CHAPTER ONE: "The Twenty-Fifth Orphan"

Coming in January:  "A Narrow Escape!"

EXCITING NEWS FOR FANS OF SOPHIE VON LICORICE!

A SIMPLER, EASIER WAY TO LEAVE COMMENTS, BECOME A MEMBER

Dear Family, Friends and Fans:

All of you to whom I have spoken have expressed frustration and annoyance at your inability to leave comments--not easily, but at all.

In the four months that the blog has been publishing, only one person--a fellow blogger--has managed to post a comment successfully.

As I imagine my readers (children, elderly dementia patients, convicts, dog-lovers and baffled people from all over Asia) I don't imagine many of them as more techno-savvy than I.

Consequently, I would like everyone who enjoys this blog to be free to leave a comment without having to sign up for or sign in to anything--without having their tech-knowledge challenged.

With that in mind, kind readers, please feel free to e-mail your comments directly to:

                              sophievonlicorice@yahoo.com

If your comment is specific to a particular story, please let me know. I'll post your comments as quickly as I am able.

Also, if you'd like to become (an unofficial) Member, send me a photo (of yourself, your dog, your kid) and I'll post it really, really small, with your first name (or that of your dog or kid) underneath it. And I'll e-mail you when I publish something new.

In essence, I am offering to act as a one-man social network--let's call it FACELICK...

I hope I have time. Right now I need to take someone out for walkies...

Thanks for reading,

David Stamford