Tedbiker: Blog

Several readers have been kind enough to comment on details of the episode, and I have just submitted all four chapters with corrections, including some minor modifications from me on re-reading.
Apart from that, other readers have said nice things about my health issues, which the NHS have dealt with very well. I've taken Oscar out on the road for the first time in weeks and am fully active again.
I have several other stories in (slow) progress. I expect the next to post will be a sequel to 'The Older Woman', entitled 'Sharlene', but please don't hold your breath, it'll be some time.
Ted

I've just submitted chapter one of the latest Delilah episode. There will be three more, posted alternate days as usual.
As it is set in the present situation around Coronavirus/Covid-19, it is necessarily incomplete; or, if you prefer, the completion will have to wait until we know how the infection is going to pan out.
I hope that soon we can return to normality, which probably means waiting on the introduction of an effective vaccine, but in view of the unpredictable and often serious nature of the infection, who know when it will be.
Still, here is more in the life of Sally and Jerry Smallbridge - and Yelka and Lena, of course.

I've had a flood of well-wishing emails about my medical problem, and this is to let everyone know that I'm out, having been fitted in to a cancellation in the surgery list on Friday. Operation went and I'm doing well other than the to be expected soreness. It does mean no heavy lifting, which includes riding Oscar, for four weeks. It's a considerable relief to be dealt with and I can live with some short term restrictions.
I'm still writing sporadically - I actually got some done whilst in hospital - but still struggling with a shortage of inspiration. Hopefully, I'll manage to complete the next Delilah story soon and in the meantime am jotting down some ideas to revisit Dryad and the main characters in Melissa. Don't hold your breath over them, though.
I hope I've replied to everyone who emailed, but I'll say it again - Thank you for your good wishes, encouragement and prayers. It's really helped.
Ted

My readers may be interested to know that I'm currently in hospital (actually, as I write this, I'm at home on 'day leave') waiting for an operation for sigmoid volvulus. If you want to know what that is, I'm sure Google would help. I'll just say that it's a very unpleasant condition which recurs and is potentially dangerous if not treated.
Theoretically, I ought to be able to get some writing done, but I'm afraid my muse has obviously gone on holiday, so any progress is slow and unreliable.
I'm currently working on a new 'Delilah', and a new 'Dryad', but as I say, inspiration is lacking. Annoyingly, the hospital wi-fi has SoL blocked, so I'm dependent on my limited mobile data, too.
All being well, the surgery happens on Monday, and I'm then stuck for 3-7 days before I can get home. I suspect that my activities (like, riding my motorbike) may be constrained too. But I am still writing, or at least trying to, and I expect the next posting will be a new episode in the life and times of Sally and her Master Jerry.
Ted

I will be posting this 8.8K word short story soon. Warning, while it certainly has some romance in it, it includes non-consensual sex; actually state-sponsored rape. It's set in a very backwards theocracy where the leadership are trying to keep the lid on a rising swell towards gender equality.