Currently working on Chapter 7 of Schroedinger's Cat. If all goes well, I may have it posted by the first of November. If not... well.... Anyway, next up after that is Chapter 2 of Homecoming?, and it's got a lot further to go before it's ready for prime time - less than a thousand words written, so far.
No, there won't be any more Swarm stories from me for awhile, at least not until I've caught up a little more on my backlog. There are a bunch of other Swarm authors, though, and judging by the discussions going on, a lot of exciting new stories coming down the pike! Be sure to check frequently on the Thinking Horndog's New Swarm Stories page.. or, you could do like I do, sometimes, and haunt SOL...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Changing Priorities
I've posted a new Swarm story. It's called Changing Priorities, and it develops on the concept of "the Godfather in Outer Space," that was exposed in Family Values. It's on both ASSTR and SOL.
I'm going to take a vacation from the Swarm for awhile. My other writing projects have fallen 'way behind, and I need to move them along a little faster, so no more new Swarm stories from me for awhile. There are lots of great writers doing stories for the Swarm universe, though, so if you haven't checked them out, this would be a great time to do so!
I'm going to take a vacation from the Swarm for awhile. My other writing projects have fallen 'way behind, and I need to move them along a little faster, so no more new Swarm stories from me for awhile. There are lots of great writers doing stories for the Swarm universe, though, so if you haven't checked them out, this would be a great time to do so!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Another stories site
Yielding to pressure from my new friend, deGaffer, I have established an author account at Storiesonline.net (SOL), and today I posted Family Values to the Swarm Cycle universe there. In addition, any future Swarm stories that I may write will be posted there as well.
Of course, any stories I write, including any in the Swarm universe, will continue to be posted on my main stories site at ASSTR. SOL is just another venue. It may also have a positive side for a couple of readers who have mentioned that my main site is hard on their eyes. Although SOL allows some minor customization, I have no intention to try for anything striking at the moment. I will also continue to convert stories, as time permits, to PDF format for both FTP and web download.
Of course, any stories I write, including any in the Swarm universe, will continue to be posted on my main stories site at ASSTR. SOL is just another venue. It may also have a positive side for a couple of readers who have mentioned that my main site is hard on their eyes. Although SOL allows some minor customization, I have no intention to try for anything striking at the moment. I will also continue to convert stories, as time permits, to PDF format for both FTP and web download.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Panty Raid
I just finished a new short story, only 3 chapters and just short of 15K words. I posted it on ASSTR today, and I'll probably post it on Literotica (if it'll allow it) tomorrow.
It's called The Panty Raid, and its been percolating in my head for quite awhile. The idea to write this story has been bothering me for about a year now. I didn't really want to do it, but it wouldn't let me go, so here it is. It's a pretty dark tale, and parts of it kind of make me mad.
The event that inspired the story is over 30 years old, and was actually not very exciting. I had heard or read somewhere, that some guys at my old alma mater had pulled off a panty raid, and mentioned it in passing to a female friend. I recall being amused about it. She quickly disabused me of the notion that it was just good clean fun. With prejudice. Seems some friends of hers were victims of some pretty rough treatment during a college panty raid, and that the rumor mill spoke of multiple sexual assaults, as well.
It's called The Panty Raid, and its been percolating in my head for quite awhile. The idea to write this story has been bothering me for about a year now. I didn't really want to do it, but it wouldn't let me go, so here it is. It's a pretty dark tale, and parts of it kind of make me mad.
The event that inspired the story is over 30 years old, and was actually not very exciting. I had heard or read somewhere, that some guys at my old alma mater had pulled off a panty raid, and mentioned it in passing to a female friend. I recall being amused about it. She quickly disabused me of the notion that it was just good clean fun. With prejudice. Seems some friends of hers were victims of some pretty rough treatment during a college panty raid, and that the rumor mill spoke of multiple sexual assaults, as well.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Family Values
Some of you may remember that I've been working on a short story for the Swarm Cycle, which is a set of stories in a collaborative universe created by the Thinking Horndog. Well, I finally finished it, and it's called Family Values. I posted it last night on ASSTR, and I may or may not post it on EWP or Literotica.
It's shorter than I thought it would be, only three chapters (about 12K-13K words), and the character development was somewhat of a surprise to me. Let me know if you like it.
It's shorter than I thought it would be, only three chapters (about 12K-13K words), and the character development was somewhat of a surprise to me. Let me know if you like it.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
An FTP experiment...
In the two or three years I've been posting to ASSTR, I've never used the FTP site. The reason is simple: I wanted more control over the stories than uploading plain text files, or Word documents, to an ftp site would allow. I could have solved the problem a long time ago, except that I always felt that the cost of Adobe Acrobat (full version) was much too high to justify buying it for that purpose.
Recently though, I had the good fortune to come across the PDF995 software suite, from a company called Software995. The suite contains utliities for creating, signing, securing, and encrypting PDF documents, and all of the elements are available via free download. The freeware version has the usual annoying popups, but hey, it's free! If you dislike the popups enough, you can get rid of them for less than twenty bucks.
I've decided to use the PDF995 suite to test the demand for ftp downloads. I've created a PDF document will all four chapters, plus the epilogue, for Breakdown, and before I go to bed tonight, it'll be posted on my ftp site. I'll watch the download statistics to see if there's enough demand to continue it with the other stories.
Recently though, I had the good fortune to come across the PDF995 software suite, from a company called Software995. The suite contains utliities for creating, signing, securing, and encrypting PDF documents, and all of the elements are available via free download. The freeware version has the usual annoying popups, but hey, it's free! If you dislike the popups enough, you can get rid of them for less than twenty bucks.
I've decided to use the PDF995 suite to test the demand for ftp downloads. I've created a PDF document will all four chapters, plus the epilogue, for Breakdown, and before I go to bed tonight, it'll be posted on my ftp site. I'll watch the download statistics to see if there's enough demand to continue it with the other stories.
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