I was almost to work today when the tensioner for the serpentine belt on my car blew the bearings and threw the belt.  Not a good start to the day, but at least it went a little better after that.

First, someone from work picked me up and drove me the rest of the way in ( I was right next to the property, but it would have been a long walk or jumping the ditches between the retaining ponds )  Then I managed to get the car picked up without problem.  Before I even got off work, somebody at the garage cancelled, letting them get my car in and fixed today.

Cost me a pretty penny, but at least I don’t have any continuing headache.  I can get up tomorrow, jump in the car, and go to work as normal.  Most of the time when something goes wrong, I have to scramble around trying to get a rental, finding someone to drive me to pick it up, then deal with returning the rental and picking up my car later.  Nightmare.

Data entry on the website ( as it will be when I launch the new pages ) is more or less done.  The only thing left is a new section I’m adding to the “My Work” pages.  I’m going to add a “codes” section similar to what SOL and many other erotic story sites use to help readers steer clear of sexual content that turns them off, or locate kinks that get them hot.

I’ve already finished the reference page for the codes.  It will be on an “Extras” page from “My Work”, along with local full text reviews ( you have to be a member to read the ones on SOL, otherwise ) and a cover browser, just in case anyone has trouble with the lightbox windows I’m using to display them normally.

Might be more on the “extras” page eventually, but that’s the launch features ( all complete ).

What’s left for codes is writing the backend functions to fill/edit the fields, the little snippet that will display them on the pages, and filling in all those fields for each of my stories.

I’ve also finished the Laresa’s World page, liking to all the stories in chronological order, including those by other authors in the chain.  Still need to code one for A Royal Sacrifice.  These links show up when you view my stories “By Series” in the series header, and will probably also appear on the “More” page ( a link that will be greyed out on initial relaunch )

Damn near done with the links and peripheral stuff for displaying information about my story catalogue.  After that, I’ll move on to getting the “My Worlds” link started.  That’s where I’ll have the character descriptions, maps, documents on religion/monsters/magic, etc.  Odds are that I’ll get the backend functions for that coded, fill in a few things, and then activate the link on the front page.  I’ll just add new content as I have time and announce it in my blog.  Should happen much more quickly/regularly than it used to, since I’ll have the easy fill-in-the-blank backend.

Still nothing to really report on the writing front.  Between work and knowing that nothing is going to get posted until Roust is ready to edit again, I’m sort of slowing down for a while.  I’m still musing most of the day at work and writing a little of it every day, but just not in any huge chunks.

Once the initial features for the website relaunch are complete, the odds are that I’ll dive back into writing again.  After all that work, seeing it up and running on the website will make me want to take a break from it to celebrate *laugh*