Hi there,
I'm Ron Dudderie. You may have read my books Best Sister Ever, An Audience With Carstairs and And The Winner Is, three stories that have rocked the rankings on this site and others. This book is not part of that series, but a stand-alone story.
Starting up a new story is always exciting, but I've learned to get some things out of the way. First of all, there are invariably poorly spelled death threats from people who are livid that my characters aren't fucking by the third paragraph. Again, I have not obliged. My books stand out somewhat from the usual fare here. When the time comes to whip out Mr. Happy, you'll know. It's not exactly the focus of my stories, either.
Second, when I'm done there will be emails from freeloading pedants who are incensed I have not left up the entire book until it behooved them to get around to it, as their high personal standards prohibit them from reading free porn unless the story is complete. This is then followed by a threat to report me to the site admin and, hopefully, terminal auto-erotic asphyxiation.
Well, that is not the deal I am offering: you get one chapter per week (more or less) and after the last chapter is published I leave it up for a month. That's why it's free.
You can get my books right now at my website, thereluctantguide.com. Each book takes me about six months to write and provides anywhere between 10 and 20 hours of entertainment. Buying it supports my writing.
Grumbling aside, I always welcome comments, corrections on grammar, geography or anything else that strikes you as off and, dare I dream, fan mail. (I do not enjoy hearing from aviation buffs, but there's none of that in this story.) So please, drop me a line via ron@thereluctantguide.com or the comments form on this site.