By 11:00 I had performed my weekly clean up of the condo. I always started out by cleaning both bathrooms, getting the least favorite chore out of the...way early. Sheets were changed, laundry was washed, folded and put away and every floor had been either vacuumed or mopped. I had just put down my duster and was about to turn on the TV when I heard a knocking at my front door.I opened my door to find my neighbor Jill and her very excited daughter, Sandy. They were wearing swimsuits with little. I was nervous as I found out more of what Matt expected me to do in exchange for living in the house completely free.They started a list of what they would want me to do as their slave girl with no possessions and no rights. Matt, Barry, Edwin, and Anson kept adding and subtracting from the list as they discussed with me the things they expected me to do as their slave and what I expected of them as my owners.And I was naked during all the intense discussions.I was quite scared and shy and. (nanomage) On demand publishing? Fantastic!(jchalker) On demand publishing is for real now. Several companies are heavily into it and even some distributors like Ingram.On demand may be the way to go for backlist titles like SOUL RIDER but there's no front money to pay the mortgage.(SirLee) Well, about the stories that happen abroad, how much research do you do on geography, culture etc.? (Being a Brazilian, that interests me). By the way, how did the Brazil references get started?(jchalker). "Very dreadful night tonight. I wouldn't want to be outside tonight. Good thing that you stopped by here. Do you know that many cars end up in accidents because of the heavy rain and the mudslides!!" she exclaimed.This wasn't a conversation Tom wanted to have.He was, however, quite hungry. He was content on driving and not wasting too much time on the road that he neglected to get himself something to eat."Do you have a restaurant around here?" he asked.The receptionist looked at the clock.