Friday Excerpt: Reece Asks Too Much
An unusual proposal in today’s NaNoWriMo excerpt! Â Full plot summery available here. Word count: 485 ### “I need to go with them,” Faith said. “When the time comes. But when you get this plan of yours figured out, come for me. I don’t care what I’m doing or how old I am, I’ll go with you in a heartbeat.” “It’s not enough.” “It’s all I’ve got, Reece.” He sighed. “I know. It’s not your fault.” The words sounded like they were choking out of him. She tried to distract him, snuggling against his neck and kissing his cheek, but he seemed to be somewhere else. She could picture the gears in his mind turning as it desperately tried to think of a solution to their...
Read MorePeople Don’t Care
Some days I feel like I’m pushing a huge boulder up a hill and it’s never going to make it to the top. Â I guess you have to watch for small victories. The other day I was sitting at work when I overheard a coworker telling a new person about computer systems he’s been reading about that allow brain waves to be recorded. The technology is being developed partly as a new way to move wheelchairs, to replace the sip and puff style. Coworker: “…So paraplegics can use it.” I stop typing and frown. What?! Given the pride associated with being able to use a manual chair and then add the expense that this technology will no doubt cost and I can’t imagine a para using it. Â I call over, “I think you mean quadriplegics.”...
Read MoreSix Sentence Sunday: NaNo Three
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 🙂 ### On the far side from the bed was a chest of drawers and sitting on top was a picture. From the corner of her eye Faith saw him tense as she noticed it. Her fingers gripped the window ledge more tightly when she realized what it was. In charcol gray she saw her own face. Her thirteen year old self was staring back at her, eyes wide and lips slightly parted. Tears pooled in her ten years older eyes as she turned back to the man who had captured what she looked like the first moment she saw...
Read MoreFriday Excerpt: Trent is Sneaky
Friday Excerpt this week  is from Chapter Seven of my NaNoWriMo novel.  For an overview of the plot and characters, click here.  Remember that this is completely rough draft with no editing! 🙂 Word count: 345 ### “We’ve got to go back.” “What are you talking about?” “We have to go back to the professor’s house,” Trent whispered even though they were alone in the living room. You could never tell when Roland might be nearby. “Absolutely not,” Reece said. He took a sip of his water and flipped the switch for the radio. Bad news, the only kind there was, drifted into the house on the voices of the newscasters. “There’s more information there, I’m sure of it,” Trent said. Reece...
Read MoreIn Praise of Wounded Hero Romance
I have a guest essay over at author Anne Holly’s blog!  I’m reading her book Strings Attached now. It’s quite good. There is a side character who uses a wheelchair and she’s told me that she’s considering writing a romance just for him! I hope she does. I’ll be ready to tell you guys all about it if that happens. Please stop by Anne’s blog and take a look at my essay, leave your comments, and enjoy! 😀 http://anneholly.blogspot.com An excerpt from the essay… No one seems to worry about the feelings of the men stereotyped in other genre romances. We read books with naked male torsos on the cover where you can’t even see the faces of these men. No one says that we’re being insensitive to these men. What makes...
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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
