Walkersville - Episode 5

Thomas McAllister felt cramped by the overpowering fustiness of the Old Rose Inn. He swore he was being choked by the scent of lavender verbena. His jaw ached from the effort of keeping his temper und...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:51:00 GMT

Walkersville - Episode 4

Giselle liked Liza Diamond. She liked her style, her easy smile and the underlying shyness she was sure she recognized in her. But then, Giselle was a self-assured woman and expensive clothes did not ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:13:00 GMT

Walkersville - Episode 3

"Don't look now but we're about to be ambushed," Giselle Lamont breathed her words as she jogged happily beside her husband. She loved the evening in Walkersville, with the soft summer breeze carrying...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:56:00 GMT

Walkersville - Episode 2

Betty Brown Haniman shoved her feet into her husband's old slippers. Her feet didn't so much ache as throb. "I got to lose me some of this weight," she said to no one in particular. Her husband, Jim, ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:24:00 GMT

Walkersville - Episode One

[This is the first episode of an online soap I wrote in 2000. Rather than have it just sitting on my hard drive, I thought it would be fun to post it. Someone might find it amusing.] The Walker mansio...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:04:00 GMT

What? My shoes are ugly?

The other day a local woman, a contemporary of my mother's, commented to my neighbor that someone really should tell me how to dress. Apparently she objected to me wearing Crocs and a long cotton skir...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:31:00 GMT

When is writing not writing?

Sometimes we can fool ourselves. I started out thinking I would be a novelist. My first attempt was set in Louisburg circa 1756.  I was 10. The plot is still with me and still reasonable. But did...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 12:36:00 GMT