More from The Grey Man- Vignettes This is the last segment. I was still playing with how much detail was needed, and how much was ‘enough’ to set the scenes. One of the 1 star reviews on the book was that … Continue reading
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More from The Grey Man- Vignettes In this chapter, I continued the character ‘development’ as as Dot said on the last post, ‘foreshadowed’ the Aaron and Jesse relationship. The other thing I did with this one was play with how … Continue reading
Yesterday, I posted the last of four chapters that ‘set up’ a challenge coin showdown for John Cronin in the first Grey Man, Vignettes. I wrote the novel because I hated perfect characters that never made a mistake, and always … Continue reading
And an old snippet… This was originally written on TFL some time in the early 2000s, and ended up being expanded into four chapters of Vignettes, the first Grey Man novel. A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion … Continue reading
Hot off the computer. Comments/recommendations? Too much detail or not enough? At ten o’clock, Patrick slipped a black linen jacket over his 1911, picked up a 5X7 of Wendy and Renaldo, slipping it inside his jacket. A half hour later, … Continue reading
Playing with a little short story idea- As always, comments and recommendations appreciated! Patrick Doyle, dark hair going gray, wiry and in his mid-40s, sighed as he pulled out a handkerchief, wiped his forehead, and stumped up the stairs to … Continue reading
As always comments and recommendations appreciated. And yes, you’ve seen part of this before. The doorbell rang and Fargo looked up. “Who the hell?” He glanced at Nicole, who was trying to get Cindy and Alan to eat their dinner … Continue reading
Hot off the screen… Comments and recommendations? Chapter Evie dropped the shuttle gently on the GalPat pad at White Beach and said, “All ashore that’s going ashore! Remember, don’t add to the population, don’t subtract from the population, and have … Continue reading
Kevin handed out an assignment as part of his class, 1000 words with the following cue- Looking at Paris in this light. I wasn’t sure what to do with that cue, and kicked a couple of different ideas around before … Continue reading
The usual disclaimers… Comments and recommendations appreciated! Does this have too much detail? Esha had just delivered his first cup of coffee when Nicole stomped into Fargo’s office as he pulled his undersuit on and seated the catheter. He cocked … Continue reading