Sadie Jay

2018. What can I say? I'm at that age where one asks "Where has the time gone?" but at the same time, in so many ways, this year has seemed endless. My goal for 2018 had been to start publishing and I did manage to have one short story published, so I met that goal; just maybe not in the way I meant. Therefore, my goal for 2019 is to get brave, make concrete decisions, and publish at least one of my books! That's as far as my resolutions go. (after all, who likes a skinny, sober bitch anyway?!)  My snippet this week comes from one of my first manuscripts, When Silverfish Dance . It's not a romance so much as a Suspense with Romantic elements. In other words, it ends with a HFN instead of a HEA. Although, if I ever manage to write the sequel...! It's New Year's Eve, 1973, and the two main characters, Morgan and Barry, are pretending to be a couple. Sometimes the lines blur: Barry looked up at him with a small smile and said, “Look, it’s almo...

The most wonderful time of the year! Or at least the busiest. I work retail so the last few weeks have been a bit nuts. I'm off today so I'm going to spend the day finishing up, plus my daughter's coming in this afternoon to spend the week with us. I don't expect to get much writing done, but a break is good once in awhile. Since it's the last weekend before Christmas, I thought a Christmas scene was in order, so I'm going back to  Cut Shot . I almost think Jed and Ian's story is my favorite of the books I've written and I'm not sure why except I really developed a soft spot for Jed. In this chapter, he comes out of the bar after he and Ian have just had words in the restroom. excerpt from Chapter 15: Jed should have been surprised to find Ian leaning against his truck after he paid his tab and got stopped twice by people who wanted to say hi, but he wasn’t. The snow was still flurrying, giving the night a soft ambiance. Somehow Christmas h...

It may be the last official week of Fall, but the actuality of it is cold, grey days. The bit of snow we go two weeks ago is gone, turned to drizzle and rain. It's not feeling very Christmasy at the moment, even though the Christmas push is upon us. And that push is the reason I've not come even close to the goals I'd set. I'm trying to tell myself getting any words down is a good thing, but sometimes it's still discouraging!             But for the Smoke and Sparks gang, it's early fall and they've gone camping. Because of a snafu with a tent, Daryl ends up bunking with Vaughn and Vaughn's best friend, Lindsey. Poor Lindsey is just beginning to realize she's the odd man out--sort of speaking! (from Vaughn's POV)             “Fuuckk, I was having such a good dream.” The mattress dipped as Lindsey rolled over and pushed herself up, resting her chin on my upper arm. “I was riding a horse with Jon Snow and… G...

I'm always looking for inspiration and I'm totally obsessed with 19 Days right now. The 4 main characters are high school age which is younger than any of my current MCs, but I like the way their relationships develop. Plus, fan vids are always fun!

It snowed this week. Again. It's the second we've had this winter with measurable accumulation and probably more than we had all last winter. It doesn't bode well for the next few months. I used to like snow and the cold, but I was younger then and it didn't feel like such a hassle getting where I had to go, nor did the cold hurt as much! It was pretty, though, as it came down and settled on the trees. (my evening walk home from work, hence the dimness) I like the silence that comes with snow, the way it seems to insolate and soundproof the world, and how it sparkles when the sun comes out. And the crunch when I walk on it. And the way it makes it feel more like Christmas. Which is why I have a snow scene in Cut Shot . And in honor of this week's smattering of white, I'm dedicating this week's snippet to Winter Wonderlands everywhere. This week's snippet from Chapter 20:               Relief shook him when he sighted the car parked in ...

Wow, where has the year gone? In some ways, it feels like it's been a long year, but at the same time, it's hard to believe we're only a few weeks away from 2019. My goal for 2018 was to start publishing. And I did, sort of. I had a short story included in an anthology. So I'm going to consider that a positive. As I said previously, NaNo was a bust simply because I didn't have the time to dedicate to the project. I did end up over 10k in Smoke and Sparks , which is always my "mark" that this is a real story that's going to happen. I'm hoping to keep this story a bit light without my typical angst, but I guess I'll see where it goes. Like usual, I'm basically pantsering this. I have a vague idea of future events, but vague is the keyword at this point. Fingers crossed, it'll all fall together! Today's snippet is the beginning of the weekend at a campground. It's been several weeks since Vaughn and Daryl first met and they...