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Creaking Knees
It was a tiny detail for which I had no plans. I simply noted that the man in my bit of scene tonight had knees that creaked when he walked. I’ve heard knees creak, heard the sound bone makes on bone...
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My Own Moonlight Sonata
There was this guy in a music store once. I was about nineteen. Dude was about halfway to seven feet tall, shaved head, black-coffee complexion. I was trying out guitars, and he came in, pulled a five...
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Saturday NOT In the Park (WABWM)
The Brain Mass Issue The news on my brother-in-law, by the way, is there is no news. He’s in a holding pattern now, where the hospital with the doctor who WANTS to do his surgery suggested he go to a...
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Main Character Transition
Aleksa has discovered having people trying to kill her, in some odd way, agrees with her. Her life, derailed when she was fifteen, has taken an odd turn suddenly, and she discovers that she has...
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Staging A Rescue of the Untrusting
Back to Ki’s POV, and him pulling Aleksa out of a situation he previously got her into. I did 3588 words on Lesson Four of HTRYN today, and was pretty happy to get the 287 I managed on Dreaming the...
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Aleksa learns the secret
Ki finally admits the truth to Aleksa…and she didn’t react the way I expected. Interesting. So tomorrow, I’ll pursue the conversation further, and find out why she responded as she did. 293 words. How...
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FInished My Ghost Story
1399 words, and my ghost story, The Other Chance,; is done. The story in first draft runs 7641 words. I always add some words in second draft, because my first drafts run lean. I like my ending, I like...
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The Ghost Story, WABWM, and TALYSMANA
I finished my ghost story. Title? >>>–4EVR—> The title means a lot. I got it to Trisha Telep in time, heard back that I’d made the deadline—and we are NOT going to talk about the...
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The New Paranormal Suspense Covers
I finished the following covers for my upcoming novels today: Midnight Rain Midnight Rain: "He'll NEVER forget you..." I See You I See You: "Someone's watching..." Last Girl Dancing Last Girl Dancing:...
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I have NEW Fiction and Nonfiction available!
It’s taken a while to get past the indigestible lump that was How To Think Sideways, but from now on, I’m hoping to get at least one new item into print every month. This month, I have two—LIGHT...
View ArticleWhy I shut down my Patreon fundraiser
I’d intended to send a Questions & Answers email to my How to Write a Novel launch list, but that’s going to have to wait.Instead, I did THIS. Closed my “Move out of Florida while writing fiction”...
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Saturday NOT In the Park (WABWM)
The Brain Mass Issue The news on my brother-in-law, by the way, is there is no news. He’s in a holding pattern now, where the hospital with the doctor who WANTS to do his surgery suggested he go to a...
View ArticleMain Character Transition
Aleksa has discovered having people trying to kill her, in some odd way, agrees with her. Her life, derailed when she was fifteen, has taken an odd turn suddenly, and she discovers that she has...
View ArticleStaging A Rescue of the Untrusting
Back to Ki’s POV, and him pulling Aleksa out of a situation he previously got her into. I did 3588 words on Lesson Four of HTRYN today, and was pretty happy to get the 287 I managed on Dreaming the...
View ArticleAleksa learns the secret
Ki finally admits the truth to Aleksa…and she didn’t react the way I expected. Interesting. So tomorrow, I’ll pursue the conversation further, and find out why she responded as she did. 293 words. How...
View ArticleFInished My Ghost Story
1399 words, and my ghost story, The Other Chance,; is done. The story in first draft runs 7641 words. I always add some words in second draft, because my first drafts run lean. I like my ending, I like...
View ArticleThe Ghost Story, WABWM, and TALYSMANA
I finished my ghost story. Title? >>>–4EVR—> The title means a lot. I got it to Trisha Telep in time, heard back that I’d made the deadline—and we are NOT going to talk about the...
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The New Paranormal Suspense Covers
I finished the following covers for my upcoming novels today: Midnight Rain Midnight Rain: “He’ll NEVER forget you…” I See You I See You: “Someone’s watching…” Last Girl Dancing Last Girl Dancing:...
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I have NEW Fiction and Nonfiction available!
It’s taken a while to get past the indigestible lump that was How To Think Sideways, but from now on, I’m hoping to get at least one new item into print every month. This month, I have two—LIGHT...
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The Ghost Who’ll Be Coming to Ohio
"What happened to Julie? She was here..." The text message at the top of this post (which I sent to Matt at 3:34 AM on 12/6/20) includes the date and time because my half-sister, Julie, died in 2016,...
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