Rooftop Herald: Blog

To all my fellow expatriates who visit this site, Happy Canada Day! Ok, same goes to all those countrymen/women who never left home. I hope everyone enjoys today's celebrations. Stay safe!

One request - quit changing the words to the freaking national anthem! It seems I have to relearn them for every Olympics.

Hi, all.

I just received a question from a reader regarding Lenox Mall in Atlanta and the shootings that have occurred there. The story you're reading was written approximately three years ago, well before any of this year's actions took place. It was not my intent to bring to mind the circumstances of those events at Lenox Square. It was simply a tragic coincidence.

RH

(No Spoilers)

I sat down a couple of days ago and put together a 'Top Five' list of scenes I liked the best in The Dance. We've already passed one of them - Chapter 11 - and tomorrow we're coming up on a second one, late in Chapter 22. The other three are further on in the tale.

I'm trying to keep to a one-a-day approach to posting, with a bonus on Sundays, so that means, if everything goes to schedule, that you'll have the entire story within another three weeks. I'll open up the comments when all is said and done.

Enjoy.

I had two chapters lined up for posting today but something happened. I don't know if it's because after I had them queued I modified the posting, or if the content of the second chapter was slightly too adventurous for the site, (not that I felt it was either explicit or bawdy). I tried to contact the moderators regarding that, sending an email several days before and then asking again in the posting notes for them to review the content. Hopefully this will be resolved soon and the chapters will be available for your enjoyment.

Well, I thought I'd have to do a lot of rewriting on chapter seven, but it turned out I was wrong. By the way, I hope you all caught the Billy Bob Thornton reference I slipped in there.

If you can bear it, then please indulge me for just a little while longer with Tim and his father's meanderings. The story, which I wrote basically to see if I could do it, is about relationships and growing up. That's why it was important to establish the father-son dynamic as they roamed across the country. I trust it's not a spoiler to say that there will be some additional dynamics coming soon.

My thanks go to those who have contacted me and I hope you all keep reading and enjoying.