Something different happened to Lilith's demon army? I bought the e-book on Amazon but never bothered to read it since I'd read the beta so many times. Hmmmm... I guess I know what my reading tonight will be.

Good times

I rambled and speculated 4 days ago, no one rambled or speculated back.

Maybe you forgot to check follow by email on that forum.

Although I do find you concern not only touching and heartwarming, but quite coincidental because upon my recent return to Doom after taking care of a pest in my garden, Tom too told me that he missed me and had been worried because he couldn't contact me.

Twice in so many days. Sniffle. It feels so good to be missed.

Well, I think that would be pretty obvious!

It is the product of three absolutely critical prime numbers, 7 * 31 * 151

Sheesh! Must I explain everything?

Everyone knows that everything in the multiiverse can be explained by sufficiently complex Numerology!

Do not believe any of those lunatics that try to tell you that:

2^16 = 65,536 and that if you have 2 byte characters (Unicode to include most all Earth characters) you can only have 32,768 characters, one of which is the null string terminator leaving 32,767 usable characters.

That is complete and utter hokum made up by revisionist tech historians trying to explain something they clearly do not understand.

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I am whipping T-A-G as fast I can but he keeps whining about money money money and wanting to eat, and have a "constructed" roof over his head (with walls even) and having to pay for Internet.

Pay for Internet? That's just something in your head. Why would you have to pay for it? I don't pay for it! Plus I love that freaky noise as I'm connecting to AOL.

I also love it when they tell me I've got male. Now truth be told, I'd probably rather have female, but company is company on a cold and stormy night. Any port in a storm and such.

I've told him to stop the eating thing, he's got enough reserves for a winter or two, and I have pointed out several very nice caves he could live in, but no, he's just whiny whiny whiny.

Tell me about it!

Going past July is bad. Bare minimum of 1 month for Beta, last time it ended up being more like 3. However, I don't think that circumstance will repeat this time. It does not have "Book 2" challenges, being Book 3. Probably need at least 2 months for Editor & formatting, would squeeze an Oct 1 release, 1 yr anniversary. However, that seems very optimistic. In particular since there is no way to know Editor's schedule given there is no fixed time for Beta to end....

Ooh, hellfire!

That sounds so nice. I am going to put that in the suggestion box at the Doom Spa. Maybe a nice hellfire shower followed by dip in the alkali pool.

That would be a great addition to the place!

I was hoping to have first pass, first draft done this week...but I'm getting bogged down (No, No, Boggy is not the problem, trust me)

I know exactly what to write, and there is a huge chunk of it to write, but it's all very exciting stuff, but I just need to get several huge blocks of uninterrupted time to finish it....

To be fair, it is a LOT of words that have to be written, but I know exactly what they are and what needs to be said, and that's the stuff that goes by fast, like 10,000 words per day fast.

That won't happen this week, I fear. Hoping mid August. At that point I will open the Beta program up (it has been created) while doing a Second Pass of the book. This is a full edit read, just for clarity and to catch obvious mistakes. And then I release to beta.

If time runs short, I may release to beta without the Second Pass and do that during beta and incorporate feedback while doing the second pass.

Looking good then!

Cheats at cards?

CHEATS AT CARDS!!!!!!!

CHEATS AT CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

You do know that cards are an essential way of life for bored demons? Those of us relegated to the "background" against our will spend a lot of time playing cards while Tom runs around playing with his djinni, Talarius and various personages of godlike nature.

So cheating at cards is one of the most insulting things you can say to a demon!!!!!

Although I did have to spend some time gardening recently. Rooting out varmints trying to abscond with the fruits of your herb garden is very time consuming work.

T-A-G is trying to get the first draft done before he heads on a short vacation on the 19th. It's a steep climb. However, one way or the other it needs/must/will be ready for beta at the end of the month. Even if he is typing on vacation.