you wouldn't believe - my ribcage and abdominal area hurts when I cough), sore throat, etc. And I hadn't slept in days other than passing out wherever I was sitting throughout the day. I've been fully vaccinated for Covid, but they say you can still get it although not as severe.

Yesterday I went to an urgent care center to be tested. Covid = negative. Flu = negative. So it's a bacterial infection which is great. It can be treated so I'm on Z-Pak (antibiotic) and cough medicine.

So why am I telling you all this?

I was a day or two late posting the latest chapter of "High School Massacre" (Chapter 32). I haven't heard from anyone so I assume the posting went well even though my brain is working like it's underwater, meaning it's not working at 100%. Chapter 33 will be posted around Tuesday. Hopefully, I'll be better.

It's also affecting my work-in-progress novel (current working title is "War Widows"). I haven't been able to write anything on that novel even though it's an exciting time for my hero as he moves into a new chapter in his life. (Yikes! Using a literary metaphor for a literary piece just doesn't sound right.)

Anyway, these are the most words I've written in a week and it drained me enough that I need to go lie down.

Based on the way the voting plummeted after posting this last chapter (Chapter 16), it's obvious that many people didn't like the chapter. All I can say is, it was required. Why? Because the bad people in the story are very bad people and their evilness needs to be shown. And it ain't over yet. There's more to come.

The bad things shown in the story have other purposes as well. For example, it shows the strength of the victim's character. Their sacrifices. How it affects their relationships. And more reasons that I can't talk about without giving away the story. And if I got you to empathize with a character that was put through hell, felt her pain and humiliation, well, that means I did my job as an author.

But like all of my Lincoln Steele novels, Steele gets justice in the end. So hang in there.

I was going to post the next two chapters of "High School Massacre" on Monday. They aren't very long, not that they're some of my really short chapters. But I thought I would spread them out - one today and one Monday - to attract more readers. So once the Admins do their thing it will be posted.

Chapter 12 of "High School Massacre" is waiting to be posted. I guess Sunday isn't the best day to post. It's been sitting in the queue for some time. Anyway, this is a heads-up since I wasn't scheduled to post it until Tuesday. Watch out for it.

For those waiting for the next chapter of "High School Massacre" to be posted today or tomorrow (as I've been doing it), I jumped the gun and posted 2 chapters on Saturday.

If you aren't in my email group where I notified the members that, or didn't see it in the update list on SOL, I thought I should mention it here so that you don't expect the posting today or tomorrow.