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G’day folks! 🙂

Yes, I’m back again, and with a couple more revised chapters of Song For Guy for you. I also have some other stuff which is off being edited at the moment, but it looks like that will have to be held over until next week.

At the moment we’re bracing ourselves for a cold snap that is supposed to be hitting us this coming weekend. Apparently we can expect to see a bigger snow fall than the one we had in 1984 . . . which cut roads and blanketed the place with two feet of snow (yeah, I  know my American friends are probably chuckling to themselves right now), but for a place that usually only gets a light dusting maybe once a year it’s a pretty big deal! LOL

And in other news, I’m in mourning today . . . our state’s (New South Wales) rugby league team got thrashed last night in the deciding game of a three game series we call State of Origin by those dreaded Queenslanders! It was a depressing night’s TV, let me tell you! lol

Anyhow, I guess there’s always next year!

OK then, until next time, happy reading! Take care!

Just letting you know that a couple more chapters of Song For Guy have been posted this morning for you. Sadly I still don’t have anything else to add to it, you know, by way of new chapters for other stories, but rest assured work is still progressing on those!  🙂

So, what about the decision from SCOTUS, huh? How freakin’ awesome was that? And now the movement is growing for Australia to  **finally**  join in the equality issue, with news that a bill is set to go before our parliament in August! I suspect that it won’t happen quite as soon as that, but I feel confident that by the end of this year we will have some positive news!

And apart from all that, the only other exciting thing to happen in the last week was that I went to our local cinema for like, the first time in years! LOL

The last movie I went to see was Ted . . . so that would have been 2012 ( according to imdb.com ) . . . damn! 😉

Anyhow I went to see Jurassic World . . . and man, oh, man, how good was that? I loved it . . . especially at the end when . . . oh wait, you probably haven’t all seen it yet, have you? Well, take it from me . . . you should go see it! It’s way cool!  😉

Anyhow, I guess that’s enough babbling from me for this week. Happy reading!

CONGRATULATIONS AMERICA!!!

Howdy folks. I hope this finds you all well?

Just letting you know that I’ve added a couple more revised chapters to Song For Guy for you this week. Unfortunately I haven’t managed to finalise any more chapters from other stories, but will continue to post these as they are finished and edited.

One thing I did notice this week, however, was that I have reached a couple of milestones, neither of which I really expected to ever get to! lol

The first of these is that the website has just ticked over to 250,000 page views, which, by some standards might not be that high, but to me it is still quite a feat. It means that in the roughly two years since I rebuilt my website (with quite a bit of help from some friends, of course) we have averaged around 340 page views per day. That’s pretty cool, I reckon! 😉

The other milestone is that I’ve recently ticked over to having written and had posted online more than ONE MILLION words since I first started back at this writing caper! Damn, that’s a lot! lol

Anyhow, thank you for continuing to read my stories, and thank you for your comments and support!

Happy reading!

Well folks, yesterday was a bugger of a day. So that’s why I’m running a day late with my postings!

First off, thanks to work stuff happening, I didn’t get near a computer to be able to do my posts, and when I got home and tried logging in I discovered I was out of credit with my internet account. 😦

So, now that’s all been sorted today, here are this weeks postings!  🙂

First off, there’s Sandmen Chapter 4, then we have two chapters of Song For Guy!

I’d also like to give a bit of a shout out about a story I’ve just finished reading over at Dabeagle.com. It’s  called Summer’s End and was written by Ryan Bartlett and was a very enjoyable read. I think you’ll like it!

OK then, it’s time for me to get back to work!

Happy reading! 🙂

Howdy folks!

Yup, it’s that time of the week again, and this week I have a couple more revised chapters of Song For Guy for you!

The next chapter for Sandmen has been sent off for editing, but alas it wasn’t back in time. I will most likely hold it over for next weeks post, although if it does come back this afternoon I’ll add it for you.

I mentioned a few weeks back that I picked up a couple of boxes of books at a local book fair and I have to admit that in recent weeks I’ve made a start on them — quite probably at the detriment of my getting some writing done, but hey, even I need to kick back every once in a while and enjoy a good book!  😉

Amongst them were a few YA books that I thought looked interesting. The first one I read was So Hard To Say by Alex Sanchez, which I found to be quite an enjoyable read and one that I would recommend to anyone looking for something that wasn’t too heavy.

The next I read was Boy Toy by Barry Lyga, which I have to admit was heavy going in a few places (the subject of the story is a boy coming to terms with having been molested as a 12 year old by his female teacher), but still it is one that I thoroughly recommend. It was one of those rare books that stayed with me for a long while after I had finished reading it. It really was a memorable read.

Right now I’m reading The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans (he wrote The Horse Whisperer and The Loop — one of my very favourite books!!!) and while it’s probably not quite as engaging as his other works, it is still a good read (so far!)

Anyhow, that’s about it from me for now. Until next week, happy reading!

G’day folks! My humble apologies for the updates not being done yesterday, but I’ve been waiting on files to come back from editing!

It seems that Jerry, my editor, went away for a few days on the day I sent the new chapters to him, so I only got them back this morning! Anyhow, not to worry . . . I’m just extremely grateful that he is there and willing to help out whenever he can. He does an awesome job for me and I’d be lost without him!

So, now that we’re ready to roll once more, I have some offerings for you! 🙂

Chapter Nine of Prisoner of Carronne has now been posted, and continuing with my promise to revise and post all my earlier stories, the first two chapters of Song For Guy have also been uploaded! So please enjoy!

This week I have also finalised the posting of Mardi Gras Murders over at the Nifty site, with a flood of emails coming in from new readers I’ve picked up from there, and who have also now been pointed here!

As for the future, well, at the very least I should have revised chapters of my earlier stories available for posting each week, along with new chapters of whatever it is I’m working on at the time (currently that is Prisoner of Carronne and Sandmen). I can’t promise I’ll have new stuff every week, but rest assured I’m still working on things as time permits and there are plenty of new projects waiting for me, so I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while yet! 😉

Thank you all for your patience . . . and your support, and I’ll see you next week!

Take care!

Hi folks,

Sorry for running a bit later than usual today . . . I’ve been hoping the new chapter for Prisoner of Carronne would come back from editing, so I had been holding off. Unfortunately it didn’t do me any good waiting though, but if it comes through tomorrow I will post it as soon as I can.

In the mean time, here are the final two revised chapters for The Rip.

Next week I hope to start posting the revised chapters of Song For Guy, and hopefully a few other bits and pieces as well! 😉

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending a local book fair which is held every year by our local Rotary Club as a fund raiser. There were thousands of donated books for sale over the whole week, but I usually wait until the last day when they have a special . . . fill up a box for $5! I might have missed out on some good books by doing that, but they usually sell through the week for around $5 EACH, and besides the week day crowds annoy me, so that’s why I wait until last day . . . fewer people and bargains to boot! LOL

I ended up with two boxes (about 30 books in total – and all for just $10), including a heap of hard covers in good condition (John Grisham, James A Michener, Nicholas Evans and The Cider House Rules – cant remember the authors name a.t.m.) . . . some of which were ones I had always wanted to read. I also got some paperbacks (including a replacement copy of a John Gilstrap book I loaned a friend many years ago and never saw again), a biography of George Johnston (remember me referencing him in A Good Place?), some romance paperbacks for my mother and a few Australian themed books for my father. Not a bad haul even if I do say so myself! 🙂

Now all I need to do is find some time to do some reading! lol

Anyhow, as promised, I will post the new Prisoner chapter as soon as I receive it.

In the mean time, happy reading, and take care.

Cheers.

Howdy folks!

Sad to say I don’t have any more updates for the current stories today . . . just a couple more revised chapters of The Rip for you.

I’m afraid the past few weeks have been busy with work, which has eaten into my writing time, and as I only work part-time, when the boss says there is work to be done I can’t afford to knock it back! 😉

Anyhow, rest assured I’m still working on new chapters for Prisoner of Carronne and Sandmen, and just as soon as they are ready to go you’ll get them!

In the mean time, enjoy your reading and stay well.

Cheers!

. . . and no, it’s not that kind of quickie!

Well folks, what can I say . . . work has severely hampered my writing time this past week, so unfortunately I’m still working on new chapters for Prisoner of Carronne and Sandmen. All I can offer you this week I’m afraid are two revised chapters of The Rip.

Until next time, then, take care!