For a moment, I thought she might get up and walk out, so desperately did she stare at the door, but after a moment, a marked change came over her. She sat straighter, stopped drumming her fingers, and looked me … Continue reading
I’m no more than a thousand words or so, tops, from the end of A Jump To Conclusions, but I can’t quite push through tonight. I’ve missed my self-imposed Saturday deadline by a day now, but I think I’ll be … Continue reading
The desk sergeant gave me the file and the interview room number, and mentioned that Heath had been moved to a waiting room. I stopped there on my way and took a quick look in through the window in the … Continue reading
I’m saving the name ‘Minerve Caswell’ for another character. I don’t know who or in what context, but I can’t waste something I like as much as that on a bit character.
“Good. Lieutenant Li just rang; they ran ballistic tests on our recovered revolver, and it was not the weapon that killed Abbot McKenzie. She thinks it may have been the same model, though. Either way, it seemed to me that … Continue reading
I’m so close to the end of this story I can taste it. It’ll be nice to move on. This is why I’ll never be much of a novelist, or at least not without a lot more time to dedicate … Continue reading
I’m in the middle of writing right now, and I could be done with this story by the end of the weekend. I don’t want to break my streak to type, so I’m going to leave it until the weekend … Continue reading
“His death bears all the hallmarks of an intelligent man’s last frame job. There is an obvious target in Heath. There is a clear motive for the man being framed—Heath discovers that he is being framed, and the police laugh … Continue reading
I just got my Nexus 4 at the time of this writing, and I wrote a little eulogy for my faithful T-Mobile G1. [quote]O, G1, you most faithful of my devices! You who have served me from the dusty trails … Continue reading
“Or perhaps the suicide,” I said. As one, Baker and Carpenter gave me a look. “Hear me out,” I said hurriedly, and before they could interject, I continued. “Abbot McKenzie had no great love for Dalton Heath. Marchand leaves McKenzie … Continue reading
