“Hiding Treasure” is two chapters away from completion. That sounds a lot closer to being finished than it is, though. Next comes the first read-over to check for errors and story consistency. Maybe something changed along the way, so something at the beginning needs to be altered to match. Here’s an example; a certain character […]
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Last Chance Inn
I’m finishing up “Hiding Treasure.” Probably wise, since it’s already out for pre-order! “Last Chance Inn” is the next stand-alone book on my to-do list. I’ll be writing it alongside “Depart the Darkness,” HOB 5, which I’m looking forward to getting back to. Today the chapter I wrote involved a guy named Jack Ryland. He […]
Novel News
601 Suspense Street, 2nd in the Mystery Lane series, is now available! We all knew that was coming, though. Unless you stumbled on this page by accident. Either way, the big news is that “Hiding Treasure” is available for pre-order! Now I can share the back-of-the-book description, too. So here it is… Twenty-four year old […]
Back to “Hiding Treasure”
After spending several days reading over “601 Suspense Street” to check for typos, I’m back to “Hiding Treasure.” At 186 pages it’s coming along strong which is good for many reasons, but particularly since the next book is clamoring for attention. This untitled book which I’m going to refer to as “Museum” is the one […]
Letting my character do the writing for me
There was an email that needed composing, and I was having the worst time figuring out how to word it. How can I write a novel, several in fact, and I can’t write an email? Then a friend suggested having one of my characters write it. So I thought, hm. Why not? Miles came off […]
Anger can be a Sign of Depression
I did not know this, and that’s why I’m writing this particular post. Someone very dear to me changed a great deal over the last couple of years. Instead of being bubbly and sweet this person became dark and very angry. Thank goodness–no, thank God–she asked for help last month. Long story short, she has […]
Dream vs. Reality
Halfway through making a latte I discovered the milk was bad. That was no dream, it was a nightmare! I was relieved when I woke to find that the milk was not bad after all. Not only that, the Walmart grocery delivery truck came later that morning and brought a fresh gallon. They also brought […]
Three Books is the Charm
Ordinarily one would say “three time’s the charm,” but in this case it’s three books. “Untitled,” and no that’s not its name it just doesn’t have one yet, is at 52 pages. “Depart the Darkness,” HOB book 5, is at 28. HOB book 7 or 8 is 128 pages. It seems like it would be […]
Depart the Darkness
House of Bannerman book 5, “Depart the Darkness” is taking off. I laughed so hard it hurt while writing the first half of the first chapter! I laughed even more when attempting to read over it again. It involves Xander, and John is vindicated. If you’ve read “The Lodge at Whispering Pines” you may be […]
Depart the Darkness
It feels good to write again! Especially about my favorite characters. House of Bannerman book 5 is now underway, and I’m enjoying writing it so much more than the proofreading I was doing all last week. Don’t be surprised if Depart the Darkness is not the next book I release, however. Before the day is […]