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
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
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
Taking a break this week from posting a new chapter of the Davies (no worries, I plan to post it soon) to get some thoughts down for myself and maybe for fellow creatives who are in the same mood. It's tough writing my little WIP or editing on other content when it seems like the … Continue reading Tips for the Writer in Interesting Times
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
Autumn has come to New England and as Anne Shirley said, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." But I have a slight caveat. Both my youngest child and myself are facing some medical issues that require big, ol' invasive tests. His appointment is next week, mine the week after. … Continue reading October
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