Novels

Sample chapters and excerpts from Novels I’ve published or pitching to the usual suspects.

#SaturdayScenes: Ghost Writer, Chapter 6

Thanks for checking out the next #SaturdayScenes installment for my in-work Ghost Writer, book 6 of the Our Cyber World series. You may access the story summary and other sample excerpts through the table of contents. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap Vivian and Cynthia’s first meeting/interview comes to a close, […]

Feral, Our Cyber World Beginnings, A Preview

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve mentioned that I’m working on Feral, a prequel to DEAD BEEF that sets up the Our Cyber World series.. Why am I writing this story? Well, to be totally honest I first got the idea when a literary agent tweeted that he’d love to get a story about […]

#SaturdayScenes: Ghost Writer, Chapter 5

Thanks for checking out the next #SaturdayScenes installment for my in-work Ghost Writer, book 6 of the Our Cyber World series. You may access the story summary and other sample excerpts through the table of contents. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap After showing Vivian how to use his electronic gear, […]

Feral: Ah, So That’s What the Story is About

If you’ve followed along on social media, you know. I’m a bit stuck on how to write Feral. Something’s been missing, and I can’t get enthused about tapping those keys. But what’s missing? Why am I having so much trouble? For once, I know how the story ends. Since it involves things that happened leading […]

#SaturdayScenes: Ghost Writer, Chapter 4

This is the next #SaturdayScenes installment for my in-work Ghost Writer, book 6 of the Our Cyber World series. You may access the story summary and other sample excerpts through the table of contents. Let me know what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap Vivian and Andre arrive in San Jose, where she will meet and interview […]

The Our Cyber World Story Map

I have written the Our Cyber World series as the stories have come to me. As it’s turned out, they haven’t come to me in a clean, linear chronological order. As an additional aid to readers trying to decide where to start and in what order they should read the stories, I drew this series […]

#SaturdayScenes – Ghost Writer: Chapter 3

This is the fifth #SaturdayScenes installment for my in-work Ghost Writer, book 6 of the Our Cyber World series. You may access the story summary and other sample excerpts through the table of contents. Let me know what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap Vivian had a video chat with alleged rogue AI, Erin, who has warned […]

Our Cyber World Status Report

If you’ve been tagging along for the last month or so, you’ll know I’m working on two Our Cyber World stories: Ghost Writer and Feral. I completed the first draft of Ghost Writer a month ago, and while I edit it, I’ve posted (and continue to post) previews that you can access here. So far […]

#SaturdayScenes ~ Ghost Writer: Chapter 2, Part 2

This is the fourth #SaturdayScenes installment for my in-work Ghost Writer, book 6 of the Our Cyber World series. You may access the story summary and other sample excerpts through the table of contents. Let me know what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap After accepting the job to write Cynthia Spencer’s memoir, Vivian downloads Internet videos […]

#SaturdayScenes ~ Ghost Writer: Chapter 2, Part 1

This is the third #SaturdayScenes installment for my in-work Ghost Writer, book 6 of the Our Cyber World series. You may access the story summary and other sample excerpts through the table of contents. Let me know what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap Vivian reluctantly accepted a non-fiction writing assignment to ghost-write Cynthia Spencer’s memoirs. Having […]