Maria (The Magician – Chapter Eleven)

This is the eleventh chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Maria Maria Lucia Zamarano Tamberlane was the matriarch of the current incarnation of the Tamberlane family, a formidable magician in her own right.  Of course, these days, […]

Continue the Race. Continue the story.

As I mentioned several weeks ago, the tiny church I attend in my little swath of the Midwest is working weekly on the fruits of the Spirit. This past Sunday, the fruit that was highlighted was faith. Faithfulness seems to be something I tend to struggle with at times and yet embrace all in the […]

Club (The Magician – Chapter Ten)

This is the tenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Club Freddy’s eyes widened as he watched Vanessa sashay out of her bedroom a few nights later. WOW, he signed, using his facial features to also to […]

Note (The Magician – Chapter Nine)

This is the ninth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Note Vanessa’s new advisor, Dr. Jenkins, was also the professor for one of her graduate classes.  The professor had sent everyone the evaluations she had done on […]

Rankins (The Magician – Chapter Eight)

This is the eighth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Rankins Ophelia Rankin Stoneburner was beaming at the two women as they came up the front porch stairs.  She stepped forward and greeted them both with hugs […]

Persist

Anyone who knows me knows that I wear several bracelets. It’s something I started doing a few years ago, mainly because I wanted to express myself, but also because some have words I wanted to focus on. I’ve mentioned them in a few blogs posts here as well. One of the words I have on […]

Halloween Town: The Newest Residents

This is a story about my Halloween Town. I used to put a description of the origins of my villages on every post about my villages, but since I have a whole created page about the Village Stories I have written, Check it out there if you have no idea what my Halloween Town is. […]

Allium (The Magician – Chapter Seven)

This is the seventh chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Allium It would not do to ruminate on a long-missing family member, Vanessa thought as she stared off into the distance through her window on the train. […]

Pass The Baton – September 2023

Marla, from Marla’s World, has created a writing challenge. The challenge is for multiple authors to write a single story. She will choose a story that she has written, or that another author has submitted for this challenge, and she will nominate the next person to continue writing it. Once that person has added their […]

Nestor (The Magician – Chapter Six)

This is the sixth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Nestor Vanessa was unaware she had been spoken of in such a fashion as she rode the elevated train across the city. She was heading from her […]