Started a new short story (or at least that's my plan). It was a dark and stormy night. No, really, it was. A midsummer front had scraped across the Isle of Skye and moved into the highlands along with a blistery, rain-sharpened wind that couldn’t make up its mind which way it wanted to blow. It … Continue reading Liar’s Club, First Three Paragraphs
DFW Writers’ Workshop
Woot! I've been looking for a read and critique group for a couple of years now, and I've found one. https://dfwwritersworkshop.wordpress.com/ If you're a lover of books and want to see the process of how they're written, or if you're a writer looking to perfect your craft, please check them out.
Redstick, Texas
I've just completed the first draft on a short story. I'm going to take Stephen King's advice and let it stew for a few weeks before I polish. This story will end up in Caeruleo Lunaris. Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Angela Hollingsworth is tracking a serial child killer when he disappears in Redstick, … Continue reading Redstick, Texas
I Am A Veteran
Excerpt from Transplanted Yankee: Lest All My Balderdash Be Forgotten. I ran into someone one day who thanked me for my service in the military. She called me a hero and said our country needed to take better care of us veterans. This was slightly embarrassing. I didn't know what to say. I spent some … Continue reading I Am A Veteran
Fire Pit Therapy Session: What I Like to Drink
Saturday night around the fire pit. Good friends, good stories, and good single malt scotch. On the subject of alcoholic beverages, I wouldn't consider myself a connoisseur, but I have found that I've become quite the bigot with regard to my choices in general. Scotches, if you've ever researched them, are subject to different palate interpretations. … Continue reading Fire Pit Therapy Session: What I Like to Drink
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Spinward Ghost
About 30 winters ago, I played a game called Traveller. It was a role playing game similar to Dungeons & Dragons except it was based on science fiction instead of sword and sorcery. One of my character's possessions was a starship called the Spinward Ghost. The statistics for it will mean nothing to you unless you're … Continue reading Spinward Ghost
Iron Broderick First Draft Complete
First draft done. It comes in at 111,000 words. I would like to trim it down to 100,000, but that will be hard. Alan and I could add another 50,000 if we had to.
Iron Broderick (snippet)
"Luck betrayed Broderick with honeyed visions of a clear route his dark destiny. Sunlight stabbed his eyes as the mirrored reflections of horse barding called him down that path. His pulse raced as the chanfron, the equine’s face piece, spoke to him in jutting arrogance, whispering that this was the end of his quest. Only … Continue reading Iron Broderick (snippet)
Tom Bont's Silver Key 