Late again but at least its the right day!

Realizing that it's been awhile since the last chapter of Hope's Light was posted, folks may be wondering how goes the progress on the final incoming installment. Thus, let's see...

Bobby goes out to dinner with the family accidentally wearing the same thing their sy=ister-in-law is wearing

"It's not like we did it on purpose," Bobby responds when his big brother teases him about how hard it is to tell them apart.

I don’t know why, but I just started re-reading The Other Side of the Forest, and I’m not even sure how many times this makes. That of course led me to reading The Lost Queen again, which led me to reading essentially all of her work again. I lost track of how many times I have read her work a long time ago.

What happened to FictionMania?
Is if gone?

I have decided to move forward with creating a new universe based at Hollow Vale Academy. I've spent the last few days working on a Google Doc with a lot of basic info. The Doc has rules and guidelines, as well as some background and various other things. Its constantly growing.

So far its a handful of us developing stories. If anyone is interested, DM me with an idea. I'll explain all the specifics then. The ideas do have to be presented to me first so we can make sure they fit within the rules of the universe.

I was wondering how she is doing.
The last that I had heard was that she was recovering from some health issues.
Anyone have any further information?

I know I have been very slow lately and there are mostly medical reasons for that. I have to add that I do not intend to expire just yet!

The latest heatwave has not been helpful. I write in a small upstairs room originally set up as a nursery, it is approx 8 feet square with what was a built-in wardrobe at the back. This wardrobe contains almost all the computer equipment apart from the desktops I usually frequent. The room at present is 30C and the wardrobe is 33C. I intend to shut everything down once I have posted this.

Recently I published a story on site called Anything Better Than This. In the back of my mind, there was always a potential to expand it into something much larger. After thinking it over for the last couple of days, I truly do think there's a potential universe there. But I don't just want it to be a universe for me. I'd like others to take part in it as well. This isn't an official announcement for the universe, its more like testing the waters.

Announcing my latest collection of short stories - 17 tales of gender change brought about by obligation or duty

Join Dottie as she plays detective on a 5,000 year old murder case!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/107032/law-and-order-...

We've got a new distribution channel through SmashWords and Draft2Digital so I'm trying out their coupon code system. From now to July 14, you can get Melanie Brown's new book, Unpossible Me for only $1.99 USD if bought from SmashWords. Just use coupon code DRMTS at checkout.

Let me know if this works for you --or doesn't!-- in a comment. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy the book, I helped Melanie write the novel expansion from the original novelette here on BC. :)

I'm about to post "A Better Hand" and I feel there needs to be some forewarning and explanation of the work considering it the sequel of another's work that is not readily available. The prologue follows:

Thanks all for the input
We All did great so far BUT in this girl's case everyone seems to have piled on that she is a super hacker....nope I am writing her as a person that knows the web and the basics of on how to find the "dark web" not really busting into a system and reprogramming it

I kind of want her to have a power, a mutation or ???? that has a bit of "fight" in it so she can defend herself and others...hacking does not fill that bill. Besides I have 2 hackers in universe already, not mine BUT I can use them.

Buy No Foolin' by Jo Dora Webster on Kindle from DopplerPress since all sales profits go to support Big Closet Top Shelf, contributed by Jo Dora Webster.

What will Gail do when her crush, Kevin, stumbles on a device from the space pod cabinet?

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Interlude

Oops! forgot that this was a new recording so I should introduce myself. If you are sensing this recording, then I'm guessing that you are not one of the aliens that are native to this planet they call Earth or Terra. I'm just a normal girl born on Ceti Alpha V. My real name is Glivney, but I go by Gail on Earth. I'm stranded here with my brother Linthan who goes by Leo on Earth.

Out of the multitude of items that survived in the storage locker, you would have thought that perhaps someone might have thought to bring along a couple of spare distress beacons. Unfortunately, No.

My native life form is like a pixie, but Linthan would call himself Elven. Even if Earth were not xenophobic, my people's tenets require us not to reveal our true form. We have armbands that use some kind of technology for others to perceive us as Earthlings. We had them on before we crashed so even Aunt Emma, who took us in, hasn't seen us as we are really.

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