Update 10/18/2105...

So the bottom line with my computer is it is either the CPU or the motherboard is fried.  Either way, it pretty much means a new computer.  I've been meaning to upgrade my video cards--that's actually one of the goals of my Patreon page.  However, that being said, all the money will now be going towards a new system.

Pricing out what I want, which is not high end but is better than what I had in order to do my 3D graphics, I'm looking around $2500.  I don't HAVE that much money right now, hehehe, so it may take up through next year to get it, but that's my new goal.  I'll be changing my Patreon page to that particular goal as well.

I spent all day Saturday trying to get my computer working, and after swapping out memory, power supplies, video cards, etc., I was able to narrow it down to either the CPU or motherboard.  Not sure exactly how I FUBAR'd up, but something didn't go back the way it was when I started cleanings things up last week, and now I'm paying for it.  It's nothing I haven't done a 1000 times before, but this was why I stopped building my own systems, I troubleshoot servers and people's computers all week, the last thing I want to do is work on my own  :(

I'm running off my laptop now.  I've moved it and connected my monitor, mouse, and keyboard in my home office, so things at least 'feel' close to normal.  The screen is a bit fuzzy due to a craptastic video card, but it can't be helped.  At least I'll be able to start writing once again.  And now that I'm back connected to my network, I can get back to things.

One that front, I woke up Friday morning at 2 am with an idea, and sat down and wrote until it was time for work, so there will be a new story hitting the "Secondary Story" slot replacing "What's in a Name."  Again, the secondary story is something I'll dabble with when I only have an hour or less to write, but lately that seems to be the way things have been, so the secondary story has gotten quite a bit of attention.

This new story still needs a title, but currently the working title is "Good Girl Gone Bad."  It's about a couple who's been together for 5 years and start to realize things are becoming too mundane in their relationship.  They plan on moving in together to try and spice up their life, and while moving, the boyfriend starts to have fantasies about his girlfriend fooling around with other men.  Surprised at his reaction, and turned on by it herself, she teases his friends who are helping him move, one of which is a jock type (sort of a young Mr. DeWight, hehehe).

I've almost been tempted to make this an "early Lapdancing Girlfriend" story, but right now it's a separate story standing on its own merit.  Time will tell what I do with it.  If I DO make this sort of an "early Lapdancing" story, I'll have to change things around a bit for both this and Lapdancing Girlfriend so they synch up better...but again, that's only a remote possibility.

Anyways, that's what's going on this week.  Now that things are somewhat back to normal, my plan is to focus on Lifeguard again and try to get it down by Thanksgiving.  We'll see how work and real life go...but since 3D graphics are now out of the picture (no pun intended) for a bit, all I have is the writing...

Update 10/13/2015...

So not so great news...my computer died Sunday and I've spent all day Sunday and Monday trying to get it back up and working.

It has been overheating lately when I do my 3D Graphic renders, so I took it apart and blew out all the dust bunnies and whatnot out of it (having 2 cats, the insides can get really bad).  But when I put it back together, it never even booted...power came on, fans spun, but the motherboard had a CPU Warning light on the entire time and would never even get to the POST or BIOS splash screen.

I've taken it apart and put it back together again, the Best Buy Geek Squad took it apart and put it back together again, I've reset the BIOS.  Tonight when I get home I'll take it apart again and test out the Power Supply...  I'm running out of options before I reach the decision of a new system, although I really can't afford one...but one thing at a time.

Needless to say, I didn't get any writing done this weekend.  I was out of town Saturday, and not having a computer for two days put me into a rather caustic mood...

Hopefully better news tonight or tomorrow  :(

Patreon Dropbox permissions updated for October

First, thank you EVERYBODY for your Patreon patronage!  It has meant a lot and although I cannot account for real life issues interfering with writing, I have had added incentive through everybody's support!

I've updated the Dropbox folders based upon October's support tiers, so apologize for the additional spam of getting access to all the folders, but the easiest way is to simply remove all access and re-add everybody based upon their tiers.  It helps me sort out those who raised/lower or even dropped/added their support over the last month.

Let me know if you cannot access a folder that you think you should!

And again, thank you!

Update 09/24/2015...

This same update is on my Patreon page...

Family leaves today, so I'm hoping to have some time this weekend to work on Lifeguard Gets Wet.  I've had bits and pieces of time for the last week and have updated my secondary story What's in a Name? several times, so for the Tier 3 and above folks on Patreon, hope you enjoy that.

I've also updated a few images from my graphic novel I've been working on, It's Teddy Time!  

Once things settle down again here, I hope to get back to writing, so will hopefully have better things to report after the weekend!

Update 09/15/2015...

With Extenuating Circumstances 01 posted, I've had my sights on Lifeguard Gets Wet, but once again time and real life have reared their ugly head as I spent all this past weekend cleaning house and getting ready for visiting family.  Add to that my son got a new job and getting him clothes and such made for a busy weekend.

Even so, I had a few half hour slots available to go through some edits with Lifeguard, as well as think about what next to work on.  Having grown a bit burned out on Suzanne, I have turned my attention to Lindsey, the protagonist in What's in a Name as my 'secondary' focus.  For some reason my Muse has turned her sights to that story, filling my dreams up with scenes from the story and that is pretty much where many of my ideas have come from...so I used some of those half hour blocks to go through edits on that story as well.

I didn't write anything new per se, but cleaned up both stories.

I also have done a few graphics, which the upper tiered Patreon patrons should find in the Dropbox folders.

But again, not much in the way of anything new, so not much of an update  :(

Update 09/08/2015

Posted this on my Patreon site as well...but sadly very little to update. 

I was hoping to have this whole three-day weekend (it was Labor Day here in the US) to writing, to graphics, to having time to myself...and then crap just seemed to unravel and I was running around from one errand to the next.

I did catch up on some long lost sleep...actually woke up at decent times Saturday and Sunday, but not much time to writing before I had to dive into the day  :(  Did get a little bit of EC02 worked on, as I only had an hour here and an hour there.

Why is it the the more time you have off for a weekend, the less you have to yourself.

So my apologies to everybody, did not get as much accomplished as planned...although I did get the lawn cut, the car serviced, clothes shopped, groceries shopped, house cleaned, and a bunch of bills paid...but little "me" time...