Jason Rimbaud

Okay, first I want to say thank you for everyone being so patient. Not sure if everyone knows, but I fell down and broke my foot and had to have surgery to put my ankle back together again. I was bedridden for three weeks and had a slight bout of depression. If anyone is really interested in hearing the silly details, check out my status page Wry Ramblings From A Hot Wing. Needless to say, whilst I was in recovery, I had this idea, and I scraped the entire last chapter once again. I needed to do something that would impact another story and I had to get it just write. As everyone knows, Glacier Bay is a series of shared connected world and I wanted...anyway, long story short. I finished the last chapter. I have going through a round of edits and will be posting it by this Thursday morning. FOr those of you who are wanting Gabriel's Gambit to continue, let's say I was inspired on that and we shall be posting that conclusion to that story as well. Thank you for patience and understanding. Having a major surgery kind of sent my world into a tizzy and I had to juggle a lot of things to keep my life, restaurant, and writing on some level course.

This makes so much sense. One of my stories had about 100 views per chapter and then, chapter 13 had (I don't remember exact numbers but you get the idea) labeled Christmas Present, went to over a 1000 views in a few hours. It always made me scratch my head why views per chapter average close and then suddenly a random chapter has like five times more views. So I am assuming views now are more closer to actual than previous, that helps a bunch.

I think I might have missed the survey, but I love the screenshots and I'm excited to see changes.

And I was looking at that as well since you've been talking about it the last day. I was looking at Popular stories. And you have said that elsewhere before and I just now remembered. 😳

The great wizard says we have been having issues with attacks on our servers, maybe that had something to do with it. I had issues for about five minutes thirty minutes ago.

I think everyone knows I am not very tech savy. When you say underattack, does that mean bots are trying to flood GA's servers? Or is it like hacking attempts? Jason (Not trying to derail but generally curious what that meant)

Something I did makes sense, I believe that might be a first. And I'm still batting a thousand at being unhelpful.

Here is the steps I used. And remember, I said same authors, not same stories. And don't make me feel bad cause I'm bad at tech things. Include both Comedy, Romance, General Fiction Doesn't matter Surprise Me I didn't try other genres, just those three.

I agree, the only thing I want AI to do is look for grammar issues, I don't need suggestions, or anything help making bad sentences, I can do that without AI.

Some people run it through AI to help clean it up as well. Depending on what you feel about AI influencing work.

Honestly, I tried different genres, and search parameters and the same handful of authors popped up each time no matter what options I chose. That being said, I know the new software is on the horizon (end of year anthology plug) so I'm sure other people might find it helpful. I also don't think I have a bunch of data saying what stories I like as I always forget to use that feature so its probably my lack of hitting the button.

I don't edit until I am finished with the entire story. Then when I do go back, I know where I need to add or adjust the narrative to fit the ending. I also believe heavily in re-writes. With some exceptions, most of my stories have been edited/re-written five or six times with certain chapters as many as eight. I found, for me, when going back to edit while I'm writing the story, I spend too much time worrying about a scene that might end up being cut by the time I finish. I also overwrite. I might try multiple takes at the same paragraph, one right after the other, and then worry about choosing one when I'm finished. Then there are times when I can't get the wording right or something feels off about a scene, I'll simply use a place holder IE: Man gets blown up by a goat. Then later on, during the re-write/editing stage, I'll write the scene. Everyone has different approaches and you'll find one that works for you. I'd try out many different methods until you come up with combination that works for you. But try not to edit when the work is still precious. Authors are in love with words, editors serve the story first and foremost. Two different hats, two different ways of looking at the same material. I'm sure that's not helpful but I rarely am, so there's that.

PS Cassie, this is exactly the kind of story I love.

If you think this is the last time I'll be touching on this comment, we are both wrong.

Oh I'm caught up, and I do enjoy the story, all ten chapters, but from here on out it slips into my sweet spot. .

So I'm caught up. And I know you are the author, and gave us a bit of insight into Rhaelce switching to his POV (I shan't comment on that trick) and you plainly wrote he foiled a plan to hurt The Malik. Which would mean my earlier assumption was wrong. Well, you'd be wrong in assuming that. I just realized that drawings I saw of Thirdly is all about Rhaelce. I kind of felt a bit foolish as I picture him a bit more like the lizard people in V the Final Battle. I enjoyed this chapter, minus the nightmare, and it looks like I might have been wrong about Rhaelce motivations but I think I'm right about the foursome being around for a while.

Another mis-matched couple. Also searching for a way home. It stands to reason that one portal, must be more. This doesn't bang any alarm bells, unless Cassie is being vague. I think this is a foursome that will be together for a long time. I mean, Thirdly drew them which means they are part of the team. So they've been gone for over a month, so they weren't near a coast, and they are still in the wood area. I'd be interested to know how Chi and friend met. I'm sure will find out more over the coming chapters.

So full disclosure, I never bought the reason Malik was asked "Can Run". I don't think the mother wants to hurt The Malik. I think there is a desire to get revenge on whatever hurt his sister. And he used that as an excuse to manipulate The Malik. The high priest could have killed Malik long ago, so I doubt he'd be behind a plot now. If the mother is coming for them, I say she wants to bring them back. I'll see if I'm write when she catches up to them. she will, hunters never let their prey get away. Great worldbuilding and I'm glad a took a few weeks off so I can binge whilst the husband put the kitchen back together.

So we all know you can write emotions and make things heartfelt. But what got me was "can run". Yes! The Malik, run. I thought about him getting blame, a curse, a pox, brought upon that house. He wasn't really liked anyway. Better to go, I'll follow you to the mountains. Great chapter, just a bit better than the ones proceeding it.

So I think once again I am of difference opinion than others. I didn't have feelings about the little ones good or bad. I see this as simply a fact of life on this world/universe/reality. I think what makes this chapter so good is how Malik tries to find a way to fit in during a time of grief. It also give him the reason to head towards the mountains now there will be searching for "revenge". I think showing this dynamic is important for character development, but I am ready for the story to progress away from domestic life and experience more of this world.

SO I had a great idea for this contest. THe problem, I'm barely into the story and already at 50K words. The cutoff is 30K. I don't know how to write a short story.

Thank you! I was seeing the reactions come through and I was tickled that you seemed to be flying through it. I am working on Part Two, and after three chapters of two other stories are posted, the next thing I post with be Part Two, that is my next project. So thank you for your comment. Full Disclosure: I am doing my re-writes of Part Two, so it might be a bit before I feel like I could post the chapters. But it should be before the end of this year. Thank you again.

I constantly go back and revise my story chapters and I don't mention it to anyone. The important part is the story, how many people read the comments vs just read the words you shared.

So Jason Rimbaud & I made a video for R. There, I fixed it for you.

You haven't showered for 10 days straight. Why? What are the consequences? This hit a bit too close to home! It wasn't ten days, but after my surgery it was multiple days I went without a proper shower. The consequences, the husband tried to kill me in the shower. True story, not ten days ago. .