This week was another week lost to an illness threatening to inter me and my stories. But alas, despite the flagrant attempts at putting me down permanently, I have resisted, and succeeded in my endeavor to prevail over the wretched malady. Still, this has cost me some productivity in a number of stories I have in progress, which can only mean I must double my efforts to ensure they come to light in a timely manner. In the meantime …

In a moment of mania, of high-level energy during an otherwise drowsy day, I had the brilliant idea to complete the reorganization of my workflow I had begun last week. As the idea was ill-considered and not very well planned to begin with, this took me several hours before I was finally content with the new system. I then promptly took a nap.

This story is shaping up nicely. There is a high likelihood it will be complete well before The Groundskeeper finishes its run, and if so, this means an opportunity for edits and revisions, to provide you with a more polished serial. The Groundskeeper, well, you’re reading it as it’s being written, and so have front row seats to any and all catastrophe which might occur. I certainly hope you are enjoying yourself. On that note …

I am currently managing to stay one chapter ahead! The farther I can move ahead, the better I can polish the work before it is published in this very periodical. However, given I am racing myself, I would rather take my time with the initial drafts and ensure you are provided the best version of this story. It is, after all, being written in near-real time. Now, without further ado …