It was a pleasure and I am glad you liked it.
As for @freewritehouse . I have been aware of them for a long time and some friendly (to me) posters like to post there, but it is not my cup of tea.
For example....my characters have survived 12 books of about 20,000 paperback publishing and I am stalled on book 13. I love them all and even meet with them in lucid dreams. Some of their adventures (in their books) I was along with them and then wrote of what they had shared with me. I am copying their diary and they realise it because I keep changing what they wrote...so I can honestly say that I am the only writer I know of who is loved by his characters (I did warn them it is not a good idea, but they will not listen (lol - when I write like this, some peeps over here think I am nuts.)
I paused in my writing and for over 2 years I have not been writing...because I felt it is urgent that I get my books on the blockchain. When I first joined, I was warned that anything over 2 pages per post means nobody will read. For nearly 2 years I wasted my time sticking to the Steemit limitations. The one day I woke up and realised I had made a big mistake. I opened 3 new accounts:
old(prime) account is : arthur.grafo - where I now post other things, political etc.
arthur.grafo4 for books 01 to 04
arthur-grafo8 for books 05 to 08
and
arthur,grafo13 for books 09 to 13
These are what I call big posts, of 10 pages each (steem cannot handle anything bigger) and I am close to finishing with book 08 and will then be changing accounts for book 09 and onwards.
I do not expect any steemit member to read, they do not seem to like immersing themselves in the stories they are offered and I have not met any readers here who fall in love with the characters of any of the books.
Still, maybe the blockchain will be useful once I have finished, as I can open a low-cost site with links to my posts....(low-cost as my readers will not be costing me any broadband as they will get my instalments from here.
Now I hear Steemit has been taken over by Tron and they want to migrate us to Tron blockchain, so I do not know whether I have just wasted a few years for nothing.
We'll have to wait and see.
As I get to read your next parts of the story, I will point out any errors...if I see any.
Keep writing, for you do have talent and a vivid imagination. As for your partner, I had sent him a comment, so he should not be feeling so ignored today :)
PS
Either Superman or his parent is called Kael...are you hinting you are related?
Haha! :) No, no; no Krypton relations here. My name came about when I was playing World of Warcraft a decade ago. There is a character in it named Kael'thas, and when I made my own character of his race it seemed more lore-friendly to have a Kael of my own. And Kaelci was born!
I liked it so much that it's ended up sticking with me all these years. Though it's never mentioned, Alexandria's surname is Kael. And the High Magister of the Isles is Caelin, named after a millennia-old ancestor... Cael.
Hey! :D I was planning on doing something similar at some point. I was hoping to be able to achieve it by using wordpress and maybe some sort of widget that connected to the blockchain and could be displayed on the site, but I couldn't find anything currently available to do so.
There is SteemPress, of course, but that wasn't quite what I was after.
There is always development going on though, and I'm not very code-minded, so I hope that one day something like it will be available.
I will admit that I have seen your diaries from time to time when I peruse the fiction section, but felt too daunted to read them because I felt that they were serialised and I couldn't quite catch up to understand what was happening. In that regard, a website where they are all linked in order will be great for readers interested in reading from the start of the series, from page one, book one, without feeling lost.
With the whole TRON + Steemit thing going on, I'm led to believe that TRON only bought Steemit, the website, not STEEM the blockchain. They are simply now the largest stakeholder in the blockchain. As for what the future holds, I'm anxious about it, but I've had faith thus far and will keep posting here... though I have just removed delegations on the off-chance it's wisest to power down. I truly don't think that the past few years have been wasted though. From my understanding the blockchain will still exist and nothing will change that. Except all witnesses going offline forevermore.
There was supposed to be a chat about it today but being on the other side of the world I missed it, I think it's finishing up now so I'm hoping to read a detailed post outlining everything soon.
I mentioned to my partner that his writing had been read by a real person and to come have a look! He's in the US at the moment though so is a bit busier than when he's here in Australia, but he should see it soon. :D He will be happy!