Working On The Final Draft

By Daddy

Las Vegas, NV — Working on the two way merge of the chapter. Thank-you to the Cabana members that critiqued, your suggestions will be merged in on Friday.

Yesterday, I received a note that the chapter I've been writing has been accepted for publication: "My co-editors and I believe it will make a significant contribution to the book. It sits well with several other chapters that provide insights into the experiences of people like yourself who have worked directly with the industry. This is another very unique and pioneering contribution to the collection. It is also engagingly written."

Less than a month until the Midterm Elections. If you don't like the events of the last few weeks, this is your chance to give America the course correction that it needs. My sample ballot is in my mailbox. I'm not voting by party, I'll voting by the person and looking at their past performance. We need to strongly support the changes we need in our government, if the LGBTQ community is to retain the hard fought rights that we've achieved over the decades.

Thank-you for your donations! We will get a commission for October but it will be only a couple hundred. My reserves are at the 25% level and will be dropping next week. The current projection is that I'll be $500 short for November. Hopefully the Flirt4free commissions will pick up in November. Any help is welcome.

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