I got the message on Wednesday that my new home, a Lance 2465 travel trailer, had been delivered to my dealer in Yakima WA. I drove over on Thursday and picked up the gem. I'm thrilled! It's truly everything I imagined it to be. I've not yet moved all my stuff into it because I'm not sure I want to mess it up, you know? I've made three trips to Goodwill with donations in the past ten days and expect a couple more trips this week. Maybe I can get rid of half my junk!
I tell you, it's a great 72nd birthday present. I expect to be in this trailer until the carry me out on a gurney. May that be far in the future!
It's hard to believe there are only two more chapters of Team Manager SWISH! left to post. But don't worry. Team Manager SPRINT! will begin next Monday! (a week from tomorrow) When the last chapter of SWISH! posts on Friday October 1, the eBook of SPRINT! will also be available on Bookapy.
I'm currently writing chapter 39 of the third book in this series, Team Manager COACH! I thought it would be only 40 chapters, but the story isn't ready to quit yet and I anticipate around 45 now. It just isn't as far along as I wanted to get.
I'm in the rapid planning stages for my NaNoWriMo novel, coming up for development in November. I met with my "Story Consultant" last night (an interesting way of saying "invited for birthday dinner") and we had a blast brainstorming some of the scenes that I'll be writing.
I've declared my November WIP to be Bob's Memoir: 4000 years as a free demon. Perhaps you've never heard of a demon named Bob. Well, it happened like this: Back in about 2,000 BC in Knossos on Crete, a Minoan prince (Drakomaxos) wanted an air conditioned house so it would "remain cool year round." He employed a local mage to work an enchantment on his house to cool it. The mage, Pinaruti, was an inept adept. He had all the books with all the spells that he had created over the years and that were passed down to him by his own master when he was an apprentice. But Pinaruti had a weakness for alcohol and always took a little wine to settle his nerves before working a major spell.
Only a bottle or two.
Pinaruti decided the best way to make the house cool would be to summon a powerful demon to infiltrate the walls and keep the house cool. In attempting to summon Beezlebub, Pinaruti slurred the name to Beetlebob and our friendly demon had his start in the human world. Sadly, for Pinaruti, the reality of having summoned an actual demon so shocked him that he died of heart failure on the spot, his body forming a convenient bridge from the heart of the summoning circle to the outside world. A bridge that Beetlebob happily crossed.
Now, the happy-go-lucky (mostly lucky) demon travels the human world, enjoying the company of women (and occasionally men) of every age; and occasionally, working a spell or two of his own. These spells seldom turn out exactly the way he planned (just like Pinaruti's) but they usually turn out okay. Sometimes surprisingly so.
So, there you have the makings of my NaNoWriMo work in progress. A little spooky. A little sexy. A lot funny! Probably, a Devon Layne novel.
During November, my Patreon $10/month patrons will be able to read over my shoulder as I post what I've written each day. Don't miss out! It's often as much as six months between when I write a story and when it gets posted here.
Now, I need to finish emptying the fifth wheel (just a few items like my socks and underwear, the bottles of alcohol, and whatever it is I stored under the front bin. Then I have four days to finish moving into my new trailer before I have to head across the state again to Seattle for the annual doctor appointments.
Wish me luck!