Category: Dellani Oakes
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Excerpt From My Current WIP
Kai Marcelo works for his mother as a lifeguard at her pool, but he’s training to become an EMT. One day, his mother introduces a new instructor, Paisley Saunders. Kai is immediately taken with the pretty young woman with the mysterious and dangerous ex-boyfriend – a man she left far behind her. They hit it […]
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Excerpt from “Chase”
I got the idea from my radio show today, to look at my story endings. I decided to share some of the ones I liked best. “Chase” is named after the main character. I decided to use first person with a male narrator for this one. Chase Baker is a self-made millionaire. He owns a […]
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There Shall Be Great Rejoicing – Part 12
“Enough posturing! It is the Guild Master’s job to assign duelists, Deliss. Riza has his reasons.” “Yes,” Deliss’ voice grew softly dangerous. “Yes, and his plan becomes clear to me. This was planned between the two of you. You want to see what Mai can do. The Twittering, that’s no accident. I had a match […]
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I’m the Nanny – part 2
Jade is Mitch’s boss, since she just hired him to be her nanny. Fighting their inevitable attraction, they try dating other people. Unfortunately, that isn’t going so well. Jade missed her lunch date with Keith, due to her son’s illness, so she invites him to dinner. Will Keith make the final cut? At 6:45, Jade […]
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A Special Night Out
Mara Cross is a successful architect who has never made room in her life for a relationship. She’s finally taking a much needed vacation to the Virgin Islands, where she meets Cole & Red on the beach when their volleyball lands in her lap. To apologize, they ask her out to dinner. This scene takes […]
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Breaking the Writer’s Block
Three o’clock in the morning, and I’ve been staring at the monitor for hours, unable to get anything coherent written. Banging my head on the desk doesn’t help, although it does dislodge a stack of papers exposing a CD I’ve been missing for months. I pop the CD into the player and wait for inspiration. […]
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Love Under Lights
Honoria McCormick (also known as Honey) has just been hired as the Technical Director for a small theater in eastern Tennessee. Somewhat out of her depth, she’s struggling to get her footing. The rest of the crew with whom she will work, are very nice and she enjoys going to dinner and their house & […]
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“Indian Summer” excerpt
The following is from my historical novel, “Indian Summer” (available from Second Wind Publishing). Gabriella Deza, her sisters & younger brother, Marcos, are in St. Augustine, Florida waiting for their parents to come back from Jamaica. The weather is awful, a storm brewing out over the water. Suddenly, the sky darkens, hail falls and the […]
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NaNoWriMo is in Full Swing – Are You In?
I’m participating in NaNoWriMo again and loving it. The first part of the novel came fast and furious, but the muse is now being stubborn. I have had to cut and restart a couple times. I know technically that’s not something they encourage, but I knew I wouldn’t ever finish if I didn’t redirect and […]
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Gone But Not Forgotten – Part 10
Months passed and the Trimagnite pocket was capped and harvesting began. True to his word, Wil had told Orion to split the profit. Everyone from the supervisors down to the lowliest Miner One got an equal share. Wil appeared very little, and when he did arrive, it was always a turn around trip. More often […]
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