I am pleased to say that my laptop is working properly again, not least because of the substantial efforts of a nice fellow at the Knowledge Bar at Micro Center.
Also, a surprise announcement: Earlier, I wrote that once again, I would not be writing a Christmas story this year because I had no good ideas for one. Then, a few days ago, such an idea struck. So if I can finish it in time, and if they do some kind of holiday story jam here on AFF, I’ll post “A Visit From Shota Claus” there (although as the title implies, it will have Minor1 content, so a fair number of folk won’t read it). Otherwise, I’ll post it on its own in the Originals section.
SWP1: Some answers to your questions:
The next chapter of “Little Rose” is about two-thirds written, but right now I’m trying to spend the majority of my writing time on “A Visit From Shota Claus” in the hope of getting it done in the next week or so. Once I’m done with that, “Little Rose” will be back on my priority list, along with my various other in-progress multi-chapter stories.
Christmas prep is going well. We don’t have a full-size tree this one, but we have a cute little fake one that looks very festive and that we put in the front window so people can see the lights at night. How is yours?
I appreciate your enthusiasm for this idea, but I just have too many other ideas that I’m excited about to pursue that one at this point. And my excitement is renewed now that I don’t have to do everything on my phone.