Eddie stepped into only the second Barnes and Nobel bookstore of his life. Before Candy’s death, the closest he came to bookstores had been the small, mall based booksellers. Even then, he only went in to get calendars for Christmas, or pick up soft-core porn magazines when he couldn’t sneak out to the [...]

               EXT. DICK’S HOUSE – DAY
 
               Dick carries arm loads of shopping bags from Neiman Marcus
               and Nordstrom’s. Jane is dressed to kill and Dick looks more
               like a schlump than he did in the bar. He is sporting a
               hundred dollar hair cut, five hundred glasses and the dazed
               expression of a man who has endured [...]

I want to start with an admission; I am a recovering lawyer. No that doesn’t mean I don’t drink, hell, I am Irish, a Writer AND a Lawyer, I HAVE to drink. “Recovering Lawyer” means I used to practice law. Don’t hate me yet; I USED to practice law and I only [...]

The morning mist had followed Victoria down to the wharf in Seattle. The Pike Street Market drew crowds of travelers along with throngs of cash-card carrying middleclass, high dollar shoppers that lived within even the furthest reasonable commute. Plunked down in the middle of the market is where the DNA of Starbucks wallows in [...]

The pressure was on again, I thought is was about it being time to write… another blog post. Sure, I could procrastinate a bit if I wanted. I was three posts ahead, more than plenty of space for most writers, maybe too much more. I didn’t have time pressure. I didn’t have [...]

               The sound of a wooden match struck once, Nothing.  Twice and
               a spark flashes on the screen.  Third time and a flame flares
               in slow motion, giving a glimpse of the tip of a woman’s
               cigarette.
               The flame settles to a slow burn and the match tip trembles.
               [...]

How to make Readers throw your book, THAT’S A GOOD THING Everyone writes for different reasons, I have at least one reason for each voice in my head. (Come on writers, you know about the voices in your head.) Each author has a favorite reason to write. My favorite involves a [...]

TotallyWrite Development Suite – LTW Productions Canada Inc. Review – @@@@ at-a-boys
It would be a better story if I could say I started writing on an old typewriter with a used ribbon and had to ink in letters that didn’t work on the keyboard, but this review is non-ficton, or at least faction.

Eddie had to ask around plenty to find a busy attorney who wouldn’t have much time for him and this guy fit the bill perfectly.  The office had one other lawyer even though the name on the door said, Johnson and Associates; the receptionist’s desk was piled with files, and the guy behind the desk [...]

Writing teaches me.  Not the things you would imagine it teaches me.  Not better grammar or spelling, just ask my first draft readers.  Not about story structure, that happens mostly when I am putting together the puzzle that ends up being my final work.

                                                               FADE IN:
               BLACK SCREEN — NIGHT
               White, sensuous tendrils of smoke drift up in random
               patterns.  The smoke starts faint and grows thicker, choking
               the screen.
                                   RICHARD
                         The blonde looks like my type.
                                   CARL
                         She’s the kind of woman you marry,
                         not someone you try to have sex
                         with.  She’s too plain looking for
                         [...]

“Intervention” is a suspense thriller. In the vein of: “Fatal Attraction” but the wife is the fatal attraction for the husband. Intervention follows a naïve, devoted husband and his social climbing, socio-pathic wife, as the husband comes to grip with the fact that his wife wants to murder him so she can run [...]

To enter the WOOF Contest, fill in the form below:

Post Title

Post URL

Please enter a category for your post (ie., about writing, poetry, fiction, etc.)

Eddie glowered back and said, “Slow down or you’ll choke and I don’t want to have to get up to save you again.”
Candy took a seat and stared at the television casting a disapproving eye at the tramps tossing their lives open for a few minutes of celebrity.  She said, “Don’t bother saving me.  It [...]

@@@ and a half at-a-boys
Theasauraus. A good one is harder to find than it is to even spell it
Word up! (Apologies to my urban buddies). Word (the Microsoft Office affliated product) sucks in the thesaurus department, they didn’t even bother to put some of Microsoft’s or Apple’s own terminology in there, but this isn’t [...]

Sara needed a man who was devoted to her and who treated her like she deserved to be treated; something most women would understand.  She didn’t want them attracted to her beauty or her money, so she began the process to make her way to her least alluring self.  She carefully undid her makeup and [...]