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Thanks to mjkj's generous donation, there will be Saturday chapters both this week (May 25) and next week (June 1). Everybody thank him!

I'm going on vacation to Israel! It's very exciting. However, I don't know how much time I'm going to have to write or how often I'll be able to get on the internet, so I'll be taking a break from posting. Luckily, it's a short one.

There will be a chapter tomorrow (April 4). Then the next Monday, Thursday, and Monday again will have no chapter. However, there will be new chapters again starting Thursday, April 18th.

Sorry (mostly) to leave you hanging in such an exciting spot in the story!

At least some of you have already seen Mollom, the new spam protection that's been added to Digital Novelists sites! It seems to be working really well. Several people have commented, and I've had no spam comments in the moderation queue--actually, I've had no comments in the moderation queue at all.

I've therefore turned off comment moderating for anonymous users. If you don't have an account, and you're a real person, you no longer have to wait for me to approve your comment before it appears!

Check back on the site this Saturday and next (January 5 and January 12) for two new bonus stories! They were written during one of my Garden of Prose prompt sessions, and now appear in full due to a donation from mjkj.

As you may know, there's a huge hurricane bearing down on the east coast of the US, and that's where I live. So far not much of the storm has reached us, but I thought I'd let everyone know that I'm fine and in a safe place.

It is possible that the power will go out. If the power is out on Wednesday, the Thursday chapter may be late or not go up. Hopefully, that won't happen!

If anyone else out there is in Sandy's path, please stay safe!

I'm sorry to have to do this, especially twice in as many months! But I'm not going to be able to get a chapter written today. I had surgery on my eyelid on Friday--it's pretty minor and I'm fine, but for now I'm having to use eyedrops in one eye, and they're making my vision blurry in that eye. This makes it really uncomfortable to look at a screen. It doesn't seem to be giving me a headache as badly as yesterday... but I haven't been trying as hard, either. And I can't focus my eyes on the screen!

I really apologize--I hoped I wouldn't have to do this--but it doesn't look like I'll have time (or at least enough concentration) to get a chapter written for Monday. I'm on vacation! Things are about to get really exciting in the story, too... ;)

I'll actually be home Sunday night, so there is a possibility that I will be able to get a chapter up. But in case I can't, here's your warning. There will definitely be a chapter as usual on Thursday. Hope you're all having a great vacation!

Thanks to a kind donation from mjkj, there will be an extra chapter this weekend! :) It should go up midnight-ish on Saturday morning, the same as regular Monday and Thursday chapters. I will note that the way things seem to be going lately there's always a chance I won't be able to get it written, but if that's the case, then I'll be sure to let you know. So remember to check back on Saturday!

I've recently written some other long stories that are available free online, on my Dreamwidth journal. I thought you guys might be interested! They are both fantasy, though that is about all they have in common with Chatoyant College.

I'm linking to the main landing page for each story. They have links to each chapter, and each chapter also has next/previous links at the bottom for ease of navigation. You can comment there as anonymous or using OpenID, or if you'd like you can come back to this post to comment.

But Book 9 will start on Monday!