Sadie Jay

I'm excited to say that I'm going to finish the Headphones rewrite today. I'd hoped to do it last night, but it's been a rough week at work and I lost my energy before I hit "the end". But that's good because last week I thought it would take two weeks. Now all of the fun of doing edits and finding beta readers.   There was no luck on finding Howie past one possible sighting, which makes me sad, but 8 week-old Peppercorn is thriving and has taken over the household. He is absolutely everywhere!  This week's snippet is Mick's response after Headphones asked about Joey in last week's snippet : Mick rolled away to lie on his back. He rubbed his eyes and he left his hands there, his palms closing out the morning light as he began to talk. “I mean, there was drugs and alcohol and women and....” He considered his words, his inner eye seeing flashes from those wild nights. “Sometimes we shared. Women, I mean. We shared and there were n...

We had a disaster a week and a half ago. We took Howie, Peppercorn's mom, to the vet to get her spayed and when we picked her up, there was a carrier malfunction as we were putting her in the car, causing the door to pop open. In usual cat behavior, she bolted. Sadly, the veterinarian is in a different town. We've gone daily to look for her and talked to people and put up flyers, but at this point in time, we've not found her. It's been rough on us, with a ton of guilt to weigh down the sadness. But Peppercorn is thriving, and his Uncle Smooth has stepped up. I just hope, if we don't get her back, that she at least finds someone to take her in because she really is a sweet cat.   On the writing front, I'm on track to finish this first draft of Headphones: Fall Out within the next two weeks. And then start with all the edits! I've focused on Jay and Scoey's relationship lately, but I'm swinging back to Mick and Headphones for the moment. Mic...

So I think I really want to see this.

It's been a rough week, or maybe I'm just getting too old to put up with it. Thank goodness for these weekends when I don't have to leave the house. (That just proves how old I've gotten!) Peppercorn with his mama, Howie. She's making a visit to the vet this week. For starting out as a feral, she'd become very sweet and affectionate.  This week I'm concluding the mini-story that started with a dream that Scoey had , and a passing   comment to Jay about wearing black . Jay's gone to pick up Scoey at the airport, and he's planned a surprise:  Scoey walked down the small airport corridor with his head down after retrieving his bags from baggage claim, rereading Jay’s last text, trying to puzzle it out. / Not quite Johnny Cash/  What did that even mean? “Oh, shit,” he finally managed when he stepped outside to find Jay waiting. Scoey’s inner voice insisted he must be dreaming again. Jay smiled at him; wickedly, crookedly. His hair was t...

I managed to stay on target in May, which means I'm half-way through the rewrite of the last Headphones book. The original version was in present tense (and not book-form) and I'm switching it all to past, plus some paragraphs and scenes have required complete rewrites. And in a few cases, I've rearranged their order. It's totally a labor of love because it's the first thing I ever wrote and completed. I really do believe our "first" characters become a part of us! This week's snippet is from book two of the Headphones series, Sunshine Smile . In a loose way, it's a continuation of last week's snippet. Scoey can't forget Dream Jay. (It's a rare night off for both of them and they're sitting in a back booth at the bar.)  By the end of the evening, their conversation began to meander, never really settling on one topic. Seemingly out of nowhere, Scoey looked at Jay’s tight peachy-pink tee-shirt. “You should tease your hair u...