Jashley13

Next chapter should be up tomorrow or the next day

A bit more than halfway done! Sorry it's been taking a while but getting adjusted to school and getting my writing muscles flexed again hasn’t been the easiest. Rest assured, though...Chapter 59 is coming

I’ve got quite a few qualifications I have to get at the start of my school but rest assured that I am working on the chapter as well. Gotten a good bit in and the old writing muscles have started flexing again so hopefully it will go smoothly

Laptop is purchased, Office is installed, and I have started working on the newest chapter Here’s hoping all those ideas I had at boot camp help make the writing go quickly.

Just got to my school and I shall be purchasing a computer tomorrow. Details of boot camp to follow.

Hey guys. I'm out so much to tell and not enough time to tell it all. Just know that I will be buying a laptop as soon as I get to my school and I have two months worth of stories to write so I will get right on that. I missed you guys a lot.

Hey everyone. I ship out in the morning so I figured I’d take this opportunity to say my goodbye right now. Well...goodbye isn’t the right word for it. This isn’t me leaving permanently, of course. It’s just a couple of months that I’m gonna be off the grid before I come back with a vengeance...sort of. Trust me, I’ve got so much of the story in my head right now that, hopefully, when I have access to a computer again, it’ll all just flow out like crazy. Sorry to leave you on a cliffhanger, but I figured it was as good a place as any to pause the story and get the excitement going for what happens next Look for me to come back around mid-November, just so you don’t have to keep checking back here every couple of days. In all seriousness, I just want to say that you are all the best fans any writer could ever hope to have. When I started this story over two years ago, I never thought it would get the fanbase or support that it has. It was just a story that I wanted to tell. And now it’s evolved into so much more than that and I’m truly humbled by the support its gotten and the theories it’s spawned. Seriously, when you have your readers guessing what is going to happen next or creating their own outlandish versions of what they want to happen next, it’s the best compliment a writer can get. It shows the readers care about the story. They like it enough to want to add their own voice to it and believe me, I read and consider everything everyone has ever suggested. Including Walrus Tara. I hope all of you have a fantastic couple of months. I’ve talked to Bashful Scribe and hopefully he can start chugging out the chapters as quickly (kind of) as I do. He’s starting uni again so I know his time will be limited but hopefully he will be able to fill in the void while I’m gone. He’s the better writer anyway so definitely give him all the support you can. He deserves it. And here’s where I will sign off. Just know that you’re all amazing fans and I love you all and I’m going to do my absolute best in boot camp to be worthy of all the love and support you’ve shown me over the past two years. I couldn’t have done it without you all. You make me proud to be a writer. Until we meet again, guys. Love, Joe

Chapter 58 is up...The last chapter I post before boot camp. I wish I was able to do more in the short time I have left, but...Well, I hope you all enjoy the new chapter

Hey everyone! Time for the Reality Check for Chapter 57 …………………………… Actually, nothing. Yeah, I know it’s weird, but this entire chapter was constructed straight from the brain. Sure, it’s based a little on experiences I’ve had at conventions, but other than that I basically just took a swing for the purely fictitious with this one. Closing in on the end of Chapter 58, which will be the last one I post before I go to boot camp. Back to work on it!

Hey guys! Weird new format for the site but it's growing on me Had a little bit of a scare when I saw my content was missing but the awesome admins helped me find it again. Anyways, back to work! Well more than halfway through

If anyone has any artistic capabilities or knows anyone who does, it would be very interesting to see how they think the characters look. I know how they look in my head but, alas, I have very little in the way of artistic skills.

@guest_Alexander Don't worry. There is always a plan In fact, there are hints of it in the chapter if you read deeply enough. But don't worry. There's a good reason I want to get this next chapter out soon

Chapter 57 is finally posted sorry about the late posting time but it was my last day of work and they decided to hold me over as a final act of vengeance. Oh well. Time for a good night's rest and then on to Chapter 58, which I REALLY want done before I leave. Hope you all enjoy the chapter

New chapter should be up by tomorrow

Hey guys! I know I'm a little late getting to the Reality Check but better late than never, right? - I don't have two siblings like Jack does. I have one brother, but on more than one occasion, he's completely shut himself off from the family to bury himself in his social life via his phone. Trying to drag him away from it was an unbelievable chore. - Jack's conversation with Joe mirrored a few I had with friends before my first year of college. I feel bad that I was nowhere near as compassionate as Jack was (I was ready to get to college, come Hell or high water) but it was a real surreal feeling to realize how I was living my life would be changed. - Jack's feelings about Arthur and his place in Tara's life are basically my own with my cousin's most recent relationship. We do not live close together so I don't have quite as strong a feeling of 'jealousy' as he does, but it does hurt a little knowing that we don't talk as much as we do, mainly because she's got another guy in her life. Though I did give him 'the talk'. Chapter 57 is progressing well and, at this rate, I should have it done in the next few days. And while I'm enjoying writing this one, I really, really, REALLY want to get the next chapter out before I leave. I have my last day of work coming up in a couple days so I should have all the time I need to sit down and write it. You'll understand why once it comes out. Hope you all are doing well and I'll see you soon

Hey everyone! Chapter 56 is up So glad I was able to keep my promise and post it before the end of the day. Hope you all enjoy it!

Next chapter should be up tomorrow Just in time for my wife and mine's 3 year anniversary

I am planning on applying for OCS while in A School after boot camp. Unless you are in ROTC in college, it's difficult to hop directly into OCS.

Hey guys! Sorry this took a little bit but time for the Reality Check - My family and I actually never got a personalized tour of Iowa State. That actually happened at my second college (I went two years to one, two years to the other). However, my parents were so familiar with Iowa State that they were able to provide just as good of a tour on the multiple occassions we went there. Actually...holy crap, I just realized that that was pretty much all I needed to say. Little bits here and there in the tour were made up or spun up a bit to fit the story, but otherwise that was all the truth. And since that was the main thrust of the chapter...there you go. I do realize that this last chapter was a bit single-minded in terms of its goal. I completely understand if there was a little bit of impatience with it, especially since not much actually happened. Part of me wants to say that it probably works better once taken in context with the chapters that follow but I think that's a bit unfair. It should work on its own and if you don't think it did, I apologize. This is something that BashfulScribe and I have talked about a lot in terms of our story structure. He prefers the episodic vignettes while I look more at the story overall. Both are valid and if one suits your taste more than the other, I completely understand. That said, I really enjoyed writing this last chapter. It got me nostalgic for my old college, especially since my wife and I took a tour of it back in December. So many memories...It honestly makes me wish I could go back and relive all of it, even knowing it wouldn't be for very long. I think everyone wishes that at some point in their life for some other point in their life. Unfortunately, we don't have time machines yet. Actually, that's not true. We do have time machines. Those that take us back: our memories. Those that take us forward: our dreams. And on that philosophical what's-it, I shall leave you for now. Work is progressing well on the next chapter and I hope to have it up soon

Chapter 55 is up

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone It really means a lot to me. In other news, the next chapter should be up this weekend

Hey guys! I was hoping to have the next chapter out tomorrow as my birthday gift to you, but...unfortunately that will not be the case. I'll be posting it in the next couple of days though! Never fear

Hey everyone! Time for the Reality Check: - Pretty much everything about the trip out to Iowa is completely true. I had been there many times before I chose it as my college (my grandparents lived out in Iowa so we had plenty of opportunities) so my trip out to it between my Junior and Senior year was not my first foray onto its grounds. Believe me, I saved you a lot by not going into complete detail about the ennui of the road trip. - Hickory Park, likewise, is a restaurant I had been to many times before. It's a one-of-a-kind so you won't be able to try it unless you really do go to Ames, Iowa. It's worth it, trust me. - Despite having been there a few times before, Jack's drive along the south side of campus and his impressions of it were the same as mine. I saw the college in a completely different light once I knew it was where I was going to go. Not a day goes by where I don't miss the place. I'm already well into the next chapter. I have just a bit more than a month before I go and I would LOVE to finish the Saga before I do...I doubt its going to happen. Still, I will do my best. Oh, and a fun fact that might shed some light on future events: before I decided to do a bit more in-depth stuff at Iowa State for Jack's trip, the saga was originally going to be called the Rhona Saga. I shall say nothing more. Hope you're all well and I will update soon.

Chapter 54 is up Sooner than I thought it would be. Surprising but a welcome surprise And, since I'm on a roll, I'm gonna go start Chapter 55 now. I want to get as many of these done before I leave for boot camp as possible. If I could get to the end of the saga, great! If not, I'll at least get as much of the story out as I can before I go. Talk to you all soon!

Hey guys! Not too much longer on the chapter. Would have been further into it but I worked a 13-hour shift today so that ate up most of my time xP Still hope to get it done by the beginning of next week. Just a heads-up: it's going to be about the same length as the last chapter and features very little in the way of conflict or huge events. That might not be a problem for the readers (and it's not really a problem for me either, to be honest), but it's such a change from the drama-heavy Voyeur Saga that I actually stopped and wondered if I was doing somethiing wrong. So weird once you've moved past the big-time events and gone on to something more...familiar. Relaxed. Casual. Any of those words probably work. Not to say that this is a BORING chapter or anything (I hope), but it's an interesting departure from how I've done things before and yet another reason I'm so glad I moved to AFF. On the blue site, there's a huge demand for each chapter to have sex in some degree. Here, I can go a couple of chapters with sex at ALL and no one bats an eye. It's so liberating and helps me feel like the author I want to BE, rather than the author I feel I HAVE to be. And, of course, this is all thanks to you loyal fans and readers. I know I've thanked you all before but I really can't say it enough. You guys are the best and you have no idea how good it feels to see another comment or review on my story, no matter what it says. Good or bad, like or dislike, I'm glad someone cares enough to make a comment on the story. So thank you all again and I shall continue working hard to reward your loyalty