• Among the Shine Clan – part 7

    Fiddlestix hasn’t been having a very good day.  On a mission not of her choosing, dropping into hostile territory after a team of cyber psychotics, she is less than thrilled.  Deacon Scott, leader of the Shine Clan, was not happy to see her and her team.  Now they are on more amicable terms, but things…

  • Weekly Quote – Among the Shine Clan – Part 6

    Deacon and Fiddlestix have finally come to an understanding.  Their sense of duty has overcome their animosity for one another.  This story is not appropriate for readers under 14. Deacon Scott walked beside Fiddlestix, his arm barely touching hers. He’d said nothing since leaving the dining room five minutes earlier. He walked her to an…

  • Quote of the Week – Among the Shine Clan – Part 1

    “Among the Shine Clan” is a short story I wrote about a year ago.  It is set in the not too distant future, where cybernetic body parts have become commonplace.  The world has changed a lot in the last decade, from Global Warming, tidal waves, and a devastating war with the Chinese.  People have become…

  • Oscar Friedman’s Freakish Occurence – part 5

    (I just realized this never got posted here. OOPS!)  Things aren’t going well for poor Oscar.  His car is giving him fits and the GPS – well…. it’s not behaving the way it should. “This isn’t the way Patrick said to go,” he mumbled. “This can’t be right.” “Of course it’s right,” the GPS said…

  • Oscar Friedman’s Freakish Occurence part 7

    Now up at http://secondwindpub.wordpress.com/

  • Weekly Quote – from “The Lone Wolf”

    “The Lone Wolf” is set in the distant future when space travel is as common as a drive to the grocery store is for us. The Mining Guild has been in exisitence for 300 years and controls much of the galactic resources. Marc & Matilda serve on a small mining vessel in deep space. Aolani…

  • Quote of the Week – From “A Bride for Brodie”

    I think the intial meeting of the male & female leads in a story is very important.  Sometimes my characters have known one another for a long time.  Sometimes they meet under good circumstances.  Other times, like in this story, their meeting is less than fortunate.  Elevators are trouble. I’m not talking about their mechanics,…

  • The Pigeonhole Effect

    Like the makers of movies, authors play to an audience. Our action is on a page, not a screen, but it boils down to the same thing – audience appeal. As authors, we are only successful if our work appeals to a wide range of readers. Unfortunately, our business suffers from the pigeonhole effect. The…

  • Quote of the Week from “Tangled Web” coming soon from Second Wind

    Zoe Hamilton lives a quiet life.  She has her day spa business and is a homeopathic practitioner.  Everything is going pretty well until one night a man from her alarm company calls to tell her there’s been a robbery at her store.  Concerned about her, Rhett Archer calls her the next morning to check up…

  • Oscar Friedman’s Freakish Occurence – Part Six

    In the words of Lewis Carrol, “Curiouser and curiouser”. Just when Oscar thinks things can’t really get much worse, they do. The GPS goes crazy, carrying him far from his destination, finally bringing him where he needs go. Hoping to find someone he can really talk to about it, he invites Jasmine to go to…