My sincere wishes that you all have a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2023, and that you are blessed with peace of mind.
I feel a little obligated to review the past year, which was definitely not as stressful as the one previous. I hope you found it an improvement.
According to the stats page, I concluded six new stories on SOL in the past year. They were all pretty hefty in size. (And are all eligible for nomination for Clitorides Awards!) I also started posting Full Frame and that will conclude in four weeks. Not to worry; Shutter Speed is edited and ready to begin posting on or about Groundhogs' Day.
I love stats, and I update mine daily. According to the big spreadsheet on my computer, I wrote 1,390,020 words in 2022. I think some of them were pretty good. Well over half a million of those have yet to be posted on SOL or released as eBooks! There are definitely some good things in the air for 2023.
Here are some of the highlights of what to look for in 2023 from the pens of aroslav and Wayzgoose.
1. Shutter Speed (Book two in the Photo Finish trilogy) February 2, 2023
2. Exposure (Book three in the Photo Finish trilogy) April 16, 2023
3. F/Stop (Book four in the Photo Finish trilogy) July 30, 2023
4. Over Exposure (Book five in the Photo Finish trilogy) October 15, 2023
5. Steven George and the Terror (sequel to Steven George and The Dragon) by Wayzgoose, mid-February, 2023
6. In a Few Words, a compilation of Devon Layne short stories to be released as a single volume. mid-April, 2023
7. A new work in progress by Wayzgoose based on the short story, "The Burgundy Chamber." Late 2023 or early 2024
8. Follow Focus (Book six in the Photo Finish trilogy) January 2024
9. The continued release of short stories and essays in To Make a Long Story Short compilation by Wayzgoose.
I am keeping my fingers busy, which I'm told keeps them out of the devil's playground. Must make more time for play in 2023!
I have discovered that there are readers out there (surely not you!) whose political, religious, or sexual preferences are so fragile that they cannot bear to read about a fictional character who disagrees with them. Therefore, I have devised this warning for all my stories:
Stories and novels by aroslav (Devon Layne) or Wayzgoose (Nathan Everett) may contain explicit sexual content, and may be contrary to your religious, political, or world view. That's life.
I encourage you to seek out those stories among the thousands on SOL that do not offend you.
Well, if I don't quit writing on this blog, I'll never get the next chapter I'm working on written. Have a Happy Nude Year!
aroslav