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Hi All

Chapter 18 was rewritten and then not posted! I just put it back up and it is now correct. If you loaded it just as it was posted, please download it again

Sorry

Mick

Hi All

There was really constructive comments about "Affair of Choice". They pointed out some weaknesses (none said anything about the many and assorted spelling errors). I decided to go back a read it again and found all the spelling errors and fixed them and then I added another thousand or so words.

The story moves better, fills in the holes that were pointed out and doesn't seem to end in a rush. Please take a few minutes and read it again and see if it deserves a better score.

Also, see if I added more errors! You can always comment on those.

Mick

Hi All

My muse smacked me in the head and kept me awake. I had to get up and put this story down on electrons before she would let me got to sleep.

It's after 3AM here in Oklahoma. I'm going to bed. By the time this posts, I'll hopefully still be asleep.

Oh, the story is called "Affair of Choice".

Good night

Mick

Hi All

Here it comes. This is the chapter I rewrote so many times, it almost made me stop the story. My muse wanted me to cluster the story up with a mess of cliff hangers, but I refused!

So as you read this chapter, I've thrown in the cliffs, but left out the hangers, sort of. The same for Chapter 17. I used to enjoy hanging surprises, but I got so much email from people who hated it, I quit. My muse still keeps firing them off at me.

I've been dealing with a serious case of gout and it has really brought my writing to a screaming halt. I'm locked at Chapter 4 for the next O'Dell book and Chapter 11 of the next Strawberry Patch book.

At least I don't have to wear a mask anymore!

Mick

Hi All

I told you last time that I'd written "Stumpy" at an ungodly hour of the morning/night. Two of my readers, or perhaps my two readers (!?) sent me some corrections. They were little stupid errors like spelling "all" as "a ll".

I fixed them and posted the corrected story. I hate sloppy work, and this was one of those. It is now clean and correct.

The next chapter of "The Passion of the O'Dells" breaks tomorrow morning. This chapter brings our hero to the war and he meets a serious love. But you know me. WW2. London. Bombs. V-1 and V-2 rockets. What could possibly go wrong when it comes to true love and the O'Dells?

Mick