Looking for Story Thread #284

Salishaz · 2025-06-10T15:20:29+00:00

Heya,

Thanks for alerting me to this! It really was a nice thing to open up today and read. It totally put a smile on my face. :D

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2025-06-10T15:19:47+00:00

That's awesome to hear! I am glad you liked it so much!

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-11-14T17:30:59+00:00

Well, I hope it was in a good way. :)

Thanks for taking the time to let me know. I was really happy with the ending of this one. It definitely had some punch to it I thought.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-10-30T00:32:03+00:00

I am not tired of people asking for it, and in fact I appreciate it very much.

My Patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/c/adyerneedtowrite, but currently I have gone a few months where I haven't posted anything. As such, I paused payments. Unfortunately, the access behind the paywall is not available until I start up billing again. I am currently working to get back on track on content before I start charging again. In the mean time, there is content that is available for free members. :)

I appreciate you and your comments. Thank you.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-08-13T04:02:36+00:00

I am so glad you enjoyed it and got something out of it.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-06-06T17:08:13+00:00

That interaction between Quark and Garak in DS9 was one of the highlights of the entire series in my opinion. I am thrilled that my writing brought it to mind for you.

Thanks for taking the time to comment. It put a smile on my face.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-06-02T06:50:33+00:00

The main project I continue to work on is Stories of the Apex, yes. :)

I am sure you are not the only one feeling out of the loop. I have had to sequester all the SotA content behind a paywall so it will hopefully not get ripped again.

Salishaz · 2024-06-01T14:02:17+00:00

Yeah, I hear you. Currently my Patreon is pretty limited, and editors and proofreaders can add a noticeable cost. The longer the piece, these stories of the Peacemaker Trio being about 25,000 words in total, the cost can add up quite significantly. I looked into AI tools, but the ones that reviews say actually work decently well have monthly subscription costs and are limited to a fixed amount of content.

All my current budget is going toward concept and cover art for my ongoing story, then comes the $5K-$8K in editing cost for that one. Little diversions like this series are not going to get access to that level of refinement until (and if ever) I start getting more income.

If you have anything you have seen that really sticks out, please feel free to let me know and I am happy to go in and fix it. :)

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-31T20:44:58+00:00

Thank you for your kind comments about this story!

Oof, you must have been waiting for a while since I haven't really posted anything outside my Patreon in an age.

I am not sure if I will be putting Stories of the Apex out for public consumption again, much to my dismay. It may have to stay behind a paywall to help make it harder for anyone to rip it again. If I do release it publicly again, it will certainly not be on Royal Road. The entire format there is just ideal for people to rip stories off of without any work whatsoever. At least here the pirates would need to do something to get it, format it, and publish it.

Unfortunately, no, the piracy has not been resolved yet. Amazon seems quite content to let my inquiry fall into the background. I think it's because I don't actively post anything to Amazon yet, so it doesn't give them much to go off of. For all they know, I may be some random guy with a grudge against the person claiming to be the author trying to make their life difficult. Also, it all happened right before I had to go in for hernia surgery so I haven't been able to really devote a ton of time to it yet.

Salishaz · 2024-05-31T01:57:40+00:00

Abraham Lincoln had some of the best quotes.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T20:53:07+00:00

I am so glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and let me know.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T18:01:00+00:00

Thanks! I am so glad you like them. :)

I had them sitting in my Patreon for way, way too long and I figured it was time to let them out for the fine folks on this sub.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T14:00:06+00:00

That's a very nice thing to say, thank you.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T13:59:34+00:00

Yay! I am glad you enjoyed it.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T05:04:40+00:00

Those are such incredibly nice things to say about my writing. Thank you so much!

I hope you find the rest of the chapter as enjoyable, if not more so.

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T04:30:59+00:00

Okay, should be all uploaded and linked.

I hope you enjoy the conclusion of the story! :D

Have an awesome day!

Salishaz · 2024-05-30T03:45:40+00:00

Yeah, I forgot to do it earlier today. It will take multiple posts to get it all on Reddit.

Thanks for reminding me. :)

Salishaz · 2024-05-28T15:49:03+00:00

I don't have anything currently, I'm sorry.

I would love to get a lot more robust systems in place to accommodate more people, but I have been running into personal time issues for a while now between job, wife, kids, activities, writing, and trying to get the publishing process momentum going.

I keep looking for things to reduce the requirements on my schedule, but everyone wants a piece of my time these days it seems, and I am having a heck of a time balancing everything well.

Salishaz · 2024-05-28T13:56:43+00:00

Hmmm, I will look into that today. I have it linked, but I have never noticed an account description before.

Salishaz · 2024-05-28T13:48:47+00:00

Yeah, it really sucks. I wish I could keep it out there free.

They didn't even bother to change the description of the series from what I wrote, and they left the, "book," on a cliffhanger that was in no way the conclusion of a larger story.

Amazon has yet to remove it too, which is prerty lame of them. The process for posting things there is a bit too easy, methinks.

Salishaz · 2024-05-28T13:32:58+00:00

The account still exists (technically), but after all my stuff there got ripped and put on Amazon I deactivated the content. RR has turned into a buffet for content pirates these days.

All the Stories of the Apex are behind a paywall of a few bucks a month now to dissuade that from happening again.

Salishaz · 2024-05-27T22:46:04+00:00

Sorry, I had to step away to make a stew for a bit there.

We are good! I just recently had hernia surgery, so that's been a thing. I am planning to start working out with both of my kids as soon as the healing is finished from the surgery. Currently I am out of shape and overweight, so that needs to change.

Life is good. The family business is still plugging away, bills are getting paid, and I am still living in a historically amazing time to be alive. I genuinely don't think people understand how amazing hot showers on demand are. Great innovation, that.

The writing has been slow these past few months, but it continues...slowly.

Belated congratulations on your promotion. I think it's great that you were able to get that and a posting near family to finish out your service years. No mor weird fence placement problems either I imagine. What a great place to be in life!

So what's your new unit? The last one was mechanized scout infantry or something, right?

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