Tag: Dellani Oakes
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Oscar Friedman’s Freakish Occurrence – Part 3
They chatted politely for the duration of their meal. Oscar liked the snappy attitude of Jasmine Bond. She was smart and sassy, two traits he greatly admired in a woman. “When you’re ready, I’ll lead you over to the office.” “That would be great. I have to run up to the room and grab my […]
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Oscar Friedman’s Freakish Occurrence – Part 2
That night, the skies opened, pouring down more rain in an hour than the city had seen all year. Oscar woke twice during the night, lying awake as the rain pounded against his tenth story window relentlessly. Unable to sleep after the second time, he lay in the dark, watching the streetlights cast eerie orange […]
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Oscar Friedman’s Freakish Occurrence – Part 1
Oscar Friedman sat in the hot, humid, stuffy car gazing at the dashboard with chagrin. The rented Prius had the most complicated layout of any automobile he’d ever seen. When he’d told the agent that he wanted a gas efficient model, he hadn’t envisioned a hybrid. The agent, even now, was trying to give him […]
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The Lone Wolf – excerpt
The Lone Wolf, first in my sci-fi series, is coming out this year from Second Wind Publishing. He’s the hero’s first entrance to give you a little taste of what the book is like. Slowly and with a casual air, a man entered the airlock. Nearly as tall as Marc, he was leaner of build. […]
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Beating the Block
Writer’s Block! These ominous words send shivers down the spine of any writer. Insidious, it strikes with no warning, clogging the brain, paralyzing fingers, bringing grown writers to their knees. There are many types of writer’s block, each with its own pernicious characteristics. Below, I have listed those which plague me the most often. 1) […]
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Research, A Writer’s Lifeline
I’ve got research on my mind because I’m writing a sequel to my historical romance, “Indian Summer”. Although fairly conversant with the time period, new things pop up. I needed a timeline for the battle I’m going to include in my story. I could find a few basic facts, but it wasn’t until I came […]
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Driving with the Top Down
I belong to a small, informal writer’s group which meets every Wednesday. We have a weekly writing prompt and the one for yesterday was ‘open windows’. Since spring is in the air, I got to thinking about some of the crazy stuff we did as kids to celebrate spring. Some of the following is true, […]
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In the Midst of Madness
Finding time to write is something every author deals with. Some of us have more time to devote to it than others, but still find that life intrudes. I just spent the month of November taking the National November Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. While it’s invigorating to test my writing abilities, it also tests my […]
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When the Muse Strikes!
I originally wrote and posted this back in 2008. Seems like eons ago. It seemed worth updating and sharing once more. I’ve updated a few things to make it more timely, but otherwise, it’s the same as it was November 25, 2008. It was 5:45 this morning and I woke with a starting sentence in […]
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Write it Right or Yes, Viriginia, Mechanics Count
When I was a child, I couldn’t spell. I’m still spelling impaired and love spell check above any of the other features of my word processing program. I am, however, glad I have a good background in punctuation, because word processors are woefully inadequate there. Rule of thumb, if Word corrects your punctuation, it is […]
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