Chapter 18? Yes, Chapter 18. I was trying to come up with what I was going to write next in the next chapter in the Hercules III saga, but I just couldn’t come up with anything logical. There just wasn’t anywhere to go even though I had the outline to go by.

So, I thought about where I could go with The G. M. Os. And, then, yesterday it came to me and by five o’clock this afternoon I had completed Chapter 18. Plus, it ended with a cliff hanger, which is extremely rare for me, but seemed appropriate.

So, now I have to write Chapter 19. And, there’s a strong possibility of having a Chapter 20. From where I’m at now, I can actually see this going on for a long time, but maybe I’ll end it sometime soon and then jump into a second G. M. Os. book. We’ll have to see. There is one character that I think needs to come to the commune so that will probably occur in Chapter 20 or maybe 21. I just don’t know at this point in the story.

I think I have laid the foundation for a possible whole new book in this series. I have a good set of core characters who interact very well. Children are now coming into the story. Considering how long these people live and the number of years between physical ages, it is quite logical to have this go on. The structure of the commune is such that it lends itself to bringing in new characters and permitting the core set to expand and develop further. I also think the child to adult cycle is an important tool to allow one set of children to move off the commune to pursue their own lives somewhere else on Hercules III or move into the dormitories at the commune and work toward building familial relationships and having farms of their own. The possibilities are endless.