Novel sneak peek coming this week
I’m going to be a bit of a tease today, but I’m hoping you won’t mind. Because chaos at my newspaper job kept pushing back the release date of the first Exeter novel, “All That Is Necessary,” I often get …
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Story Cubes Challenge Entry: Into the Future
Two days to go before the first Story Cubes Challenge week ends and I’ve got my ficlet. Cubes: Hanging, yelling/shouting, pushing, thought bubble, padlock, turning, arrow/pointer, dancing, question mark Into The Future “Do I have to dance?” Dan frowned. “Because …
Meet The Characters: Liz Reilly Czarnecki
Welcome to this week’s Meet the Characters, part of a series of profiles done by Exeter Ledger editor CJ Jenkins. Liz Czarnecki Liz Czarnecki is known throughout town as Mrs. C to the students and former students who have passed …
Story Cubes Challenge Round 9: Now What?
This isn’t truly a Story Cubes Challenge entry because my cubes are at home, but I woke up this morning with some Thanksgiving football plot bunnies hopping madly in my head. If you’re not from Massachusetts, the annual high school …
Book 2 Test Drive
I’ve been working on Book 2 in the Exeter series for the past several weeks, and it’s grown from a novella telling about that summer mentioned in Bones of the Past to a bigger, deeper novel about a summer that …
#WorkshopWeekend – the non Google+ version
It’s the first Google+ #WorkshopWeekend where we post pieces (<1,000 words) on Saturday for people to critique. Bruce had asked if there was a way people not yet on G+ could join in, so I’m also posting mine here for …
Rory’s Story Cubes Challenge – Week 4
This week’s entry was more about getting into the head of a character than anything else, figuring out how some backstory fit together. It’s not one I anticipate trying to polish for publication. Prompts: airplane, magnifying glass, fish, lightbulb, eye, …