Is A Week A Long Time?

I’ve been very busy lately. Yes, with my day job, but also with my writing. I hope you saw the teaser for my new series ‘Odd Job Ollie’. I’m enjoying writing it, and Ollie is certainly given some odd jobs. The writing of the series will come to a close shortly, and then I’ll be going back to edit the many chapters I have written. After the main story concludes, I hope to return to Ollie’s story and write more about the Odd Jobs he gets up to as standalone stories. So, if you have any odd jobs for him, email oddjobollie@explorecockaigne.uk or click his advert below to be directed to the story page where you can leave a comment with your odd jobs, and it might be turned into a story.

This post, however, is about the gap between posting chapters or stories. Is a week a long time to wait for the next chapter? Or would you like a mid-week update? When I start posting the new series, I will definitely be trying to deliver two chapters a week.

Do you like the wait to find out what happens? Does it make reading more exciting? Is anticipation half the fun, and so you spend the week waiting for the next chapter, wondering what the characters might get up to next?
Email me or leave a comment to let me know your opinions.

Meet Odd Job Ollie

Some flyers are being pushed through the letterboxes of Cockaigne. A young man, fresh out of College, has decided to start his own business as a handyman and is looking for work. Eighteen-year-old Ollie doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps and work for Cockaigne Construction; he wants to be his own boss.

The next series will follow Ollie as he builds his business and navigates interactions with local establishments, elderly ladies and horny customers. But Ollie’s decision has consequences.

If you have a job you’d like done, from household repairs to gardening, drop him an email and he may be able to accommodate you. But get in quick before his calendar fills up. After reading about how he leaves his customers completely satisfied, you’ll regret not having him come around.

Charlie & Nick by David Heulfryn

We return to the chronicles of the Dickinson family this week. Nick is the assistant manager of the local sports retailer. He and Charlie open the shop in the morning, and they soon see a young man waiting by the door for the store to open. They take pity on him and let him in early. He needs to buy some new rugby boots, and the brothers help him in several ways.