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| Oh, BMW gods.... Why have thou smitten me with a dead starter motor! Anyway, guess where it is... right at the bottom of the darn engine at the back under all of the intake manifold, oil extractor and a dozen other things... I really think the BMW engineers hate humanity  Yeah, yeah, I should have replaced it when I was in there two years ago. Not doing it myself this time, it can go to BM workshop then sold... I just don't have the energy to spend hours digging through an E90 engine bay. Normally I would but not this time. I miss my Nissan Silvia S14  An M-sport is a fun car... and then you have to pay for repair or parts. Believe me the fun fades really quick hahaha. |
| And as promised, first few chapters of Book One are available here to read. Took a bit to get it to look as close to the book formatting as possible. https://davidstoneauthor.wixsite.com/davidstone/copy-of-books |
❄️Krista❄️  - Thank you, it has taken a lot of work to get it looking like that. I have a very close friend and fellow writer who is an artist and she made the art/backgrounds for me. |
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| Jeepers, what a cool story. I know it's fantasy, but the Black Hand kinda threw me off... Isn't that a bit trite? |
Reply| Amethyst Agape Angel ♡ - Oh it makes sense as the story progresses and fits the narrative of who they are. I wanted something mundane in a sense, obvious, self-important and grandiose. Just the sort of name such a self-absorbed group would give itself and considering the larger series it fits well. So trite is exactly what was expected. |
Reply| Hello all. Yes, I have been a bit quiet of late as life... well, it happens. Between losing my teaching job thanks to cuts, life has been a little crazy. Had to cut back on costs and my subscription here was one of those things cut back on along with many others. However, somehow through all the crazy that was 2025 I managed to publish, and close to publishing two more novels this year (Book Two of my current series is in alpha read right now). Anyway, I am not sure if this is allowed here but the Sir Julius Vogel Awards are now open for nominations. Possibly a bit cheeky posting this here but I thought why not as there are likely other writers here on Writing.com from New Zealand you know who could do with a nomination as well. E.L Julian a local horror writer comes to mind https://www.eljulian.com/ My published work can be seen here through links to Amazon, and I will have the first two chapters available to read later today as I update the webpage  https://davidstoneauthor.wixsite.com/davidstone Link to Sir Julius Vogel Awards nominations below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfKa9UaFeYh1QpGkZO1zks-UJG1u2TRfntJfQx... Anyway, thanks all, and yes, I am still lurking and reading the newsfeed. Things are just a bit tight right now as you can imagine. |
| And I have a webpage It will be expanded over time and the art designer for it did an amazing job https://davidstoneauthor.wixsite.com/davidstone |
| Last of the print proofs arrived. Amazon took a little bit to sort, but life happens, I guess. https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOtls-zqoq/ |
| Posted a little about Beta Readers over on my Instagram. They are worth their weight in gold. https://www.instagram.com/p/DNHcbIfSQcs/ |
Random Queen ☮  - Yeah more or less the same thing. Critique of track and mix is common before signing off on a project. |
| That moment when it hits you how much work you have left to go before the series is finished.... Three to finish writing in series one and five in the parallel series. Although, many parts are written out already as I have a habit of not working in any sort of liner fashion Update and a little screenshot of Scrivener over on my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/david_stone2535/ |
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