Here’s the big birthday Zippy with his chewed-up lobster tug . . . he’s worn out and sleeping under the only claw left whole. This day is strange, not because of the rain and wind, I expect this living north of Seattle, but because I remember the day I met puppy Zippy three months after…
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It’s a holiday and I’m enjoying the spring sunshine and the cooking activity, caesar salad with house made croutons and a buttermilk caesar dressing, breaded pork cutlets to grill, and scalloped potatoes the old-fashioned way. Zippy and Kipling received extra treats and A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) debuts Chapter 28! Please enjoy this…
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Here is the latest chapter of A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) . . . it’s been too long and a lot has happened in the silence that has developed since chapter 26. Leonora meets up with Camoustra and Frenalto and we find out what Peggy decides to do after Thanksgiving . . .…
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Chapter 26 marks a narrative turning point in A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy), and it stars Leonora Rabkin, one of the dueling divas of the local FITE stage . . . get to know her and her husband, Jim, listen to their wants, needs, and hope Leonora’s jealous nature doesn’t unravel. Try not…
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Has it been a month since the last chapter? I apologize. The holidays have been a blur. A stress fracture in my right foot has kept me immobile . . . sitting is difficult as well, putting any weight on this foot is a bother. Still, I managed to write over two thousand words for…
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A third round of Haiku To Meet You comes together, and it’s perfect to share with the world here at the end of 2014. Cheers to the new year, all the planning and resolutions. Mine are major, filled with beginning doubts and anxieties. I want to overcome this feeling of risk, attainment, and happiness at…
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A wonderful weekend began with a book signing author event at Watermark Book Co. in Anacortes, Washington, my hometown bookstore. I couldn’t have been happier since Hark—A Christmas Collection is my very first book with Booktrope, a new kind of hybrid book publisher that a friend recommended to me after one of this year’s more…
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Thanksgiving pushed my writing of A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) to the back burner, but a new flame has been lit. Thanksgiving dinner has fed most of the players, and now Part 24 shines a light on Gerald Pommeroy, the owner of the castle where monsters dwell. Gerald speaks to Camoustra and Frenalto…
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Well, it’s been a year and a half since my last publication, an eon in any writing life, and I’m thrilled to announce the first book by my brand new publisher, Booktrope. They surrounded me with an incredible team of industry professionals and helped make Hark—A Christmas Collection a terrific debut, or reintroduction. Here is the…
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Thanksgiving is nearing an end, and one of the new actors in The Queen’s Idle Fancy is introduced in this double-sized chapter. What part he plays is up to the mysterious unknown Director. Who is pulling the strings? Where’s Waltzcrop? Camoustra and Frenalto are mentioned once more in passing, and the nanny abandons her church…
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