My daughter Katie would not want to be associated with an operation in which kids witness their parents being taken into custody.

So, this is long overdue. We sold our house and moved right at the end of August and the whole month of September was a total wash. It’s hilarious to me that this chapter (a long one) starts …

An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed six journalists, according to Al-Shifa hospital, including four from Al Jazeera.

Better late than never? Here’s the next installment of The Davies. CHAPTER 22 Faith arrived for her weekend stay and was immediately accepted into the fold by the Aunties. The first night of …

Dr. Elisabeth Potter says she may be forced into bankruptcy if her clinic isn’t accepted by the insurance giant.

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…

Hi folks! Another late installment. Sorry! Life has been complicated again. This time it involved having to get a rabies shot. lol. A story for another time. For this installment of The Davies, rea…

It took a few days, but Will finally resurfaced and took Kennedy to spend a Saturday at the beach near Owen’s house. They swam for a while then laid out blankets on the sand. The sun’s rays and the…

We’re back with a new chapter in the Davies series. Sorry for the delay. Life got complicated again. This is a short one so I’ll try to get the next one up a little quicker. Thanks for …

Howdy Readers! Here’s the next installment of The Davies. Will showed up at Parker House out of the blue the next afternoon. Kennedy was out in the back yard laying on a deck chair with her f…

This chapter picks up as Owen and Kennedy are driving back to Parker House. It’s sort of the second half of the same scene. Together, these chapters are too long so I broke them up. Happy rea…

The next installment of The Davies is here. If you need to catch up with previous chapters, you can hit the link to the blog. The next day Kennedy rode her bike out to Elm Street and hiked back thr…

Sorry for the late installment of The Davies. Life got in the way. I’ll try to post the next chapter soon. When Kennedy arrived for work the next morning, Mrs. Hughes was in a mood. Since Ken…

This is the next installment in The Davies. We’re in Owen’s POV for this one. It’s the second half of the scene in Chapter Thirteen. Owen pulled his arm out from under Renee and s…

Sorry for the delay! Last week was crazy-busy so no new chapter. This week I had the time to edit so here you go. This is chapter 13 of the Davies. This one starts with a bit of telling instead of …

Native American Tribes manage 14% of all remaining black-footed ferrets in the wild. Freezes of federal funding are jeopardizing their conservation programs. BNGA invites you to join our effort to sav...

Today I have a tiny chapter for you. I was tempted to combine it with another, but it’s a perfect gem on it’s own. It’s also the first time the two main character see each other. …

Today we have two chapters instead of the usual one. Chapter 10 is small, probably not worth a whole chapter so I’m including 11 as well. Owen landed on his back as Will grabbed the ball, jum…

Chapter Nine of The Davies. I struggled with this one. I wanted to edit the life out of it, but I’ve left it as is. More to come. Every home has its rhythms, and Kennedy was beginning to unde…

Chapter eight in The Davies serialized novel. More new characters are introduced. I’ll have a blog post soon about the mistakes I’m seeing I made when initially writing this book. It&#8…

Chapter Seven in the serialized novel The Davies. On Sunday, Kate and Beth acted like going to church was not optional so Kennedy got up, dressed and joined them on the walk into town. On the way, …

If you need to catch up, click here for the explainer and the earlier chapters. Owen’s phone rang in his pocket, and he dug through his jacket, pulling it out to check who it was before hitting the…

Note: Chapter five is actually two chapters in one. I know I said I would only lightly edit, but boy…. Basically I hit one of the reasons I shelved this novel. The two chapters were long and …

The story continues. You can find the start of the story here: Chapter Four “Folks… Folks seriously shut up.” The man at podium shouted and the crowd laughed before slowly growing quiet. He straigh…

Chapter three is here. If you missed the start, you can find all parts on this blog. This is a novel I shelved years ago and decided to resurrect, lightly edit, and publish (warts and all) as a ser…

This week’s installment is where we meet our second point of view. It’s a short one. If you’ve been following along from the start you know that this is a novel I shelved years ag…

Taking a break this week from posting a new chapter of the Davies (no worries, I plan to post it soon) to get some thoughts down for myself and maybe for fellow creatives who are in the same mood. …

Kennedy Davies sat in the first seat of the row of white plastic chairs along the back wall of Wash ‘N’ Fold scrolling aimlessly on her phone. Burning an hour and a half in a laundromat under the f…

Back in 2010 I started writing my very first book. I revised it a few times, tried to get an agent with it and got nowhere. Out of frustration, I shelved it. A few months later, the idea for The Br…

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