Serpent’s Smile, Chapter One, Part One Reading
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First Draft Complete
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In a bagel shop in Santa Barbara California, I finished the first draft of the final chapter. It will be posted along with two others over the next three weeks. Work began last October with the outline. A month later, … Continue reading
Halfway
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Serpent’s Smile is halfway done. When finished, the novel will contain thirty chapters. Fourteen have been posted to this point including chapter “One and a Half” so thirteen is really fourteen. Added up, their 45,000 words are slightly over half the 80,000 total … Continue reading
Serpent’s Smile on Break for Two Weeks
I’m doing some consulting work ($$) for a couple of weeks.
Spence, Megyn and Sartaq will, therefore, enjoy some down time. They will re-animate on Saturday, March 19th.
FYI: If you poked your nose in here earlier today and read “Chapter Twelve – Pressure” but don’t see it now, that’s ’cause when I tried to do a quick pass for punctuation errors, I ended up filling every page with red ink. That much blood means it needs major surgery. Until that happens, I’ve retracted it. The chapter is now sulking in the corner and licking its wounds. To those who read it earlier this morning before I pulled it, rest assured the intestinal distress will soon pass. Just keep the windows open.
New Chapter One and a Half Inserted
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I’ve gone back and inserted a new chapter. “Chapter One and a Half — Witness” presents Sartaq’s viewpoint of the beheading and immediate aftermath. It should answer some of the mysteries of why things did, and did not, happen. After that, Chapters … Continue reading
Serpent’s Smile Christmas and New Years Break
Spence, Megyn and Sartaq have agreed to set aside their grudges (and murders) through Christmas and New Years. They will return — Sartaq gets to present his perspective — on January 9th.
Until then, may you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Chapter One Revised
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Chapter One, arguably the most important in the book, went through three (what I thought were) big rewrites before being posted two weeks ago. This week, however, I reread it and decided some minor surgery, mostly cuts, was needed. Today … Continue reading
Serpent’s Smile Posting Plan
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My plan is to post chapter one of Serpent’s Smile — yes, the novel now has a title — in the wee hours of Saturday morning. You’ll be able to enjoy it, maybe, with your morning coffee. I say “maybe” because the murder the … Continue reading
Spence Begins
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Plotting is going well. After stumbling into a gruesome murder in a foreign land, Spence is chased by terrorists who’ve abducted his attractive female friend. Because authorities are more intent on stopping the terrorist attack rather than rescuing her, Spence must … Continue reading