Sample chapters and excerpts from Novels I’ve published or pitching to the usual suspects.
This is the second #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’s agent is on the phone, asking her to write the memoirs for […]
This is a good week for Tracking Jane. I finished the first draft of Blood Track today, and finished putting the final touches on Fleeting Shadow, which I will make available as an exclusive, free offer to my mail list subscribers starting this Saturday. Sign up now to get your copy! Though it turned into […]
This is the first #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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 1, part 1 — Morning Call “Earth to Vivian Matisse.” The remark pulls […]
In the next couple of weeks I’ll release an interlude Tracking Jane story titled Fleeting Shadow. In the meantime, I’m posting the first few chapters in a PDF preview excerpt of this story for my readers to enjoy. This will include all chapters I have posted in my #SaturdayScenes stream. Check it out this sample, […]
As I’ve reported previously, I plan to release Fleeting Shadow, a Tracking Jane story I will make available exclusively to my mail list subscribers. Subscribe now to qualify! Fleeting Shadow will cover the period between Rover and Tahoe-1. It will portray Jane’s struggle with PTSD and her dog Shadow’s health, and it will introduce a […]
What inner struggles is my character facing? How have past experiences brought him to this point, and how do they affect the way he views his present situation? How can he express his views on something in a way that won’t bore the reader? These are the questions I ask myself as I write character-driven […]
Has it been a year since I posted about a draft’s second wind? Why, yes, almost down to the day. Since then, I’ve had a few “distractions.” Twelve titles in all kept me busy. And that draft needed some work, which is no surprise since it has waited for over a decade in my digital […]
To answer a question someone asked me about how I devise my book blurbs, I will contrast the concept-based blurb vs. the character-based version for Decisive Moment. Plus I show off an updated cover! First of all, if you’re looking to me, you know, like I have this wired and dialed-in down to the nanometer, […]
Will a gal with PTSD in the brain and legs chopped up at the knee make it? Will she grab herself a shred of the American dream? Yeah, maybe. Yeah is for keeping a positive attitude, maybe for knowing in life nothing’s for certain. Given my usual insistence on privacy, some may ask why I’ve […]
Can’t wait to get a head start on Brownie, episode 4 of the Tracking Jane series, coming out next Tuesday, Dec 23? Well, you’re in luck. Click on this book cover thumbnail to get a preview copy. While you’re here, I encourage you to sign up or my mail list to get announcements of future […]
