Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The setting of the novel The Ten Weeks was exactly forty years ago. This is one of a series of excerpts from the novel, one for each week (except for Weeks Two and Three, which were combined). Click here for more information on the book, including the new e-book version. Verecundan papers had spilt a …
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The setting of the novel The Ten Weeks was exactly forty years ago. This is one of a series of excerpts from the novel, one for each week (except for Weeks Two and Three, which were combined). Click here for more information on the book, including the new e-book version. The Sacred Heart Cathedral was …
The setting of the novel The Ten Weeks was exactly forty years ago. This is one of a series of excerpts from the novel, one for each week (except for Weeks Two and Three, which were combined). Click here for more information on the book, including the new e-book version. The sun was just setting …
I almost overlooked this musical gem alluded to in the novel The Ten Weeks. It's Cream's "Pressed Rat and Warthog" which appeared as a single along with "Anyone for Tennis" (an appropriate subject for The Ten Weeks.) "Pressed Rat and Warthog" also appeared as the first song of the second side of the first disc …
Obama's newest idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s I try not to make it a steady diet on this blog, but sometimes I think I'm seeing stuff in my own novels come to life. In my first printed novel Paludavia (written in 2003,) I have the left-wing Republic of Verecunda defended in part by its underfunded and undermanned (and …
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Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction The big day finally arrived; it was an early afternoon wedding. George, as Julian’s best man, knew he had a serious duty ahead of him. It was Julian’s turn to be nervous now. George brought his …
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Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction It was Terry’s idea to pray in the Cathedral the night before her ordination, but the whole experience with Barton Caldwell was so exhilarating and draining at the same time that she abandoned the idea upon …
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Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction As the enormity of the tasks and the shortness of the time sunk into everyone involved, preparations for both Terry’s ordination and wedding got going in earnest. With Terry becoming a minister, her clerical duties with …
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The Ten Weeks, our latest novel, is now available at Amazon.com. You can click on the cover image in the right sidebar for more information. This is the first of The Island Chronicles to appear there, and we are excited about it.
Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction At 0900 the next morning Annette and Darlene met with Norman and a still groggy Kyle at the palace. “I thought those girls would talk until the sun came up,” Kyle said, fighting another yawn. “Gimme …
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