Chapter 5 Cometh
If the number of polite inquires I’ve received about when I was going to “get off my duff” and “get around to posting Chapter 5” is any indication, the readership of HMG is much larger and more…um…devoted…than I had imagined.
I apologize for the delay, but I haven’t had much time to devote to it lately. In addition to my regular dad duties, I recently started a new job. Due to the nature of the work I’m doing, I can’t divulge what it is. Well, I could tell you what it is but then I’d have to kill you and I don’t even know where most of you live so I’d have to do quite a bit of research and to save money I’d have to try using Priceline to book the airline flights and I’ve never once been able to book a flight on Priceline because it always thinks my bids are too low even though I don’t think they are too low so once I’ve changed my itinerary twenty time in order to get around their lame policy of not being able to bid on the same itinerary twice I’d be two weeks outside my travel window so it would be a total waste of time which I can’t afford because I’m working now and I just don’t have that kind of free time anymore.
Anyway, the point is that I finally had some time to work on it yesterday, and hope to have Chapter 5 posted by tonight (Monday) or tomorrow (Tuesday) at the latest. Really.
Comments
Thomas
Hurry up, already. I read the whole thing in 20 minutes and now I am very interested in seeing where it goes.
dan
Don’t let the pressure get to you, this isn’t anybody’s story but yours! I say make ‘em wait a bit. Remember: hunger is the best sauce- absence makes the heart grow fonder- there are plenty of fish is worth two in the bush… Wait- I think I got a little off track there- But you get my meaning.
You are under obligation to nobody but yourself.
Now hurry up a introduce us to this Princess!
emily
I’m SO glad you’re going to move forward…I can barely eat or sleep in anticipation of Grim’s first meeting of this fair maiden! (she’s GOT to be fair) Okay, so it’s not THAT bad, but I’m still excited!
Grettir
Well, I’m going to miss my self-imposed deadline. All I can say is that it’ll be ready when it’s ready.
That’s one of the hazards of writing and posting this story in sequence. I can’t just skip a chapter I’m having problems with and come back to it later.
This is kind of an important chapter and, for some reason, I’m having a hard time getting it right. I’ve written a few exceedingly unremarkable versions, but they weren’t worth posting…not even as a placeholder.
So, I’m just going to have to keep working on it until I get it right. But don’t expect too much. I’ll consider myself lucky if all this hard work is able to elevate it to merely acceptable.
dave
curiosity killed the cat… statisfaction brought him back… or so i’ve heard.
Brent
Ok, now i’m hooked. I can appear patient until the next installment, but that is only my professional facade. I must say though I was disappointed Brent got left stateside and kiss- less.
pt*:)
HMJ Rocks, Mister.
I will wait for as long as it takes and meanwhile, I try to encourage any and every wayward reader, to my blog, to read it, too. I think I persuaded two people so far. Whomever is not reading is missing out. Totally.