This is from the new first-person POV chapter: “What in Raiji’s name is it?” I peer over my friend Amr’s shoulder at the desk monitor. I — even after all these centuries the concept startles me at times. I am separate from Amr, from the rest of his triad here in the scanning room of…
DetailsThis is a short prompt-driven story for a writing challenge I’ve joined. The prompt is Red Lipstick: “Will you shut up and put the damn stuff on already?” Tel ran a hand through his hair and glared at his drummer, blue eyes narrowed. Jason’s brown eyes blazed right back. “I didn’t sign up for this,…
DetailsHad an interesting (to an author) experience this morning: ankle surgery! This was a planned surgery – I had a bit of overgrown bone that was rubbing against the next ankle bone and the doctor shaved that off and “cleaned up” the area (whatever that means). I took careful note of all the medical procedures…
DetailsI have successfully figured out (with a little help) how to arrange a freebies page – if you sign up for the newsletter, you get a FREE STORY telling how the band members got their nicknames. That took a bit of doing, I can tell you. First, I had to convert the story into three…
DetailsGot another form rejection letter this afternoon … On the other hand, I signed up for another virtual writing conference in August. It has pitch sessions with agents and publishers, so maybe I’ll get lucky with one of those…
DetailsGot my first “form” rejection the other day. Really fast, which means the guy probably just didn’t like my query letter. I doubt he had time to read over my sample chapters. Maybe should work on the query letter more …
DetailsSent out four new queries today … we’ll see what happens next …