Photo Credit: John Alphonse, Dreamstime.com Gasp. Puff. Need more air. Huff. Blow. Nose open. Mouth open. Still…need…more. Keep going. Got to go forward. Always forward. Looked up at the sun. Stupid thing to do. Too hot. My neck… my back… Burning through my shirt. My legs. Exhausted. No water – except the salt water […]
I’m sure that many of you will agree that inspiration comes from everywhere. Truly – it does. For example, the original thought for the scene that has become the short story, ‘Second Best’, came from watching a cat stalk a bird in our back yard. The cat wasn’t much more than a kitten and I […]
That’s the question I’m being asked after posting ‘Second Best’. It seems there are those who think I’ve given away the plot of my next novel. Yes, there is a murder – but it is the catalyst for the plot, not the crux of it. So I have to answer. No, no, no – nothing […]
These scenes were in my new novel. I found that removing them tightened the focus of the story. They are hugely relevant as backstory. I am happy to present them as a short. —————————————————- Today I’ll get him. Curtis waited and watched; his excitement feeding on the anticipation of long overdue revenge. Gonna shoot his […]
Dialogue. There are, I’m sure, millions of words written about it on thousands of sites across the net. Well here’s my five hundred words or so. 🙂 Why now? Because I’ve reached the first major dialogue scene in the first chapter of my new novel. Conversation starts early in the new book. First in the prologue, […]
