Invisibility Cloak
[A draft monologue by Buddy from my novel-in-progress] You know how people ask each other what super power they’d like to have? A lot of people choose the ability to fly, or read minds or have super...
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Another Buddy monologue, a bit from the novel-in-progress: I had become unsure of my place in the world. Was I a woman who looked like a man and felt like one sometimes? Was I a man trapped in a...
View ArticleNovel Intentions
What I’m trying to do with my novel is transform my personal journey into fiction without losing the truth of it. Buddy is definitely a part of me, sometimes a part of me I envy for his honesty and...
View ArticleAnother Snippet from the Novel: Hick
“That whole ‘hick’ thing you got goin’ on is pretty cute. Works pretty well for ya, dunnit?” She’s sitting across from me, one dainty ankle crossing another, both tucked under her chair. She’s sipping...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013: excerpt from Day 5
The other people I considered my friends were similar. Rejects, all of us. We had our own inside jokes, and we watched out for each other as best we could. None of this explains Desiree, however....
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013: excerpts from Day 6
This is a chunk of what I wrote last night. This is straight from my brain pan onto the page without editing or proofing. You’re getting a preview at the rough, rough draft of my Novel, Guys Like Us…...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo Day 6… a little more because someone asked so sweetly…
… in case you hadn’t already guessed, Buddy and I are a lot alike. I am also very susceptible to requests delivered sweetly and seductively by the women in my life… one in particular asked that I give...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013: excerpt from Day 8
I’m afraid some of my readers are gonna hate me for sharing this bit.. maybe even call for my head on a platter, but here goes… I came out of the bathroom just as she came to find me. “Come here”,...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013: a little more from Day 8
… starting from where the last post left off: We pulled away from each other quickly, both looking toward the sliding glass door that separated the deck from the dining room but her mom hadn’t seen...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013, excerpt from Day 9
I’ve been writing a lot, only day 9 and I’m up to 18k words. Some days I write more than 2,000 words. That means that for every chunk I’m posting here, there’s a lot more I’m not sharing. Which...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013, and another.. from Day 9
And because I love my faithful readers and also don’t want them calling for my head on a pike.. a little more… I stepped into the play shed, a covered but only partially walled structure with...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013, excerpt from Day 10
I went to my room, closing the door softly and threw myself on my bed. I was hungry and not at all happy to be missing a meal but I’d avoided an all out fight with my dad and that was a good thing....
View ArticleNaNowriMo 2013, excerpt from Day 11
Would love some feedback on this one.. if you’ve got a moment. It took me a moment to find Sarah May, she was wearing a gigantic, shapeless army coat and wasn’t sitting in our usual spot. After I’d...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013, excerpt from Day 14
Sarah May came rushing up to me between second and third periods, which was odd not only because I didn’t usually see her at that time of day but also because she rarely rushed anywhere. She pulled me...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013, excerpt from Day 21, Desiree’s New Car
After school, once most everyone else was gone, I got my turn at checking out Desiree’s new car. It was pretty nice, especially coming from a family that always got well-used vehicles. There was...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013, excerpt from Day 25
When I walked into the bar, I did a quick glance around to see if I knew anyone there. Two twenty something guys at the pool table, nope. The older couple talking to the bartender, nope. A...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2013 Day 26 excerpt ….
More from my novel in progress, Guys Like Us from my NaNoWriMo 2013 daily writing… in this episode, Buddy and Desiree add something new to their sex life: She sat up and pushed me back against the...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2103, excerpt from Day 30… The End of Innocence
It’s hard at this point to remember how I got through those next few days. I was doing a lot of compartmentalizing, numbing myself against the pain and trying not to see what I didn’t want to see....
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Reader Questions: About NaNoWriMo…
Meridith asks: I’d love to hear more about how you commit to nanowrimo every year – how you make time while balancing family, work, etc., what motivates you to keep going, and how it’s different from...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2014: time to get ready
As a friend pointed out, there less than a week until the beginning of NaNoWriMo 2014. Yes, it’s that time of year again and I once again will be working on my novel-in-progress, Guys Like Us. I had...
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