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211 weeks
Status of The Road

When I first started the story that now bears the title Traveling A New Road, I was in a much different place, mentally and literally. I believe I began writing this about four years ago. I had been co-writing with a very dear friend of mine, and having quite a nice time doing so, to be honest. However, something inside felt unfulfilled -- I wanted to write something that was my own. I
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226 weeks
Busy times ahead

Back in November, I got moved to another job within my company, and for a couple of months that was going pretty well. Then, at the end of January, I got a promotion to terminal manager, which is requiring me to pack up and move a couple of hundred miles away while commuting back and forth each week in the interim.
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235 weeks
New chapter Sunday

It may seem like a long while between updates, but this is really the only way I can maintain a schedule, and have a decent buffer to maintain that schedule. My work has been in flux, and I am adapting to a new schedule, but it shouldn't affect anything going forward.
Thanks to those that are reading and following along, and I hope I can continue to provide a good quality story for you.
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239 weeks
Following through

As I had mentioned previously, I was waffling over whether to publish a story I had been working on over here. I've had a few people read it, and it seems to be going over okay, with some minor corrections and edits.
The first chapter is in the pipeline and will go live shortly. I plan to update on a monthly schedule, and I have a decent buffer written to aid me in that goal.
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243 weeks
Slushing away

When we last left our intrepid "writer," he was looking at an old story he had started writing and was considering cleaning it up a bit and putting it out for the general public to read. Understandably, he was nervous about this, because this was the longest story he had written by far (without a co-author) and contained elements that were sure to provoke ire among many core groups of readers.
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Aug

20th

2019

Notes from the Slush Pile · 2:48am Aug 20th, 2019

[In publishing, a Slush Pile is a set of unsolicited query letters or manuscripts that have either been directly sent to a publisher by an author, or which have been delivered via a literary agent representing the author who may or may not be familiar to the publisher.

I've been looking through some stories of mine, and came across one that I've always been hesitant to publish. It's one of the longest stories I've written (at 23,000+ words) and can definitely use some touching up, even a complete rewriting of some of the chapters. That being said, it's also one of the most reviled genres on this site -- HiE, and written in 1st person perspective.

One the one hand, I'd like to publish it (after some reworking and editing) if only to show I can indeed write more than simple short stories. On the other, I don't know if I want to deal with the hatred it may generate.

Decisions, decisions...

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