I figured I'd follow Admiral Krunch's lead and update my two fans.

I was reading an article the other day about educational statistics, and it gave me an idea for a story. But since I'm currently blocked and haven't even found time to work on my existing stories I don't need any more. So anyone who wants to can run with this:

This is an election year. It is also a leap year. Tomorrow, the annual American football championship game will be played, and the teams competing in this year's Super Bowl are the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. Four years ago it was also a leap year, and an election year, and the Giants faced the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Something I noticed the other day while doing laundry:
Most pairs of striped boxer shorts have the stripes running vertically, while striped panties usually have them horizontally. Why do you suppose that is?

I've been trying to write the next episode of my serial, "Stephanie's Deal," and I'm having trouble making it interesting. My attempts so far have just felt like filler, merely describing Stephanie's day to day life. She's starting a new school, so for her there's a lot of nervous tension and wonder at meeting new people and learning new things, but I can't seem to get that emotion across to a grownup reader that knows those things aren't that serious.

As promised, since it won a prize in the contest, I added an epilogue to Santa Monica.

Scroll down to the Kilroy-looking separator, where it says:

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Epilogue:

Any planned challenges/contests coming down the pipe?

Can we expect the usual holiday themes?

A grifter with an unusual technique has to take things further when he finds himself in a tough spot. (This was supposed to be my entry in the “March of Fools” contest, but I missed the deadline by a few months, so I reworked it to fit the new theme and then finished it.)

I heard this song on the radio, and it reminded me that I hadn't written anything for Song Month yet. So here is my silly song parody, with apologies to Paul Simon (who can’t count; he only came up with 5.)

These stories aren't as harsh as my dark ones; they are frequently romantic and occasionally silly. My romances often include love scenes, but I wouldn't call them pornographic.

How do you get your muse to stop prodding you about a story idea that shouldn't be told? Every so often my writing goes to a dark place, but I've got a story concept stuck in my head that's unwriteable, and I can't figure out how to make my subconscious shut up about it.

Warning! What folllows is a description of an offensive story.

When a plane crashes on an uninhabited Caribbean island, a young man does what he can to help the other survivors. This one goes into some pretty dark places and gets a bit graphic, so be warned.
 

Today marks my 4th anniversary of being a member here.