Well, the year was a little bumpy getting started, but I think I’m moving forward again. January 2, I had to post to my patrons that I’d done no new writing that week! Almost unheard of. It had to do with my cancelled flight from Seattle to Las Vegas and getting out of town four days late, then having my daughter and her husband show up for five days the next day. Wouldn’t have traded that for all the words in the dictionary!
This week, I’ve gotten rolling again and managed to get two new chapters out. I'm ready to hit the keyboard again this afternoon. That work is on Team Manager CHAMP!, which I expect to be the last volume in the Team Manager Series. Don’t forget that Team Manager COACH! is slated to start here on February 1. The eBook will be released at the same time.
This is important:
I deleted a comment from the Team Manager SPRINT! comments last night. I deliberated a long time about it before I hit the trash container. I really don’t mind occasional political comments (which pop up every time a firearm is mentioned in one of my stories). I don’t mind being called out on my antiquated haying processes in the story. Sorry. My memories of haying are from 60 years ago. I was a little nostalgic.
What I don’t like is flaming. Flaming is anytime a reader makes a personal attack on another reader rather than on the content of a comment. You can cite all the studies you want regarding whether gun control works or not. Stick to the subject. You can send me YouTube videos on modern haying operations. Fine. But don’t start calling people names and questioning their intelligence just because they disagree with you. I’ll delete it. And if it gets too bad, I’ll close off the comments entirely.
And please, don’t try to tell me that infringes your right to free speech! I’m not passing any governmental laws about what you can and can’t say. I’m telling you that it isn’t welcome in my comment feed and I’ll kick it out. Your right to free speech stops at my ears.
Aside from that, I’m also having a great time working on the rewrite of Bob’s Memoir: 4000 Years as a Free Demon. I cranked out that story at the phenomenal rate of 5,000 words a day during November. Now, in rewriting it, I’ve discovered how much I left out! Usually, when I rewrite, I compress things and edit them down. This is turning out to be about 50% longer in the rewrite than in the first draft!
I just hope that everyone else finds the story as riveting as I do. I’m having a blast! Probably looking at March or April release.
Enjoy!