Fractured Fragment Friday: “Cat and Mouse”

For Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth AND seventh Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire stories, here’s the blurb from the third tale in the series. From “Cat and Mouse”: Major Tom has plans for his leave time: this cat is finally going to get some much-needed R&R with his mates. … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Herc Tom on a Roll

Weekly goals report: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I posted more comments and likes on other peoples’ blogs than I have before. I wrote 2,628 words in six days (still struggling for consistent writing time, but getting closer.) “Cats Out of the Bag” is just over 14,000 … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Impossible Dreams

IN MY YOUTH… I listened to a lot of musical theatre recordings (usually original Broadway cast albums) – this was through a combination of my theatrical interests (I was in theatre) and my parents’ musical tastes (It was what played in our house. In those days, music wasn’t so readily available that you could have … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Nipped in the Butt”

For the second Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire story, we’ll move on to an excerpt from the second tale in the series. From “Nipped in the Butt”: “Sabertooth just passed through to the Quartz sector. Under whose orders?” There was a pause, in which Shadow … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Cats and More Cats

Last week’s goals: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I posted the requisite number of comments on other peoples’ blogs. I’m embarrassed to report that I let my next scheduled release date sneak up on me. I was supposed to publish something on the 21st, and I don’t … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Playing Pretend

I used to act (my gosh, it’s been almost FORTY YEARS – I guess that qualifies for USED TO. Time flies…) I enjoyed getting into character – trying to become someone who wasn’t me, in such a way that the character was believable to the audience (and to the other actors, if I could manage … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Purr Mission”

(this is something new for Fridays, and may become part of my blog schedule going forward. I will begin posting excerpts of my works, obviously a self-serving attempt to interest people enough to go out and buy read the whole thing.) ***** For the first Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth … Continue reading →