Category: Reading and Writing

Stuff I’ve written about writing and reading in particular.

Treachery (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-Three)

This is the twenty-third chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Treachery Swayed by the persuading of Evelyn to give Ignace a second chance, the collective Tamberlane, Rankin and […]

Taylor Swift and the Sower

I am not a Swiftie in any form. I have listened to her tracks when they come across my streaming feeds or are on the radio at work. I like a few of her songs, but I can’t say I am as fanatical as some. I also am not dissing her in any way, because […]

Disoriented (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-Two)

This is the twenty-second chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Disoriented Ignace woke in a hospital bed, hooked up to a number of machines, tethered with cords to […]

Retribution (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-One)

This is the twenty-first chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Retribution It was early the next morning when Vanessa woke to a notification on her phone.  Freddy had […]

Confessions (The Magician – Chapter Twenty)

This is the twentieth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Confessions Vanessa stared out at the lake again as she pondered the situation, trying to understand her cousin’s […]

The Fairy Garden – The Grove and Travelers

I love to write stories. I also love to decorate for the holidays. And now that I have my OWN little abode, I have the ability to go all out. I also will be in the process of turning my childhood dresser into a credenza to showcase my wonderful little villages (that’s a summer project […]

High-Rise (The Magician – Chapter Nineteen)

This is the nineteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. High-Rise Per her mother’s suggestion, Vanessa had spent the rest of Sunday afternoon holed up in her apartment, […]

Safehouse (The Magician – Chapter Eighteen)

This is the eighteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Safehouse It took Vanessa a few hours to regroup and get herself back together. She had to chat […]

Questions (The Magician – Chapter Seventeen)

This is the seventeenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Questions Vanessa woke up in the old four poster bed in the guest bedroom of her grandmother’s home in the same bed in which she and Thora […]

Iowa Nice

As a Southern California transplant to the Midwest almost seventeen years ago, I had to become accustomed to the idea that perfect strangers here in Iowa seem to go out of their way to help others. My first year here, my car had broken down on the side of the road and a man whose name […]