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Flash Friday #28

Bobbing The storm grew dark and the sea grew green. Waves ten feet tall sloshed over the quay. Crates were thrown against the stone. Thunder roared. In the café, Benny watched it all. He got terribly sea sick and couldn’t go out with his grandfather. What a life, the sea sick son of a sailor.Continue reading “Flash Friday #28”

Finished Book

So the last time I had a non-quest related post I wrote some of my book writing plans. Well, after I posted that and turned my attention to my daily writing, I realized that it would not take much to finish the book. So I finished the book that night. It took about seven hundredContinue reading “Finished Book”

Flash Friday #27

Buying Oneself “Hi there,” said a small mousey man. He was so short that he could barely see over the countertop. “Hello. Hi.” Behind the desk a dower woman sat on a high stool. Behind her were reams and reams of binders. Thousands of them. Each one a life. She wore glasses around her neckContinue reading “Flash Friday #27”

The Quest # 29

No new queries. No outstanding rejections. In the mean time I’ve done a lot of reading of other people’s queries and have changed mine around. I rewrote the central paragraphs describing the plot, and cleaned up the first paragraph. I also added that I had been published before. In hindsight it feels like a bigContinue reading “The Quest # 29”

Flash Friday#26

Beneath the Walls Aethshus watched the walls. It was fast becoming a habit. There was little else to do once he had looked over his equipment. Today was a quiet day in the siege, one where neither side tried anything. Most days should have been like that, only this siege was unlike any other. ForContinue reading “Flash Friday#26”

Changing tack

I am just about finished with my book of the year, the adventure story. I won’t say much more about it now, I want to finish. After that, however, I will be gearing up to write the second. This one I aim to be short, and given my current writing speed, will be about threeContinue reading “Changing tack”

Flash Friday #25

Earworm A little tune bobbed through the hedges. The singer, a woman in a red hat, sang the words. “One day, one day you will be mine, baby.” Behind the hedge there was a man in thick denim. He trimmed the hedge and heard the woman singing. The tune wormed its way into his mind.Continue reading “Flash Friday #25”

The Quest #28

Two rejections and no new applications. But there is a good reason for this. At least, I think it’s a good reason. It has been a year of blind querying agents and I have gotten no requests for more. I know that breaking in is tough. I’m not discouraged, but I am looking to getContinue reading “The Quest #28”