Shinerdrinker: Blog

Okay. The next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill has been sent for posting. It took everyone a little longer than usual since we are all out of practice due to my general laziness and not posting for so long. I apologize. But I also won't say that it'll never happen again, for life is a fickle thing.

It will probably come out in the middle of the Monday morning purge of submissions, so I'll probably write a few more blogs just to make sure that those who are following along know that there is a new chapter for their homework.

Also, here is another reminder about another story I posted for the Halloween contest that is now on my author page. It's called A Hollywood Secret. Lemme know what you think of it. I kinda dig it, and I think I might expand on it because that idea needs to be expanded!!

Alright, what else?

That's about it. Chapter 94 of Mayhem in a Pill is in the queue for posting for everybody later this morning. Check it out and lemme know what you think!

Okay, you can now go about all y'all's business.

--Shinerdrinker

Well, hello there. Long time no see.

I'll be honest. I've gone weeks without even opening "Mayhem in a Pill."

I just didn't want to go into that world for a while. So, I stayed out of it. I read a couple of other new-to-me stories and enjoyed them. I read a couple of not-so-new-to-me stories, and I still enjoy them.

It took a while, but I relit the fire that forces me to get off my lazy heiney and get into the game some more.

So I have officially sent the newest chapter of Mayhem in a Pill to my editing team. I hope all of you are still well, and I hope you continue to be well. Except for you know who. Don't worry, he knows of whom I'm speaking.

Oh, here's something you may not know, I took another shot at the Halloween contest because a weird dream was spread out on a buffet table for me and I thought it was a good ideer. I still think it is a good ideer and I have a nice place to put that ideer once I can get it thoroughly planned out. Take a gander over on my author page at "A Hollywood Secret."

So, beginning of next week, be on the lookout for the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill. At least, that's the plan. You know what happens to plans around here.

--Shinerdrinker

Nuts.
Oh well, I kinda tried.

What am I talking about, you might be asking? Well, the Halloween contest, of course. I didn't place in the top three, and my congratulations go out to those three writers and their stories. They are way better than mine. But I digress, for there is a light at the end of the tunnel and this time, it ain't no train.

This idea came about as a bit of a fever dream, and I went with it. Luckily, I still had a bit of a fever when I finished it. I now know a way to continue down this path, and it differs from the original idea I had for lighting the firecracker.

Oh, wait a second, I might have to explain myself a bit here. I submitted an entry in this year's Halloween writing contest. I've done it before, and I'll probably try it again, but I admit I'm not really a Halloween kind of person. So I do it to take myself out of my comfort zone for a bit.

I submitted "A Hollywood Secret."

I'm openly asking my score of fans to go ahead and read it for yourselves, and I'd love to hear what you guys think of it. Let's see if maybe some of you can find yourselves thinking the story can grow the same way I think it can.

Let's explore this new universe. Together.

Tee hee.

-Shinerdrinker

Sorry, real life shit got in the way for the last couple of months, at least. And I've done little to no work on the next chapter of Mayhem in a Pill.

All of that stuff is finished and behind me now. So I'm going to begin working on it for sure, starting today. I got a few days off, and my Cowboys don't play until Monday night, but my Roadrunners did win last night; they weren't supposed to. And they all kinds of won that damn game, I tell you hwhat. But please, don't hold that against me.

I've chosen to use that unforeseen extra time to help all of us find out what happens next to Tim and his friends.

Umm... nothing too pithy in this post. I gotta save some for the chapter, am I right?

Tee hee.

--Shinerdrinker

Okay, lemme try to bring everyone up to date.

First.

I began writing this story mainly because I wanted to see if I could. I can, and if I really wanted to try, I could monetize this and really maybe earn several dollars a year, calling myself an author.

Second.

I understand that many have joined me on this journey. I thank all of you. I mean, that is why I spend nearly all my free time working on making this story the best I possibly can. I'm not a real author, whatever that might be, but I am trying to teach myself how to become one. I understand that criticism comes with the territory. Laz created a usable means for authors to receive that criticism. Some of it hurts. But the vast majority is good, and in many cases, great!

But others use these tools to simply throw stones at those of us who are, rather than try on their own. Fine. But when your vitriol becomes aimed at others who are on the journey. I can't stand by while that happens.

I decided to block someone I know has been reading along almost since the beginning because he was targeting others who were simply trying to defend me. I might keep that block permanent, I may not. I honestly don't know. I can be convinced to overturn it.

But maybe having some of you sit quietly in the corner while the rest of us enjoy the ride will help you learn to focus a little better and send the notes properly, rather than haphazardly.

Okay, that's been my time. I'm going back to see how Tim and his teammates are going to celebrate their state championship. Some of us will no longer be there. And unfortunately, they'll have to figure out a new way to find out how Tim was able to successfully help defend the world versus the alien occupiers... oh wait, did I write that out loud?

Tee hee.

--Shinerdrinker