It has been a couple of months since my last post. I apologize but I wasn’t sure I had anything relevant to post. But I guess I have something now to talk about…

A year ago today I opened up the library and made my first blog post. It is 567 posts later (excluding the blogs) and a year has gone by. Most of my stories have been posted from my archives, leaving me to decide of those remaining what to post and what not to post. There are some customs I might be able to upload if I change names and such.

I have enjoyed uploading my stories to the library, grouping the various themes and such into one location. And as you have noticed I have branched out into other topics besides the one I like most – underwater. I think by doing so I have added more readers, perhaps exposing them to different tastes and interests.

I realize some folks might prefer a certain type of story over another or might not like to read about certain things. I do my best to try to categorize and tag them in order to assist you in finding what you enjoy reading. So I understand if everything may not be to your liking. We all like what we like and some things we just don’t like reading about.

As the year comes to a close I’ve become somewhat contemplative, thinking of what I have. With my ex-wife in the rehab center with a couple of bags coming out of her belly, I’m reminded of how fortunate I am to be in relatively good health. It’s made me appreciate the ability to go out for walks and drives and the ability to get around. It’s also made me see how much it means to her to have me drop in to see her and bring her smiles and encouragement.

In talking to some people who have lost their mothers over the years it has made me appreciate that mine is still here. We’ve enjoyed taking day trips together to sightsee. We have similar interests in seeing lakes and rivers and scenery and we have always had a good time together. It makes me appreciate having my mother around that much more.

This last year I got to see my sister more. She is doing better and it has been good to be able to spend time together, especially when we were estranged just a couple of years ago. She still has health issues and there are medical concerns. But for now the relationship is better and I appreciate it more, especially since I know there are those out there who do not have good relationships with their family members. So that is something else I have to be thankful for.

2012 lays before us like a package about to be opened. I do not know what the New Year holds for me, although I still plan on writing. Naturally there are uncertainties and I won’t bother making resolutions I might end up breaking anyway. But I’m determined to move forward with a positive attitude, wondering what blessings are about to come my way.

I hope all of you have a New Year filled with abundant blessings. And I hope I post a story or two this next year to your liking. Thanks for stopping by…

Last week was a very sobering week for me. A couple I knew who were helping my ex-wife during her medical situation and subsequent stay in a medical facility were killed in a terrible car crash on the Interstate highway. It was one of those situations where they had no chance and were probably killed instantly.

It made me realize how precious life really is… and how fragile it can be. It also made me introspective, especially since I do a lot of driving to go up to see my mom and sister. I must admit to a few pangs of anxiety when I got back behind the wheel and just drove around town. But the feelings have passed and driving for me is back to normal for the most part. Mary is doing ok but for the both of us it seems surreal and will probably seem like that for weeks to come.

On a lighter note I got a haircut today. Then I went to the mall and walked around for approximately 30 minutes or so. Walking served a dual purpose in that 1) I need the exercise, and 2) isn’t there some unwritten law that says once you have gotten a haircut you need to go out in public and display yourself as looking more normal than the shaggy beast you looked like the day before? Maybe the young woman who took my order for lunch today smiled at me because I had a nice haircut. Or maybe not… but it doesn’t hurt to think positive.

My story postings may become a bit more sporadic as I am starting to pick and choose what to put up next. At times I might not be posting each and every day. But there are still a few series of stories with 8 to 10 chapters each that will be going up in the coming weeks. So when I’m uploading those I might be posting more often.

It is very encouraging for me to get indications that my stories have hit a particularly good spot with readers. Seeing the votes and thumbs up are helpful, especially when a story has gotten several votes. Every now and then I go back through and look to see what you have enjoyed reading. I can often tell by how many votes a story gets.

What really encourages me are the comments left on particular stories. It is this kind of feedback that lets me know what stories are greatly appreciated or what I included in a particular story that you really enjoyed. I still have a multitude of ideas and suggestions (and they seem to be growing in number). But sometimes it can be a specific comment or encouragement that motivates me to work on a particular theme or genre.

I regret that you must now be registered in order to leave a comment. I was getting a lot of spam and was forced to change the settings. I guess running a website and dealing with spammers is a fact of life. (sigh)

Thanks for stopping by; enjoy your visit. And remind someone today who you love just how much you appreciate them. After all, you never know how the rest of the day will unfold…

I see I’m about to upload my 500^th post, not including my blog entries. I didn’t realize I was such a prolific writer. I guess they all add up pretty quickly when you don’t pay attention or keep count.

I guess I’ve been able to write so much because I have not needed to work outside the home because of the ex-wife’s inheritance. And when our relationship sadly declined I found an outlet that I enjoyed very much. Writing is something I really like to do. And when the point in time arrives where I do need to go back to work then I fervently hope that some sort of writing will be involved.

Most of my underwater stories are up. But I still have a few short series that need to be uploaded. I also have a few customs I believe I can post if I make a few minor adjustments to them. I still have some Aquafan picture stories as well as a scattering of other stories I have written that do not necessarily fit the underwater or peril/snuff genres. It will just be a matter of deciding what to post and when to post it.

I was hoping to post a celebrity-in-peril story I’ve been working on. But sadly it is not ready yet. However I found another custom story I wrote awhile ago that I’ve never posted before so I will upload that one. I’m always questioning which stories I should upload, hoping you will find something to your liking. So with that in mind I’ll let you read one I wrote for jqpublic called Private Lessons.

Enjoy…

I wrote a series of chapters for a friend from another forum about a married woman named Jaime. She accidentally learns of her husband John’s interest in snuff as well as the existence of a place called the Snuff Club. Rather than leaving well enough alone, she decides to pursue the matter further.

She goes online and learns more about the Snuff Club and what goes on inside, only to discover that her own sister actually works there. She meets up with Lidiya for lunch and questions her. But her sister tells her that John might actually enjoy snuffing her and it begins to awaken something dark and erotic inside her.

After she witnesses the Snuff Club fundraiser online on her computer (a series of chapters that will be tucked inside her main storyline) she and her husband decide to go to the Club. There they meet up with their next door neighbor from out in line. They also meet up with her sister who works at the Club as an attendant, a piece of information she deliberately chooses to keep hidden from her husband since he does not immediately recognize her in her special mask.

As the evening progresses she has several choices to make. Will she will allow her husband to whore her out? Will she allow him to have sex with their next door neighbor… or even her sister? And the ultimate question of the night is this: will she actually allow him to risk her life, perhaps even to have her executed for his sexual pleasure?

At times it has the feel of a love story, being as how Jaime and John are so much in love with each other. Both of them struggle with the issue and the tale is actually told from both perspectives, even though I’ve put the focus and title upon Jaime. It is a fantasy story in a fictional setting, and like “My visit to the Snuff Club” it will contain scenes of extreme sex as well as numerous scenes of various deaths, notably hanging, beheading, impaling, drowning and others.

It was well received on the forum I posted it to, although that website caters to much more than the drowning scenario. I post it here for those who might be interested in reading it. But I’m sure it is not for everyone and therefore reader discretion is strongly advised.

Back in 2004 I was writing about a character named Shelly. At that time I was thinking about how to do a series of drowning stories as well. I wanted to write about a series of drownings but wasn’t entirely sure how to go about it.

I was intrigued by the TV reality show Survivor and the way contestants were eliminated. It occurred to me that I could write something along those lines where “contestants” were eliminated by way of drowning. As I recall, that is what first got me thinking about it. But first I had to come up with the contestants, especially since I wanted them to be females for the most part.

I wasn’t sure about using a large number of females in a voluntary situation, knowing that all but one would eventually be eliminated by drowning. My thinking was that it would certainly take a large amount of money to entice enough women to willfully risk their lives. Thus, it seemed like an easier solution to force these females into this situation. The trick was in where to find them.

It occurred to me that if I used women who were on death row and were already condemned, the idea of drowning them would be easier to swallow, especially since justice demanded it. All I had to do was come up with some manner in which it would come across as presentable. That’s when I got the idea of an island populated by death row inmates where life was precious but death was a part of life.

I gave it some thought and set up the Survivor elimination contests into a series of challenges the woman would have to face while they were on the island. Ultimately I decided they would all be executed except for one, satisfying the requirements of the State. I made it where only the strong survive – ie., strength in contests and endurance.

Ultimately I threw in the situation where all inhabitants of the island except for the Boss were subject to execution as they were all guilty of capital crimes. That allowed the possibility of drowning someone other than the females recently brought over from the states. It turned into a series where the inmates developed relationships with each other, struggling to survive together by improving their abilities in the water, even so far as drawing alliances with each other during certain contests.

The result was my series called The Island of Female Death-row Inmates. I wrote the early chapters from 2004 through 2006 before taking a three year sabbatical. Then I finished up the series in 2009. I hope you enjoy it as I now begin to present the chapters to you one by one, starting with the first one…

After a weekend of trying to insert another hard drive into my computer I’m now in the process of making my 400^th story/chapter post. At the same time I will be uploading two more series of stories over the next several weeks. With what I have left available to post I will most certainly pass 500.

I am embarrassed I’ve written so much. But I suppose I might as well just get over it and accept that right now it is a part of who I am and what I like to do. Granted, a part of it occurred during the last few years of what was an unhappy marriage. But it helped that we had the finances where I did not have to work so that I had the free time to sit down at the keyboard.

I like to write. I also like knowing I’ve written material that others have found enjoyable to read. So it has been a highly rewarding process for me, even though I spend a lot of time editing to polish each and every story to my liking.

Sometimes it feels like a curse reviewing and editing a story over and over again until I feel like I’ve gotten it right. But it’s a curse I’m more than happy to keep living with right now (especially since I know some of you think I enjoy editing more than I probably should). Unfortunately I don’t think Doreen felt as lucky with the curse she ran into. You can find her story here…

As I mentioned back in a March blog I’m working on a story for my friend Emma. She is that adrenaline junkie I’ve been telling you about and whose stories you have been reading. I have several stories I’ve been bouncing back and forth between and one of them just happens to be hers.

I’ve decided to start posting some of her chapters. This series will reflect the types of situations she either has gotten herself into in the past or likes to imagine getting herself into. She finds the thought of being imperiled quite exciting.

She likes the idea of being manhandled and roughed up a little. She also likes the idea of being forced to give blowjobs because of the circumstances she finds herself in. So I’ve decided to write this story with those elements in mind. Also, some parts of it might have a feel of those older Saturday morning serials where the heroine always seems to find herself in some sort of situation or peril.

So far I’ve completed 5 chapters and am editing the 6^th. I’ve sent them to her to preview and her responses indicate she has thoroughly enjoyed each one. So I’ve decided to start posting some of the earlier chapters for you. Enjoy!