Friday Excerpt: One from Breath(e)
(W)hole’s sequel is on the horizon. Publication is coming up quickly and I’m really excited! Can’t wait to share it with you all.  In the meantime, here is a little scene from the book… Word Count: 203 ### Since the dishes were done, Elizabeth finally went to check out the hallway bathroom. As she expected when she opened the door it looked like an ordinary bathroom. She flicked the switch and plain white light illuminated a room decorated in white and black with touches of ivory. The tub was gleaming white with a shower curtain depicting twisting black flowers across it, and a large mirror in a thick ivory-colored frame hung over the sink. It was unrecognizable. Elizabeth sat down on the edge of the tub as she used to do and leaned her...
Read MoreSix Sunday: Stewart’s Story
Now that NaNoWriMo is finished, that story is getting set aside. Â Now I’m working on a short story that will be available soon as a free add-on to the sequel to my novel, (W)hole. This is six sentences from Stewart’s Story. Description:Â Stewart returns home to face his past and make up for his mistakes bu the soon discovers that everyone wants something from him. Everyone, that is, except the one man he most wants to make contact with: his father. ### “Let me get you home,” he said. She stood, then leaned over him, her long dark hair brushing against the sides of his face. “I knew you couldn’t resist me,” she whispered and her breath was warm against his forehead, smelling of beer and raspberries. He closed his eyes and...
Read MoreFriday Excerpt: Stewart
Today’s excerpt is from a new short story that will be published very soon. It is going to be available for free at Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and paradevostories.blogspot.com This is a story that goes along with the sequel to (W)hole, it is the story of what Stewart does after that novel. Word Count: 687 ### Even though Stewart told Jeff he had no intention of visiting his father, after school each weekday he found himself in the neighborhood. He took to parking across the street and just looking at the house. He hadn’t been inside since he was fourteen years old and his father had sent him to the east coast to live with his aunt. Considering how badly his father wanted to erase the past, Stewart was surprised he still living in the house where Sharon...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo: Debrief
National Novel Writing Month is over and I am a winner. Which is to say that I got the 50,000 words from scratch. My thoughts about this process? I’m glad that I made my personal goal much higher. As I strived for 80,000 words, it made it a lot easier to reach the official goal. Despite a very detailed outline, there’s a lot of mess. This book will take a long time to clean up. However, like people say, I did find out new things about my characters and my plot as  I went. Struggling to get a scene to 1,000 words forced me to explore and test out some new ideas. For most of my books, those new ideas come from brainstorming and imagining, but not actually writing anything down until I know what I want. This time I made discoveries on the page, which is...
Read MoreSix Sentence Sunday: Nano Four
For this week’s  Six Sentence Sunday I have another six from my current NaNoWriMo work (click to learn more about the plot, in case you are very confused!) This being NaNo, it has not been edited at all yet 🙂  This is the last Sunday of November, so the last one from Parallel Loves for a while! ### Roland bent down in front of Reece, still holding the gun, and took hold of his left leg with the other hand. Reece licked his lips. He could see a line of sweat along his father’s reeceeding hairline. “Dad, please, don’t do this.” Roland gave a firm yank and pulled the wooden leg off. “You will listen to me,” Roland...
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At proofreaders; available for pre-order
What Is Meant To Be
Second draft
Homework & Homicide (working title)
Second Draft
Book Montage
RFW winner October 7, 2011
