Hi there,

my last blog entry has been some while so I thought I give a little update. Since finishing "Last Regrets" I focused my attention on short stories. Resulting in five published in the last two weeks. It scratched an itch I had for quite some time.

However, I can't only publish short stories, yet I don't feel ready to take a new serial yet. That's why I am currently working on the third story in my "Undesirable Classes" universe. Plot-wise it will be closer to "Natural Affection" than "Last Regrets", but will have its own unique focus. As I am going for a faster pace with this one the overall length of the story will be shorter than "Last Regrets". I am aiming for 20K to 25K words in the total of which 6K are already written.

I plan to mainly focus on the third and fourth stories in the UC verse before I plan to write the next serial. Now and then a short story might slip through.

But there is a small favor a few of you could help me with. No one of us knows everything. (And those who claim otherwise are usually full of shit.) Writers aren't any different. I write to the best of my ability and knowledge. Knowing that both are limited in scope. Getting better at writing is squarely on my shoulders, but with the knowledge part, you could help.

I am looking for "expert" that I can quiz if I write a story in their area of expertise. Since I rarely know beforehand what I might need I hope here for an open call for those interested. If you have knowledge of something you might think it is worthwhile for a story then please contact me. It could be specific as for details about a kind of job or more obscure as that you are familiar with an area you wish one of my stories would take place.

Currently, I am looking for a few specific areas of expertise and I hope I find someone who is willing to be quizzed on one of them.

These are:
-> Military/Army: general practices; ranks; bouncing off possible tactics; and more
-> Tanks: how parts are named; physical limitations; doctrine I should know
-> Survivalist: which improvisations might work; priorities in a survival situation
-> Boarding schools/teacher

That is all for now.
If I have missed anything just leave a comment below and I try to address that one too.

Until then.
Hugs and kisses,
Cassy