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INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 25, The Naughty Nanny

Well, I have more writing time on my hands this week since I am in isolation due to a Covid exposure. I'm doing well. I'm vaccinated, got Regeneron treatment, and generally just have to stay in my house for the next eight days or so. Not a bad deal, really. In any case, I was able to pump out the next chapter. This one kind of veered off from where I initially meant for it to go, but I went with it and ended up with something I rather like. I hope you all like it as well. Let me know, as alwa...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 24, Turning the Tables

The Kingsleys have strange visitors in the early morning hours. And then, it's time to negotiate with National again. The gloves come off. As always, let me know how I'm doing. The first part of this chapter perhaps does not advance the storyline all that much, but it is a slice of the life that the Kingsleys lead and I thought it important to include it. Tell me what you think.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 23, Negotiations and Disclosures

I asked the question and the Patrons spoke up. So, here it is, the fourth chapter for the month. It is not as boring as the chapter title might imply. As always, please give me your feedback on the direction I'm going. Only a few more chapters left in Book 5 and your feedback has always helped me shape the story.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 22, The New Life

A week in the life of the new reality for Jake and Laura. That, and the rumors fly about why Jake and the the other former members of Intemperance are all utilizing a recording studio in southern Oregon. This one poured out of me easily, in only two days, and I drew further upon my memories of being a new father. As always, let me know how I'm doing. I will respectfully ask that if you are simply pointing out a typo and not offering insight into the story, that you do it in the message box in...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 21, The Cadence of Life

The moment arrives and a new character is born - literally. Though it has been twenty-eight years now since I watched my first child emerge into the world, I remember the sights and sound, the feelings and emotions like they were yesterday. I tried my best to convey the experience here. Sorry if it's a little sappy, but it's honest. As always, let me know how I'm doing. 

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 20, Working It All Out

The bands head up to Oregon to start recording and Laura gets closer and closer to the day of reckoning. Plans are laid by a few and romance is in the air for a secondary character who deserves a little loving after all this time. As always, let me know how I'm doing.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 19, Keeping in Time

Jake and Matt give working together again a try. Can it work? Diplomacy is definitely in play in this one. And will Matt drive Jake insane even if it does work? And what's in a name anyway? As always, let me know how I'm doing.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 18, I Would Swallow My Pride

Thanks to the continued oppressive heat and wildfire smoke in the Sacramento Valley (but there is no such thing as global warming), I was able to quickly resolve the cliffhanger from the last chapter during my days-off period. It's back to work for 3 days tomorrow, but for now, please enjoy the showdown. I believe I have stayed completely within everyone's character during this chapter and that decisions that have been made go along with that. Let me know if you agree or disagree if you pleas...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 17, The Best Vacation

Things are starting to move along more quickly now, or are they? As always, let me know how I'm doing. Your feedback shapes the story to a strong degree. 

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 16, Triple Play

This is a pivotal chapter. I have spent most of this book gently and subtlety nudging things in this direction in order to maintain suspension of disbelief for when it finally occurs while simultaneously trying to not give you all foreshadowing that it was going to happen. Please let me know how I did in that regard and I hope that everyone enjoys the events that take place here. I certainly enjoyed writing it.

I'm including a link for a real estate listing in Malibu if anyone is intere...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 15, Ziggy

Well, since it is Satan's butthole hot here in the central valley of California (100+ over every one of the last six days and to continue for the next week) and, since the hot air outside is choked with smoke from wildfires, I was able to spend my days off continuously writing in the comfort of my air conditioned home. As such, I've managed to pound out another chapter. This one has some Matt and his situation, some Kingsleys and their situation. There is a lot of technical medical stuff in t...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 14, Urban Legend

A bizarre tale is told about Jake and Laura and they are astounded to find that there are many who actually believe it. But they do have some ammunition of their own in this battle.  As always, let me know how I'm doing. This was an enjoyable chapter to write and I hope everyone likes it as much as I did.

Intemperance (and solo artist) discographies

No charge for this post. After I posted my brief Intemperance discography a few weeks ago, one of my patrons, Brandon, took up the project to make a more complete and accurate discography complete with dates, sales figures. charting, and profits when available. He spent countless hours researching and compiling this list and did a bang-up job to create a document that I will now use for my own reference material when I write further chapters and need to refer to this information. Brandon, I t...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 13, Touching Bases

The rest of the visit with Laura's brother and plans for the future, including a bit of a bombshell. As always, let me know how I'm doing, particularly with Laura's family. They kind of grew on me a bit as I composed these last few chapters and they strongly resemble Mrs. Steiner's brother and his family. 

Intemperance discography

Standard disclaimer: there is no charge for this post as it is not a story chapter.  It turns out that when I was discussing Intemperance's legacy on this forum recently, I misspoke myself when I said that Intemperance had released 4 studio albums, 1 live album, and 1 Greatest Hits album at this point in the storyline. I kept having this nagging feeling that I was wrong about that, so I went through my past notes and the past manuscripts and compiled a discography for Intemperance. It tu...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 12, Family Ties

Laura reconnects with someone from her past and brings Jake along for the ride. Jake experiences a bit of culture shock. And a new plot twist is possibly showing its head. As always, keep the feedback coming. Nothing in this chapter was really foreshadowed in any way, but it was not really possible to do that. Let me know how I did.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 11, The Water Recedes

The second half of the TSF and the aftermath of it. As always, let me know how I'm doing and if I'm staying in character and maintaining suspension of disbelief. Some soul-searching occurs in this one, as well as a few moments that Matt approves of.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 10, Tsunami

Are you ready to rock and roll?! I certainly hope so, because this chapter has a whole lot of it. This one is a pivotal chapter in several ways and I hope I did a good job of describing the TSF. Please let me know, as always, how I'm doing. Your comments are helping me shape the story more than you can imagine.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 9, Lost Wages

Thank you all for your continued support. I'm hoping that this will be another 3 chapter month. I just finished chapter 9 and my momentum is strong. I have scheduled vacation coming up after my next work rotation and nowhere to go, so I should be able to write a lot. Please keep the comments coming, particularly now that I'm getting into the meat of the novel. I think I've covered all the bases and closed or at least addressed all the strings to a satisfactory degree, but let me know if there...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 8, Blurring the Line

I managed to squeak out 3 chapters this month as the pace of the story is picking up and I've had more days off than usual. Please keep up the feedback as it truly helps me shape the upcoming chapters. Something that a few of you have asked for takes place, to some degree, in this one. It seemed the right circumstance in the narrative to bring it up. Who knows where it will lead? Not even I do at this point.

INTEMPERANCE V -- Chapter 7, Dreams and Schemes and Circus Crowds

Due to having some time off work of late and nowhere to go, I have been a bit more productive. This will likely be a 3 chapter month. Here is the latest. As always, let me know what you think. 

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 6, I Just Wanna Fly

Minor retcons will be applied to Chapter 1. One of my Patrons is from Colombia and gave me some good advice about scenes in Colombia in particular and South America in general. I have incorporated that advice into some minor changes to Chapter 1 which will be reflected in this chapter - mostly having to do how one should get around in Bogota in the mid-90s. I understand that this chapter does not do a whole lot to advance the overall plot of the story- at least not obviously. Hopefully you wi...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 5, The Tax Man

This chapter is a few pages shorter than normal, but I said everything I needed to say in it and did not want to just add extraneous narrative for the sake of reaching an arbitrary minimum. I also will have to retcon a tad in an earlier chapter. As one of my Patrons pointed out to me a few chapters back, Matt's middle name is Norman, something I'd forgotten when I wrote his hotel name as "Alan" or "Glenn" or something like that. In any case, there's lots of Matt in this one. Hope you enjoy an...

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 4, Revelations

I will have to retcon the previous chapter just a tad. Instead of a five day break between the end of the US Celia Valdez tour and the start of the Canadian portion, I will have to make it seven days to accommodate the timeline of this chapter. Sorry for the inconvenience. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I certainly did. As always, please let me know how I'm doing. 

INTEMPERANCE V, Chapter 3, Taxes, Trolls, and Tribulations

Starting to get into the meat of the story here in Book 5. As always, I live to hear what you all think about the direction I'm moving. Keep the comments coming.

INTEMPERANCE V, Chapter 2: Tonight's the Night

Don't want to say much about this one for fear of spoilers. But please let me know what you think about it.

INTEMPERANCE V - Chapter 1, Our First Stop

And here is the first chapter of Book 5 of the Intemperance saga. Thank you all for continuing to hang in here with me. This will probably be the last book in the primary story, but... I thought that Book 3 was going to be the last book when I started it as well... so we'll see. The story picks up shortly after Book IV left off and I'm not doing much intensive recapping of previous storylines on the theory that not many people will be be starting the saga from this point and that anyone readi...

Intemperance IV release

The usual disclaimer: I am not charging for this post. I just want to let everyone who is interested know that Intemperance IV is now available in its entirety in Kindle format on Amazon.  I will now start working on Intemperance V and will hopefully have the first chapter out by the end of February.  Thank you all for you support.

INTEMPERANCE IV, Chapter 26, Smooth Operator

And so is posted the final chapter of Intemperance IV. Thank you all for following along and supporting me through all of this. Please let me know, as always, how you liked this chapter in particular and Book IV in general. I will be working over the next few weeks to do a final edit and format of Book IV for Kindle format and publication on Amazon. At the same time, however, I will be transitioning into starting Book V (which will likely be the final book, but I can't say for sure at this po...

A thought on the subtitle for Book IV

The usual disclaimer: You are not being charged for this post. Only new chapters of the Intemperance tale are charged.

That being said, I'd like to throw out my thought on what the ultimate subtitle of Intemperance IV--I am now writing what is likely the last chapter of it before I start Book V--should be changed to. As I mentioned before, I originally subtitled the book "Never Say Never" with the thought that that subtitle would be relevant by the end. Well... I didn't get to that part...