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This is the first Friday of 2017, and this is the story so far:
Sets 1 & 2: 7 items
Sets 3 & 4: 6 items
Sets 5 - 8: 5 items
Set 9: 4 items
Sets 10 - 13: 3 items
Sets 14 - 18: 2 items
Sets 19 - 26: 1 item
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After today's set we have the following status:
Set 1: 7 items
Sets 2 - 6: 6 items
Sets 7 - 10: 5 items
Sets 11 - 15: 4 items
Sets 16 - 23: 3 items
Sets 24 - 34: 1 item
One story is promised for our 20th anniversary so far
Early warning: I am unavailable to post any stories on 18th January. We will simply miss that day out
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Today is, of course, our 20th anniversary. We have published the anniversary set and the queue status from here is as follows:
Sets 1 - 3: 7 items
Sets 4 - 7: 6 items
Sets 8 - 12: 5 items
Sets 13 - 20: 4 items
Sets 21 on, 2 items. I have not planned past set 31.
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Things are looking good:
Sets 1 & 2: 7 items
Sets 3 - 9: 6 items
Sets 10 - 16: 5 items
Set 17: 4 items
Sets 18 - 20: 3 items
Sets 21 - 28: 2 items
Sets 29 - 63: 1 item
One entry is promised so for for Black and White Boys
No-one has suggested a St Valentine's Day story yet, but I'm up for it.
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We have a very interesting crop of stories we're harvesting at present. More than one is a tough read. One of those seems lighter, yet is not, and is published posthumously.
Today's set has been published, as usual. The 'story' so far is below:
Sets 1 - 6: 7 items
Sets 7 - 9: 6 items
Sets 10 - 14: 5 items
Sets 15 - 17: 3 items
Sets 18 - 25: 2 items
Sets 26 - 60: 1 item
No submissions yet for Black and White Boys, though one is promised so far.
I'm happy to do a Valentine's Special if enough folk enjoy writing one, otherwise I'll sneak the Valentine's tales in 'somehow'.
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After today's issue:
Sets 1 - 6: 7 items
Sets 7 - 11: 6 items
Sets 12 - 14: 4 items
Sets 15 - 20: 3 items
Sets 21 - 22: 2 items
Sets 23 - 57: 1 item
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After today's set, as usual:
Sets 1 - 3: 7 items
Sets 4 - 8: 6 items
Sets 9 - 11: 4 items
Sets 12 - 17: 3 items
Sets 18 & 19: 2 items
Sets 20 - 54: 1 item
No entries yet for Black and White Boys
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Things look calm in the queue area:
Sets 1 - 5: 7 items
Sets 6 - 8: 5 items
Sets 9 - 16: 3 items
Sets 17 - 24: 2 items
Sets 26 - 51: 1 item
The long tail is to handle a three volume tale. Yes, there are 51 more chapters in that set of books. As you can see there is a just short of two week queue now for new work. That's ok, though not optimal. I prefer one week's worth of queue. The less obvious news is that there is room for two new items in set 6, and space for more opens up very fast
Black & White boys has one entry. I have at least one more promised.
The next challenge is previewed on the home page. Not a picture, it incorporates an excellent idea by a forum member.
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Timmy, thank you for for the weekly updates.
Three years ago, I was very discouraged with the progress of updates here. Now the site runs like clockwork (or so it appears to us on the outside) You and Megaman have done wonders in streamlining things. Long may the site run smoothly!
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"Bisexual_Guy wrote on Sat, 25 February 2017 14:16"Timmy, thank you for for the weekly updates.
Three years ago, I was very discouraged with the progress of updates here. Now the site runs like clockwork (or so it appears to us on the outside) You and Megaman have done wonders in streamlining things. Long may the site run smoothly!
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I think we were all concerned at the publishing rate. Megaman has created a scheme behind the scenes that lets me publish almost as simply as pressing a button. There's more to it than that, but it is not hugely arduous
Thank you for your praise, I appreciate it. We'll still have problems form time to time, but they are foreseeable, probably!
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It took me longer than usual to get today's set out. We had a plumber in to fix our heating. Now, here is the curretn status
Sets 1 & 2: 7 items
Sets 3 - 5: 6 items
Sets 6 - 13: 4 items
Sets 14 - 17: 3 items
Sets 18 - 21: 2 items
Sets 22 - 84: 1 item
Black and White Boys has 2 entries, both of which are good, but that will be your judgement, not mine
Nothing yet for Christmas. Which reminds me, we seem to have misplaced N Fourbois, the maestro of gay Pantomime. No posts on the forum for ages and no new stories.
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Today has been personally hectic. I've been under my kitchen sink wiring in a new electrical spur, which is why Black and White Boys has been delayed by a day. And we now have heating and hot water.
Set 1: 7 items
Set 2: 6 items
Sets 2 - 10: 4 items
Sets 11 - 14: 3 items
Sets 15 - 18: 2 items
Sets 19 - 81: 1 item
We need a few more tales.
I do have good news. Doug Smith is back writing again after a lengthy pause
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A little light on volume per set for a while:
Sets 1 - 7: 4 items - loads of space for new tales, starting now!
Sets 8 - 11: 3 items
Sets 12 - 15: 2 items
Sets 16 - 78: 1 item
I have been asked to try to explain the cryptic nature of these posts. Let me see if I can:
- I post seven or fewer items in a set, unless it is a special event like a challenge
- Where there are fewer than seven items there is space for a new tale, long or short, starting n that set
- There is no third bullet point
Now, this status is posted on a Friday. That status can change immediately, or not at all, wiut the arrival, or not, of new material.
It is actual work to tell you in advance the content of the sets. This site is a hobby 
[Updated on: Fri, 17 March 2017 09:22]
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We are in the unusual position of being short on stories, though I do have a long serial promised. 49 6,000 word chapter are already complete and more is coming after. The author is just making a judgement of when we might start.
The queue after today's set is thus:
Sets 1 - 4: 4 items. This means that we have space for up to three new tales starting at once
Sets 5 - 8: 3 items
Sets 9 - 12: 2 items
Sets 12 - 75: 1 item
As a reminder, the long tail is a set of sequential tales form one author, followed by a stand alone tale. I do not run more than one tale by the same author at the same time if I can help it. Why? Because different folk like different authors, so packing the sets with the same one removes readership, potentially from the site as a whole.
I'm not desperate for new stories. We can go the next 75 sets as we are if that is the sum total of great tales about at present, though I doubt that. I'm not finding too many good ones right now, so maybe you and your friends can surprise me?
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We are still a little light with tales
Sets 1 & 2: 5 items
Sets 3 - 6: 4 items
Sets 7 - 10: 3 items
Sets 11 - 18: 2 items
Sets 19 - 73: 1 item
The Black and White Boys challenge seems not to be attracting votes, and the votes it has attracted seem to be mainly for one of the three tales. None of this is in our control, but it is also weird
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We are now rather light on stories
Sets 1 - 3: 4 items
Sets 4 - 7: 3 items
Sets 8 - 27: 2 items
Sets 28 - 70: 1 item
We need good stories, gang.
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We are very light on tales.
Sets 1 - 4: 4 items
Sets 5 - 6: 3 items
Sets 7 - 24: 2 items
Sets 25 - 67: 1 item
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I'm getting pretty comfortable with five items per set.
Sets 1: 5 items. Better not be comfy too long!!
Sets 2 & 3: 4 items
Sets 5 - 13: 3 items
Sets 14 - 29: 2 items
Sets 30 - 64: 1 item
Hmm. Well, that's interesting, but more tales are truly needed
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We have a very slim queue, though new tales are promised
Sets 1 - 4: 4 items
Sets 5 - 20: 3 items
Sets 21 - 34: 2 items
Sets 35 - 55: 1 item
The Sequel Challenge: 2 items
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We resume publishing normally on Monday
Sets 1 - 4: 6 items. We have had a pleasant influx
Sets 7 - 21: 5 items
Sets 22 - 30: 4 items
Sets 31 - 34: 3 items
Sets 35 - 50: 2 items
Sets 51 - 55: 1 item
Voting is slower than one might wish on the Sequel challenge, and one tale is lagging in 'in story' votes
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I'd still like to see more votes in the Sequel Challenge, but what will be will be.
Set 1: 6 items
Sets 2 - 18: 5 items
Sets 19 - 27: 4 items
Sets 28 - 31: 3 items
Sets 32 - 47: 2 items
Sets 48 - 52: 1 item
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Is it June already?
Sets 1 & 2: 6 items. So a new story can start at once
Sets 3 - 15: 5 items
Sets 16 - 24: 4 items
Sets 25 - 28: 3 items
Sets 29 - 44: 2 items
Sets 45 - 49: 1 item
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Sets 1 - 9: 7 items. Wow. a three week queue!
Sets 10 - 14: 6 items
Sets 15 - 22: 5 items
Sets 23 - 25: 4 items
Sets 26 - 41: 2 items
Sets 43 - 46: 1 item
Crimson Challenge, 1 entry so far
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As normal we have gone from famine to feast!
Sets 1 - 11: 7 items. The queue is now almost four weeks. Acceptable, but only just.
Sets 12 - 19: 6 items
Sets 20 - 22: 5 items
Sets 23 - 38: 3 items
Sets 39 - 42: 2 items
Set 43: 1 item
One confirmed and one promised entry for the Crimson Challenge
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The queue is pretty healthy:
Sets 1 - 8: 7 items. That means just over two weeks until the first gap. But remember that site vacation 7 -21 July
Sets 9 - 16: 6 items
Sets 17 - 19: 5 items
Sets 20 - 35: 3 items
Sets 36 - 39: 2 items
Set 40: 1 item
Crimson Challenge has 3 entries
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I have managed a set before leaving for vacation. Go me!!!
Status now:
Sets 1 - 12: 7 items. We have a queue now of four weeks. I will have to work out how to handle that on my return
Sets 13 - 18: 5 items
Sets 19 - 26: 4 items
Sets 27 - 28: 3 items
Sets 29 - 32: 2 items
Set 33: 1 item
Crimson Challenge, 3 entries so far, hoping for more.
Normal service resumes on the 22nd
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This is where we are:
Sets 1 - 10: 7 items. That makes the queue for new work just over three weeks
Sets 11 - 15: 5 items
Sets 16 - 23: 4 items
Sets 24 - 25: 3 items
Sets 26 - 29: 2 items
Set 30: 1 item
I really must decide on the next writing challege, but I am busy refurbishing parts of my house right now
[Updated on: Fri, 28 July 2017 11:55]
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The queue is still a tad too long for new entries, but it's decreasing because we haven't had any new entries for a while. The queue is alwasy a paradox.
Sets 1 - 6: 7 items. This means a two week queue
Sets 7 - 11: 5 items. Space for two new entries
Sets 12 - 19: 4 items
Sets 20 & 21: 3 items
Sets 22 - 25: 2 items
Set 26: 1 item
Those of you waiting to see your new work come out will now know it will happen within 6 sets
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Set 1: 7 items
Sets 2 - 5: 6 items. Zero queue, pretty much
Set 6: 5 items
Sets 7 - 13: 4 items
Sets 14 & 15: 3 items
Sets 16 - 19: 2 items
Set 20: 1 item
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We are entering a skinny patch for new stories. The queue length is currently zero.
Sets 1 & 2: 6 items
Set 3: 5 items
Sets 4 - 10: 4 items
Sets 11 & 12: 3 items
Sets 13 - 16: 2 items
Set 17: 1 item
In His Room has one entry so far.
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Heading into a famine. Life was ever thus!
Sets 1 - 7: 4 items
Sets 8 - 9: 3 items
Sets 10 - 13: 2 items
Set 14: 1 item
One entry so far for "In His Room"
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Even the long tail is short right now. I suspect that will change just as I am about to despair that it ever will! I hope so. We have never had so short a queue.
Set 1: 6 items
Set 2: 5 items
Set 3: 4 items
Sets 4 - 7: 3 items
Set 8: 2 items
The In His Room challenge has two entries
There are no submissions yet for Halloween
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Well, we are running on fumes now:
Sets 1 - 4: 3 items
Set 5: 2 items
In His Room has three entries
We have six tales for Halloween
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Here is where we are:
Set 1:5 items
Set 2: 4 items
Sets 3 - 23: 1 item
Halloween: 7 items
So there is definitely a queue problem. They have a habit of solving themselves though. Hope this one does. The long tail is works by one author
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The queue is not in a great state.
Set 1, on Monday, has 2 items
Sets 2 - 20 have one item apiece
Halloween is fine. There are eight items.
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We have a long queue, but not a broad queue:
Sets 1 - 17: 2 items
Sets 18 - 20: 1 item
Halloween is healthy with eight stories.
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The queue is long enough, but rather thin
Sets 1 - 13: 3 items
Sets 14 - 16: 2 items
Halloween beckons, and has 8 items
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The one thing I can say is that Halloween looks healthy!
Sets 1 - 10: 3 items
Sets 11 - 13: 2 items
That's it, though there will be a couple of "Hello Buoys!" vignettes in the next week or two as well.
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We're back towards a decent queue. Not there yet, though:
Sets 1 - 7: 4 items
Set 8: 3 items
Sets 9 - 11: 2 items
That's it!
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Starting to get a little nervous over the queue:
Sets 1 - 4: 4 items
Set 5: 3 items
Sets 6 - 8: 2 items
I do have promises of a couple of tales to arrive soonish, but, readers and authors all, the talent well is by no means exhasuted. I've emailed a couple of authors from whom I have incomplete works, and I am waiting for another to send me the balance of his serial, but we need some research.
You know instinctively the quality we publish. If you find an author whose quality is high please ask them to consider the place!
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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