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Chapter 165 (placeholder) (Patreon)

Published:
2023-05-01 03:48:11
Imported:
2026-06

Content

Apologies again for the second placeholder this month (third chapter in total I'll owe you). 

You all know what's been happening in my life recently, so I won't repeat all the grim details. 

Unless there's some new unforeseen disaster in May, I should have several clear weeks to wrap up the outstanding storylines. Everything's all planned out, I just need some clear time to write out the scenes. 

Best wishes,

Tefler

Comments

Evan

I wish you all the best, Tefler, and really do hope that you can get all three chapters done in May, plus a fourth so that you're no longer pre-charging.

Michael56Smith

Okay Tef, 1st problem found, (at least I think so), on page 5 in Word: "A glance across the map showed that Jade had also swept out of range of the enemy guns, the two strike craft keeping the enemy distracted as their slower carrier safely withdrew from combat." ... okay, What CARRIER? where did a carrier come from? alright, back to my reading and enjoying, .. ;-) ttfn

GDay (FMS)

No worries Tef, get the family back on track and move forward from there.

Jester

Tef you are doing an amazing job. Keep your family together and we'll be here when you're ready.

Rayce Royal

WOOHOO!!! Glass half full means that we're getting THREE chapters this month!! I am so looking forward to this :)

andrew finlayson

Ah yes, only Tefler would have the sheer audacity to say this ... " I'm sick and tired of being behind on the releases, so I want to get caught up as quickly as possible." and then put through not one, but two charges for chapters not published. And yes, he wants to issue additional chapters this month. Well, if you really believe that, I have a couple of bridges to sell you.

AzureReader

…unless there’s some new unforeseen disaster? The only thing wrong about that statement is ‘disaster’ is singular. You are a freaking disaster magnet. In some ways your relentless series of unfortunate events is more of a dramatic story than TSM. But this month’s chapter was great. Nicely ramping up. Wear a mask and a helmet and if you have natural gas heating your home shut it off at the street. Good luck.

Michael56Smith

.17: hey there, and some of those hater-hecklers did emerge before Mayday has begun, ... :-) ttfn

raymond sisko

Meh I'm Patient and can wait. He writes a hell of a story so for me I can afford to be lenient. The best laid plans of mice and men.

raymond sisko

As for the guy's with their panties in a bunch all I gotta say is look inside and remember back when you had problems. Shit happens.

TexanInParis

Tefler- You might consider setting up an account on a site like GoFundMe. I, like many others, don’t mind supporting you this way, but I’m sure you’ve lost patrons when you have to continually force your patrons to pay you in advance to stay afloat. I bet there are quite a few of us who would be willing to just pony up some extra support via another website.

Tyrius_Gale

If you were to switch to a monthly payment instead of per chapter, I'd still be funding you (you know, provided you are still releasing something, even if it is only a chapter every other month). I've tried writing myself, just fanfiction in my spare time, and to even write a tenth of what you do takes me a month or more. While I still have my father, I can definitely sympathize with your situation. Take what time you need. I'm sure we'd all rather slower releases of high quality and size than fast releases of poor quality or small size.

Ralf

Maybe you should go back to your old job ?

Edward Hernstadt

Agree that a monthly charge would be easier all around. i would vote for a shift to monthly and fresh start to take the weight off your shoulders. or just a fresh start.

wally ballou

What good will a month charge do? He doesn't have to produce anything and still get paid...somewhat like he is doing now...

Andy Pearson

I am trying to remember...what am I paying for exactly?

AusLoki

i'm invested in the story, literally . but i too hate it when i'm paying for something i'm yet to read. shit happens, i know myself and i'm sure many others are facing financial hardship or looking for somewhere to live. these small amounts keep coming though when it was originally a one time thing. when i purchase a book, i can see it and know what i'm getting is complete. here it is a cross between the never ending story (which is great in one aspect) or a tom hanks movie chasing the great Abernathy around the world.

Newnotsure

Yes you can set it to once per month

Bill

So what do you guys think about this - I suggested it to Tefler. To help him out of the hole of 3 placeholders. What is the average number of words per chapter??? What about charging 1 time each month - but he would deliver 3/4 of a chapter every 3 weeks until he is caught up. It would not be any additional work for him - but it would get him caught up. When he catches up he can go back to 1 story a month.

Tony Bates

Of all the authors I support here, Tefler's chapters are six to ten times the words for the same support request. The chapter just released could have been six of Schinhofen's, and I'm happy with his, ecstatic even. Smaller chapters more frequently would e be awesome

Unresolved Plots

@Bill. Great idea imho. If Tefler makes the next few chapters 10K words each for instance, which as Tony Bates pointed out is still much more than most other Patreon authors, then we all win. He is more likely to be caught up and out of any financial issues he has and we get the story in smaller but quicker installments.

Phelan Hood

If people got charged 3 times that means 162 was paid for twice, once as a "placeholder" and again at release. Does this mean we're being asked to pay twice for every "placeholder" chapter?

BrianM

I got charged for two chapters this month. The third place holder chapter was from last month.

BrianM

I see that Tefler has just posted another chapter on Literotica (145) and he posted 144 last month. Note that he posted 142 in April last year and 143 last October so it looks like he is really trying to get back on track which I think is great for him, for all us who support him on Patreon and for TSM!

Anthony Kester

Attention All Connoisseurs of Redhead Beauty!!! Please visit us at the the new and improved Discord server. Oh yeah, we also talk a lot about some space story, written by some guy... But it has a Redhead in it!!! https://discord.gg/tXEPg9PuhM

Robar

I just look forward to your next chapter and can only encourage you for your creativity and love for writing

Mark Strom

Look y'all, Tefler gave up his job to write this great story. Then life tried to crush him. Let's show some compassion and help our friend through these really tough times. He is going through the worst things that can happen to a man. I myself will wait because it is really good we can be there to help.

MeCherAmigos

We have all experienced supply chain issues, this is just one more. I'm not happy with paying today for a hamburger tomorrow, but this is the man's income stream. We, as patrons, support his creativity. I know that my support has dropped due to this issue, but I'm past the need to disparage Tefler for this. Once he's caught up, I will use my purse to reward him, but I don't see the need to badger him over it. I have experience with writing, as many of you do as well, and you produce more with consistent time writing. Tefler has admitted that events have disrupted his creative time and this has impacted his production of new material. I wish him well, wherever he is. By the way, his stand-alone story Truckstop Takedown is excellent - a great character and action drama.

Mapstar

7k€ per Chapter and cant manage his finances…

Michael56Smith

.79: TAXES! yeah, I live (survive) in California, one of the highest tax states in the USA, ... and that's in addition to the BIG increases to costs to living and to Federal taxes by our current poor/corrupt political leadership, .... taxes are no small concern, and the UK has one of the highest tax rates in the civilized countries of the 'free' world, .... blah, blah, blah, .... Tef is not rich, ... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

.83: FYI -- Author BurntRedstone left a new comment on 'May the 4th be with you' regarding the soon to be released 'Jack's Moonlighting', part one, .... it is in two parts as it is huge, it was over 180,000 words on his previous Jack Danner series update, and it is now larger, ... so this is another huge BurntRedstone story, .... this is for all his fans, ... you can enjoy it soon, ... ;-) ttfn

Bill

M56S - I just started reading this story on SOL. Author: Banzai Ben Story: 01-Captured. It's about a sniper. I'm on Chpt 14 of Book 01 which has 23 chapts. Looks like there's 9 Books. Good filler read till Tef has another chapter.

Gary Beaton

Just FYI on Banzai Ben - Book 9 is inactive and incomplete and has been since 2019. I unfortunately don't like your chances of getting a conclusion for that book... :(

Newnotsure

It looks you have pay for them as well

IanBio

I do really feel for Tefler. His number of patrons rose almost linearly up until when he started precharging but have been pretty much static since. His earnings per month have fallen by 10% since then as well. He was really on a roll but has flatlined. He must be really worried how many patrons will pull out when the current TSM story arc completes, which cannot be that many months away.

Anthony Kester

Do you want to see the stars? Do you want be a part of something bigger? Are you ready to give all that you can? The Terran Federation Navy is looking for you. Start your journey at the new Discord sever https://discord.gg/tXEPg9PuhM

Newnotsure

Just my thoughts but Tefler has been adding so much filler in this part it will never end we will never find out if John and ladies get anywhere. Again just my thoughts

Johnkr

I empathize, but this is erotica. Yup quad yada yada, there is still a great amount of sci fi literature in each chapter. Also, I am a consultant, so I know what it is like doing what he does, so I give hi

Johnkr

M a break.

Malcolm Rickarby

My hope for the current battle is that the hard to crack code that will lead Gahl and his gals to kythshara will give us both the final battle and the rebirth of Faye ,and she will be awesome in many ways.🧚🏾‍♀️

Guido Giger

There should only be 9 fleets heading for Genwynn. After Gal's fleet separated he had 10 fleets with him and 11 on the way to the Maliri core worlds. 1 of the fleets with Gal was neutralized with spider mines during the attack in which John slept through.

Anthony Kester

EXCITING CONVERSATIONS!!! INTERESTING DEBATES!!! LOTS OF PHOTOS OF REDHEADS!!! Coming to a Discord near you, "The Invictus, a Three Square Meals Forum". https://discord.gg/tXEPg9PuhM

Str8NotNarrow

I definitely sympathize with Tefler. He's had a lousy year. Some of that's on him, some of it is just life and bad luck. So, with that perspective, I've made peace with pre-charged chapters. Here's where I have not made peace. 1) if there is to be any catching up, we should have the first chapter now. It's past the middle of the month. 2). If there's a snag, we should be getting some sort of communication. I love the book(s) and plan to stay with it, but I would like to be respected a bit more. End of rant

Ian Kennedy

I've been re-reading the story and noticed something throughout the story that I hadn't noticed in earlier readings ... FUSION reactors (Power Cores) undergoing a MELTDOWN! That's something that can only happen with FISSION reactions, as the radioactive Uranium or Plutonium fuel rods generate their own heat and will melt down through the containment vessel's floor if not constantly cooled. A FUSION reaction involves slamming together atoms of Hydrogen and/or Helium to create Helium, Lithium or Berylium, where all the heat comes from the reaction itself. Fusion reactions operate at such high temperatures that they need magnetic field containment to prevent the walls of the reaction chamber from melting or evaporating, so a CONTAINMENT BREACH is the primary catastrophic failure method in those reactors, which would suddenly supply the reactor with an abundence of new fuel while giving it room to expand. (The OTHER one is where the reactor doesn't get ENOUGH fuel and the reaction simply fizzles out, but in this case there's no explosion or anything.)

JD BREWZ

Does anyone read life as a new hire? What happened to that author?

AzureReader

Tef has put so many possible hooks in the book for interesting turns. For example, he currently has the wormhole generator flaw exposed but not fixed. He’s got the Trankaran Star Forges identified as Mael’s recovered forges. It would be an incredibly bold dramatic move in the middle of battle to fix the damn wormhole generator, find out it has a 2 hour recharge, wormhole to the Star Forges to build a few superweapons and armor by drawing psychic power from his entire network. The matriarchs have been working hard to change and so very much want to help make a difference in the war. They would then wormhole back to Kythshara in time to greet Gahl’ with some new surprises. It’s the kind of tying everything together that has made the book great so far. It seems pretty clear Tef is going to fully expose and leverage the mystery of the Maliri men. And the long running battle with Larn’ culminating in his demise and requisition of his fleets is a nice tie in to a thread running through nearly the entire book. But if this battle is wrapped up in two chapters I don’t see how he will have time to really bring it all together. It would be awesome to find a way to have at least a small tie to the Terrans and Ashanath also. But at least I want to see the tie in to the fixed wormhole generator and star forges. Sure they can always visit the forges in the quite time after the battle but then it would not be a dramatic ballsy move worthy of someone with four balls.

Don Garnett

For as concerned as he is Cally its sure been awhile since he's spent any time with her.

Anthony Kester

Are you looking for a 3SM Discord Server for serious people run by a lunatic? Have we got the server for you!!! Come on down to "The Invictus, a Three Square Meals Forum" and post your thoughts on the epic. https://discord.gg/tXEPg9PuhM

Randy

Praying all is getting better. With respect

Rayce Royal

Good thing we've got a three-day weekend coming up. Plenty of down time to read Chapter 163-165 we'll be getting any day now!! CAN'T WAIT!!!

Unresolved Plots

I've been having a back and forth debate about the Star Forges further down the comments with AzureReader. This reminded me that I posted some speculation a while back on Tefler's Discord https://bit.ly/TeflerDiscord that Genthalas might not be the Great Wheel that the Trankaran's talked about in their oral history (which is accepted by most I think), but that a large white metal Great Wheel may have been built by Mael'nerak and it still remains hidden (so Genthalas was merely a replacement built by Valada). It would take too long to post the whole thread, so come and have a look if you are interested!

Jefferson Selvy

No contact for a month. I'm starting to worry

Neil Houghton

You know. I'm good w one placeholder per month when you're giving us one chapter a month. 2 placeholders should be reserved for when you will ACTUALLY get 2 chapters in a month. This shit is getting out of hand. Now you owe us 3 chapters. I get the problems you are having and am sympathetic, but if ur busy/sick whatever maybe just stick to one placeholder.

Tom Ray

STOP with the place holders until you produce the promised Chapters. This has gone far enough.

Jim Stinnett

So...if I cancel my patronage, I will still get my 3 owed chapters (sometime in next 6 months), and then rejoin after the 4 chapter comes out. Right?

FOEAI

Hey, tefler, good work on what you've churned out so far. I can hardly wait for the next chapter! I'm excited to read what comes next!

Michael56Smith

.194: Tef began this epic series in December 2015, he has published multiple millions of words so far, and despite the various 'whiners' we have continued to receive new chapters (almost all at/near the end of each month) and the story continues, .... Yes, we would dearly love more chapters, and longer chapters, ... but we are continuing to get more of the story, .... I would not wish to 'rock the boat', ... let's not discourage Tef into quitting the series, ... -- I tend to ignore the bulk of the negative remarks, but I do tend to post my own comments whenever the 'whiners' increase their less than civilized efforts (jumping onto the bad-comments bandwagon), .... I really enjoy Tef's story, I am very hopeful that he will be continuing Three Square Meals and will be eventually completing the series, ... fingers crossed, ... -- Plus, I really want to see Faye returned to us, ... ;-) ttfn

James gayne

I have no problem paying for the place holders but I’m really chomping at the bit for longer stories, the filler wouldn’t be as bad if there was more delivered in each chapter. Fingers crossed we get a chapter in the next few days

Johnkr

I don't know how many stories I have gotten into on literotica and then they end, back in 2015 or something. Plus some authors, singers, scientists, famous people in general create something great, but very few can sustain at that high level. Tefler is an exception. I like his current writings as well as the past. I figure if I chop up what he wrote into standard hard cover sci fi books, I am ahead. So I raised my membership level.

Johnkr

I reread periodically, I think I have done it three times. I keep skipping the Tom walker parts, now I wish I hadn't. Might give it another go and look for Tom this time around.

Str8NotNarrow

I'm waiting for Tom Walkers dad to take the stand. I expect him to explain Toms genetic background and the fact that Tom is literally incapable of the massacre as step 1 to getting him acquitted.

TF007

Two more days!!!!! Yaaaay

wally ballou

Do you suppose that Tefler is witting under another pseudonym, or many such as Tefler, and that he has spread himself out pretty thin and unable to maintain a schedule that he can keep up with...Also do you suppose that his home problems are also fictitious. Heck if he can write a quality story such as TSM he could also fabricate a story initially that is plausible but under closer inspection falls apart...

William Wallace

I wonder what the next excuse will be, or suddenly a new placeholder appears, or does he finally gets his head out of his a… and remembers that he needs to start producing chapters or find a job, I hate freeloaders. He has not produced anything in the whole month May, except opening his hand for free money, not even publishing chapters on SOL, they should be easy since they are already written!!!

sunxia

@tefler I suggest you find a ghost writer who will take your direction and storyline for 25% of the income. You have the brand and loyal fans.

Unresolved Plots

So someone else writes the story...terrible idea! I'd rather have no chapters written by Tefler than someone else finishing his story off. Just look what happened to Game of Thrones when the shows writers ran out of material GRRM had written and had to improvise what he told them to end the show.

Newnotsure

I don’t care if we don’t get chapters at all, he owes us three right now let’s call it an advance on his wages but now is the time to put up the back chapters owed to us even if he only gives us part chapter every week. But Tefler needs to catch up. In the past Tefler kind of spoiled us giving us some nice size chapters now he is having trouble giving us 20,000 words, time for a change get recharged Tefler come back stronger,please stop using us as your new bank.

Bill

If Tef only charged once a month and delivered shorter stories every 3 weeks he could catch up around the end of the year.

Unresolved Plots

I've noticed quite a few people asking for chapters 1-58 (the ones published on the free sites before Tefler started his Patreon) to be made available for download, on here and Discord a number of times. Seems to be common request. I've suggested in the past that Tefler publish Chapters 1-58 as a one off paid post, so people can download them all to have the full set. What would people think if he did this instead of a placeholder for next month? Imho, this would be a good compromise if he is still struggling to catch up.

Unresolved Plots

The other suggestion I made recently, during a discussion a few readers on here had on reduced chapter sizes, is for Tefler to reduce his usual chapter sizes to 10K word size (which is approximately half the size he currently publishes). This would be about 25 word document pages, still the best part of an hour to read (for me), so not insubstantial. He could do this for the next 3-4 chapters to catch back up.

Anthony Kester

MEN!!! Admiral Kester here. I am looking for volunteers to join an elite group. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to go to the new Discord Server, "The Invictus, a Three Square Meals Forum" and have fun discussing everything 3SM. DISMISSED!!! https://discord.gg/tXEPg9PuhM Also, leave "RAMMING SPEED" to me.

Myrnalin

WHAT TIME IS IT?! ITS CHAPTER TIME

Mapstar

2 hours til the next placeholder… x)

William Wallace

I could use an example of a writer who produces a chapter every day, and is still working full time. He not only publishes on Patreon but also on SOL!!

Jim lynch

Any chance of getting this chapter this decade ?

Tom Ray

just marking this as the first placeholder that needs to be completed....