As you all likely know (see above on web site), I have some titles on submission to publishers. To maintain sanity between submissions, most would-be authors should be writing, and that’s largely what I’ve been doing–except recently–I worked with an artist to mock up what a book cover might look like for one of the […]

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Hello all, I’m at the stage now with my writing where I’m looking at some of my old (unpublished novels) and know that I’m never going to submit them for publication for one reason or another. Usually, it’s because they twist genres a bit and it ends up not being as strongly viable in a […]

Sneak peek of NO CHOICES – first two chapters….. [first draft] – let me know what you think:

Chapter One   “Mister Yoder, I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but you have stage-4 pancreatic cancer.” That was certainly not how Levi had expected his 9:00 a.m. follow-up visit with the doctor to go.

While other stories wend their way through the editing/pitch/publishing process, I am working on a medical thriller and figured I’d share a short scene I’d literally just written. I’m introducing one of the characters in the story, he’s an FBI forensic examiner, 48, and the first scene you encounter him is this one:

Sample of something I’m working on. Haven’t even self-edited so don’t look at grammar or other silly things – will get that later. This is chapter one – would it entice you to read more?

And no, it hasn’t been through editing or proofing. I hope you enjoy it.