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Hi All

"Friends and Family" is leaving the nudist camp and heading home. Now we'll see who ends up with whom and see if the friends can hold together. Chapter 18 posts Sunday morning.

In the works is the prequel to the "Mick and Renee" Universe, "The Fortune of the O'Dells", coming in August and the next "Strawberry Patch:Babies Please Don't Go".

And remember, if Black Lives Matter then all those protesters who burned down black owned businesses and drove black owners into bankruptcy should be protested against next week. I don't think Al Sharpton is gonna be down with THOSE black folks.

Have a great week!

Mick

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The US is back in the rocket launch business thanks to a long missing collaboration between the private sector and the government.

I am made more and more angry each day by the creep our country has taken towards the State being Mother and Father. The virus has shown that the rights the govt gives (licenses, permits, etc.) it can take away. The rights given to us by our creator, per the Constitution, are being fought for by civil disobedience.

I find it interesting that the areas more controlled by local govt are the ones having the most problems. I also find it interesting that the number of deaths would be so much lower if the govt in NY had not required the sick and elderly to be forced back into elder care facilities. Almost 1/2 of the deaths from the virus are from seniors in "health care" facilities. As a senior citizen in great health with a strong immune system, I look at the threat from this virus the same way I did the H1N1 virus and the Bird flu virus, both of which killed many ten's of thousands of people, without a shutting down of the country.

To see a small branch of the govt working with private companies with success means a lot. Not so much that it will rein in the spending by govt and the requisite stealing of my money, and my children's and grandchildren's and after this my great-grandchildren's, to pay for it.

Sorry! My muse got on her soap box. But she is an All American Muse so I would expect nothing less.

Mick

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The most wonderful DaveT took time out of his life to edit "I'll Fall In Love Again?" after I added chapters 5 & 6. I caught a few big time goofs and pointed out some faults that I thought I had learned to correct. Oops!

I have posted all six rewritten chapters. The story didn't change, but I think the fixes may have explained the actions of the characters in a more clear manner.

Chapter 17 of "Friends and Family", also edited by DaveT will post Sunday morning. This is the last of the Diana chapters. After this the kids return home.

Again, thank you to all who made comments. I must admit that this story brought the greatest range of positive and negative remarks. I guess that means I wrote something that affected a lot of people.

I appreciate your readership

Mick

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The comments from this little effort were amazing. I guess I need to go back and rewrite the story to explain Mr. Bowens motivations and actions and then Paul's motivations and actions.

You see to me, I can see a man on the brink of having a huge company wanting to only have honest men work with him. Now, many have said that an honest man would never have a mistress. But my question is why not? Why can a man NOT learn to love two women, especially when he has to learn to love a cheater again? With both women starting from scratch why could a man not fall for both?

The PA was interviewed based on her abilities and talents. Once the selection got down to a few women, they were shown Paul's details. His voice, build, abilities were randomly mixed with others so the women could pick their favorites. and Penny picked Paul every time. So I don't see her as a prostitute as some comments said.

Then there is the issue of Deb and her cheating and trying to get back in Paul's good graces. She chose to cheat when tested and Paul did not. Now she has to find a way back into Paul's life. I do think that I could have done better in the new chapters to explain the building of Paul and Penny's relationship and the stagnating of Paul and Deb's. I'll fix that.

Deb did everything she could to hang on to Paul. It took years for Paul and Deb to move to friends, and then friends with benefits, but he never trusted her like he had in the past. He told her until he trusted her, they would not have kids. I don't see how readers think that Paul screwed her life. He gave her years to get back but it didn't happen.

There have been all sorts of comments on my various stories over the years, but these made me think that people were reading a completely different piece of writing. I guess that is my fault as an author for not making things crystal clear.

I like the premise of the story and I'll go back and address some of the concerns the commenters had. Especially the commenters that I respect like Tefler.

It will take me several days to go back and explain my characters actions. Then I'll repost all six chapters. I know that many of the commenters only ready my efforts because they are stuck at home. Hopefully those who didn't like it will enjoy some of the more light-hearted stuff like in the 'Worship Of The Butt" Universe.

Until then, I have a story in the works that looks at the start of the O'Dell's in the Mick and Renee Universe ("I'll See You When I See You" and "Expect Me When You See Me"). There is also a murder mystery (The Saturday Running Man Killer) that I have several endings in my mind to write.

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and made sure to reverence those who served and gave their all for the right we have to write and read the sort of things on the SOL website.

Mick

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WOW! The power of readers!

So many sent me feedback on "I'll Fall In Love Again" that I had to write a finsish to the story.

We left off with the kids sitting at dinner with the boss and being told that he had set them up to either cheat or be faithful.

Deb cheated and Paul did not. Where did it go from their?

I have never gotten so much feed back from readers.

First, thank you fro reading and for caring enough to write a not to me.

Second, I wrote two chapters that should close out the story to the satisfaction of my readers. If not, I'm sure I'll hear from you!

Chapters 5 and 6 will be posted as soon as possible.

Thanks for caring and I love all of you!

Mick