GRoEM: Chapters overall

'General Reflections on Experimental Medicine' 'GRoEM' "Gro Em" lol. That is nice.

Anyway, here comes the gamut of tests, almost like the doctor is right here with you. Didn't you know there would be a test when you started reading this mess half a decade ago? Well this is how we learn.

Your first test, should you choose to accept it, is to please share with me what chapters of the story you liked the best! I will try to summarize/jog your memory on the general contents of each of the chapters in the answers. Feel free to pick as many as you'd like.

(Please vote for your favorite chapters)  Below is a moment of personal reflection. Read at your own risk (Of boredom. Ayy.)

Just shy of 150,000 words. At least in this rough format. Tremendous! Longer than the Hobbit! Longer than 20,000 leagues under the sea! Just about the same length as 50 shades of Grey. (That one intrigued me.)

What a journey.

This story has been one of the early defining moments and responses from readers on reddit and in direct messages ultimately inspired me to start this patreon and also take the time to finish it. It is far from a career by any means, but I am putting in the effort to take (what once was) a frivolous hobby I got off to and pushing it in that direction. It has been really exciting. To be frank, I am in the same camp as many in that my daily job doesn't bring me as much satisfaction as I'd like it to. Just how things are when they become monotonous or you have co-workers and bosses who aren't very adaptable or open to changes.  So writing has been an absolute boon for me mentally and emotionally.

I want to thank you my dear Patrons of course, and also to the multitude of readers who have clicked thumbs-ups, likes, and especially those who have commented over the years on my stories. All of it has helped and supported me.

As I continue to re-write, edit, polish, and release this story in parts and ultimately as a standalone novel I hope that it will only improve and deepen the enjoyment readers get from it going forward.

Thanks as always for your interest in my work and know that your votes on these polls and comments and feedback are important to me. I changed the ending of this book, or at least modified it largely in part to the results of a poll that many of you voted in.

Seeing the word counts bouncing up and down and all around for those first few chapters and then seeing them clonk into tasty 15~20k hekkin' chonkers was interesting for me. I wanted to write a novel and I did. I pray in the editing process I can cut some of those chapters down a bit!  I feel I got a bit too gratuitous at times. Anyway. I am getting onto a tangent from my tangent.

Thanks as always and happy voting.

~Michelle