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My Nowhere … Like Home? is finally finished, though hardly my finest, it was an interesting tale, if nothing else. Thanks for putting up with it, as it was a bit of a hot mess, all alone, which I never intended to post, yet backed into it, against my better judgement.
I’m working on a few other stories, though as usual, by older story backups are also a hot mess, as my repeatedly backup system has been horribly corrupted over the years. I know I’ve got correct versions of the files, I just can’t figure out where, exactly.
Now, to get the bitter taste of this last one out of my mouth, I’m working on some pure escapist fiction, which, if published, may not be under my own name, for good reason.
Sorry for the posting delay, but I was hospitalized for over a week, and this time, the ambulance took me away utterly naked (apparently) and I didn’t wake up, until I’d been flown (helicopter) 250mi away.
Again, I’m back, but yesterday was about getting my sea legs, and since I didn’t have ANYTHING while there, I not only couldn’t post, I also couldn't do ANYTHING, not write, nor even play cards. That was agonizing. All that time just sitting on my damn hands!
So I’ll start some creative writing, just so any revisions sound fresh, so I’ll probably resume Nowhere … Like Home? on Tuesday, but … I do have some updates I can wrap up and potentially post earlier (no promises, as it depends on my editors).
Again, sorry, but I’ll be working overtime to get back on schedule again! This is what happens when SOL authors get older, we get sick and fumble relatively simple things a LOT! ;)
After some extensive editing, I’m reposting chs. 3 - 10. There were major changes to ch. 1, though they weren’t completed, so I’ll have to double back for those, and the updates will continue.
Though, as always, if I post an update, before posting a new chapter (ex: mid-afternoon the day before) it’ll often screw up the new posts, so most people will miss them.
So, the edits are continuing.
I just noticed that Nowhere … Like Home?, has now set my all-time comment high, at 63, as of Tues. Jan 21, previously, the highest story comment count was The Demons Within, at 50, the next closest was a mere 30. So thanks for the interest, as getting readers to comment is often a viable indicator of a story’s true impact with readers, as scores alone often reflect a lot of different issues. Yet with comments, the readers themselves are telling you both what’s good, and what doesn’t work well.
Switching to a once-a-week strategy is definitely helping, as I’m now three chapters ahead (ch. 9 - 12), but a three-chapter lead isn’t nearly as healthy as a six-week lead, so I’ll post the chapter 9 on Thursday, as planned, but continue the once-a-week posting for another week, before returning to twice-a-week postings.
A lot of the issue was getting back into the regular posting schedule after being away from it for so long, and I feel like I’m adjusting, yet I’m not yet ready to cut the cord entirely quite yet. But, I now have several editors working on the story, so hopefully the chapters will be edited, before posting from now on, though no guarantees yet. But things are definitely looking better.
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