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Jere

Don't be so quick to judge on those you don't know

About Me

I started writing about the middle of September of '99. Over the years I've written 7 novels and have one published through self-publishing.

Winter of Red Demise was first published in Jan. '04, but since then I have made adjustments to the manuscript, mostly in terms of the grammar.

Brief synopsis...

It’s early January and the east coast city of Hamilton is in the grips of a major winter storm. Homicide Detective’s Martin Kellermen and Jack Gibson are called to the Burlington Suites Hotel were the dead body of pop singer Amanda Darby was discovered by her bodyguard along with a note purposely left behind by the killer, a note in which he promises four more murders. Martin and Jack question many, but the answers are few and scattered and offer little truth in revealing any type of solid lead while the killer, known only as Matthew, remains in the dark.

Within two days, there is a report of two more murders and, slowly, clues begin to surface within each note Matthew leaves behind. Both detectives, feeling added pressure brought on by their superiors and quite aware that they are running out of time, fear Matthew will disappear underground after his planned fifth murder, and begin to realize their only hope to catching him is concealed in each of his victim’s past.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Other writers mostly...

Music:

I have two 400 disc cd changers, so that adds up to a lot of music.

Movies:

Lord of the rings, Fight club, Walk the line, Alice in wonderland, the Last unicorn, Supergirl, Kiss of the dragon, Transporter 1/2, Tombstone, Young guns, Interview with the vampire, A few good men, Underworld 1/2, Secret of my sucess, Pride and prejudice, Shopgirl, Star wars saga, Phantom of the opera, Sound of music, Godzilla (1956), King kong (1933), Batman (1989), and many more...

Television:

I finally got cable, so i.e. anything on Showtime: Weeds, Dexter, Meadowlands, the L word, Brotherhood, the Tudors, Californication, and Law and Order SVU

Books:

James Patterson, Anne Rice, J. K. Rowling, Max Barry, Ed McBain, Kate Brian, Richard Yates, Jeff Lindsay, William Golding, Stephen King, Gaston Leroux, Alison Weir, Ernest Hemingway, Dennis Lehane, Katherine V. Forrest

Heroes:

Those who are following their dreams no matter how long the road...

My Blog

The Trials - chapter 1

Here is chapter 1 of a 7 chapter short-story I wrote a few years ago. Its about Lester, and what he goes through to bring back the woman he loves from her coma. *     *  ...
Posted by Jere on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:00 PST

Excerpt from Winter of Red Demise

Here is an excerpt from Winter of Red Demise. This is near the begining of the book. *     *     *            &...
Posted by Jere on Fri, 02 May 2008 05:23:00 PST

Micro-fiction

I look up from my paper and see Donaldson sneaking into our literary class, his yellow hair askew from running through the halls. "What are we working on?" he whispers. "Micro-fiction." "Huh?" He does...
Posted by Jere on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PST

Excerpt from my vampire novel

I’ve noticed other writers posting excerpts from their own work so I thought I’d post a scene from my vampire novel. Although, this book is finished, it isn’t published. Th...
Posted by Jere on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:54:00 PST

Sending only a query letter

A lot of literary agents will ask you to send them different items of your work when you first contact them. Some will ask for a query letter, the first 30 pages, your bio, and so on, w...
Posted by Jere on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:03:00 PST

1 year, 5 books (or 4 books, one of them twice)

Another year finished, and another book written; along with a whole mess of editing. This year started off with the editing of Winter (see profile picture), which only took about a month. Then I moved...
Posted by Jere on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:04:00 PST

Lucky number 800

Today I bought my 799th and 800th CD with the two-disc, Pet Shop Boys album: PopArt. Now, I have both of my 400 disc changers filled to the brim. I started buying CD's way back in '91, Gn'R's 'Us...
Posted by Jere on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:06:00 PST

last week of work

Up on the 16th floor of Alliant Energy, they have sold off their transmissions line to another company, taking most of the employes with them. Those left behind will now have to look for work som...
Posted by Jere on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:31:00 PST

Mufflers, and why Ford is the greastest car

Last week I had to buy my third muffler for my 94' Ford escourt. It cost about 100 dollars, but that isn't too bad considering it keeps the car quiet. My Ford escourt has over 181,000 miles on it and ...
Posted by Jere on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:04:00 PST