Today we have two chapters instead of the usual one. Chapter 10 is small, probably not worth a whole chapter so I'm including 11 as well. Owen landed on his back as Will grabbed the ball, jumped over him, and continued down the court to score. A simple game of community men’s team basketball at … Continue reading Chapter 10 and 11
Chapter Nine of The Davies. I struggled with this one. I wanted to edit the life out of it, but I've left it as is. More to come. Every home has its rhythms, and Kennedy was beginning to understand those of Parker house and its occupants. The first rule of the day seemed to be … Continue reading Chapter Nine
Chapter eight in The Davies serialized novel. More new characters are introduced. I'll have a blog post soon about the mistakes I'm seeing I made when initially writing this book. It's been a trip! Owen had spent the entire day crouching over spreadsheets and bank statements and now he was paying for it. No ergonomic … Continue reading Chapter Eight
Chapter Seven in the serialized novel The Davies. On Sunday, Kate and Beth acted like going to church was not optional so Kennedy got up, dressed and joined them on the walk into town. On the way, Beth explained the history of Coventry Parish and gave her a running commentary on the people she’d meet. … Continue reading Chapter Seven
If you need to catch up, click here for the explainer and the earlier chapters. Owen’s phone rang in his pocket, and he dug through his jacket, pulling it out to check who it was before hitting the reject button sending it to voicemail. Not taking that. He put the phone away. She would get … Continue reading Chapter Six
Note: Chapter five is actually two chapters in one. I know I said I would only lightly edit, but boy.... Basically I hit one of the reasons I shelved this novel. The two chapters were long and chock full of description that didn't advance the plot one single bit. It was boring. Like, seriously boring. … Continue reading Chapter Five
The story continues. You can find the start of the story here: Chapter Four “Folks… Folks seriously shut up.” The man at podium shouted and the crowd laughed before slowly growing quiet. He straightened his suit coat, smoothed back his short, gray hair and spoke into the mic again. “I swear you get louder as … Continue reading The Davies: Chapter Four
Chapter three is here. If you missed the start, you can find all parts on this blog. This is a novel I shelved years ago and decided to resurrect, lightly edit, and publish (warts and all) as a series. I'd love for you to follow along. And if you'd like to contribute, I've got a … Continue reading The Davies: Chapter Three
This week's installment is where we meet our second point of view. It's a short one. If you've been following along from the start you know that this is a novel I shelved years ago and I promised in uploading it as a series I'd only edit it lightly, essentially leaving it as-is. What I … Continue reading The Davies: Chapter Two
Kennedy Davies sat in the first seat of the row of white plastic chairs along the back wall of Wash ‘N’ Fold scrolling aimlessly on her phone. Burning an hour and a half in a laundromat under the fluorescent lights in the bleach and dryer-sheet scented air was not a fun time, but after the … Continue reading The Davies: Chapter One
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