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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 5358871" data-attributes="member: 143">Well, it’s finally done. I started posting stories here at ENWorld in 2001, when I began writing installments for a story that would take a small group of heroes across the length and breadth of Faerun. Now, nine years later, I’ve completed five stories with a combined total of over 2.2 million words. Looking quickly over my threads, I’ve calculated that I’ve gotten more than two thousand reader posts and over 300,000 page views. I have had a lot of readers post support and appreciation, and have had a lot of fun interacting with the community here. I often go back and read the comments on my threads, and appreciate both the support and the constructive criticism that folks have offered. I’ve learned to never say never, and X-COM did end on a hook for a sequel, but I’m shifting my focus to writing novels for now. Just this weekend I published my third novel on Smashwords.com (<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/27878" target="_blank">Paths of the Chosen</a>), and am about 50,000 words into a fourth. Those two books are part of a planned trilogy that I’m going to post for free (Smashwords has a “pay however much you want” option that I like). If you enjoy them, you’re welcome to send a few bucks my way, or to post a review, but neither is necessary. Once I finish those books, I plan on revisiting the worlds I created in Of Spells and Demons and Heart of a Hero, and see where those stories take me. Finally, I have been rereading and editing my five-book series The Trials of Alderan, which I wrote between 1992 and 2000. As my first works they’re a bit rough, but I may polish them up some and also offer them as free downloads.Selling novels is a heck of a lot harder than earning views here at ENWorld (and even that isn’t easy, given the quality of the competition), but it’s something I’ve long wanted to try. Even if I only sell 20 copies, at least I can say I’ve gotten my creative work out there. Thanks again to all my readers, who have read and posted and enjoyed these stories over the years. I would have probably given up on writing fiction altogether if it hadn’t been for your support. Until next time,Ken “Lazybones” McDonald</blockquote>

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