Not that anyone but Elvia apparently has missed me, but the reason I haven’t updated in a few weeks is because editing has eaten my brain. Seriously, it’s the most exhausting aspect of my whole novel. But well worth the time and brain cells, because I’m quite pleased with how it’s shaped up — which [...]
Archive > June 2006
Death By A Salesman
Prologue
Jeffer and LR Burt were on the Do Not Call list to begin with. You must keep this in mind, or nothing that follows will seem strange or wondrous.
Chapter I
Thursday, June 1, LR received a phone call from John at Ameritech Pest Control. He offered a good deal for their service, but since Jeffer wasn’t [...]
Common Sense
If a novel’s called The Collapse of Camelot (or if that’s the working title, at least, and I hate it so much I really hope the editors will change it), and the basic plot of it is how one screwed up family’s screwed up choices effectively destroy Camelot, doesn’t it make sense for most of [...]
Garden Secrets
Gardening affords many life lessons, as many a preacher can and will attest. But do you know what life lesson gardening has taught me?
There’s something to be done in a garden every day. No, that’s not the life lesson. Friday we went out to weed, only to see Peter Rabbit and his sister Mopsey (well, [...]