And a review of The Black Whole
http://bookzombie.blogspot.com/2008/09/review-black-whole-jacqueline-m-jones.html
I even got a mention for Spiked! out of it.
Showing posts with label stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stories. Show all posts
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The Black Whole published
The Black Whole is now available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Check it out at:
Barnes and Noble http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Black-Whole/Jacqueline-M-Jones/e/9780970943378/?itm=1
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Black-Whole-Jacqueline-M-Jones/dp/0970943377/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219342205&sr=1-6
If those wrap, just type in "The Black Whole" in the search bar.
Super cool.
I'm in it with Spiked!, the first of the dryad stories.
The Black Whole is now available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Check it out at:
Barnes and Noble http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Black-Whole/Jacqueline-M-Jones/e/9780970943378/?itm=1
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Black-Whole-Jacqueline-M-Jones/dp/0970943377/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219342205&sr=1-6
If those wrap, just type in "The Black Whole" in the search bar.
Super cool.
I'm in it with Spiked!, the first of the dryad stories.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Time for more updates -
Off the top, my brother has a book coming out. Here's the link: http://tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-60462-288-1
On to other things -
Dryad4 - in my whimsical way of giving stories working titles, this is the third Dryad story to emerge. Just finished its first draft last night. The working title is Hearts of Oak which is the absolute pits for a title, but we'll see. Jen the Dryad has married, and on their honeymoon they discover a dead body. The man was killed by an axe to the chest, and his hand is stuck in a tree (in a way only a dryad can do). Jen knows right away it was done by one of her relatives.
What of Dryad3? Well, we'll see. It turned into a story much longer than I anticipated, and I hauled it back into the shop.
Welded Wing is a short story set in the Scipioverse. Translation - this is a short story set in the same world as Nick Scipio's (http://www.nickscipio.com) Summer Camp stories. Nick's stories are erotica, and are a coming of age story about a young man named Paul Hughes. Even though erotica might not be your thing, these are well-written. He's 10 chapters into Book 4, with the central mysteries unresolved: who died, and who did Paul marry. I have my guesses, but so do a lot of people.
One of the characters in a prequel is Jack MacLean, a Navy pilot. We meet him in Nereids as he and his wife Susan become the best friends of David and Beth Hughes (Paul Hughes' parents). Jack was shot down and killed over North Vietnam in 1968 (he was an A-4 pilot). Welded Wing is about the recovery of his body in 1998. BTW, the US ambassador to Vietnam (when we opened diplomatic relations with them) was an ex-POW shot down during Rolling Thunder. The POV character is a senior Navy official who had floew with Jack MacLean and was with him the day he was killed.
One of the problems of working in another 'verse is that you have to follow the canons of that place, and you seek permission, and clear it, with the owner. Scipioverse is not an open 'verse, and Nick has some pretty high standards. A number of people have written stories in the Scipioverse, and I ran this past at least one of them before sending it to Nick. Another BTW - there is no nudity or sex in this story.
Firestar - Since I last updated this blog, there have been some changes. I had originally written three chapters of Corey doing well at Command & Staff, and then going on a 'graduation cruise' where she got some final polish. Then she goes to the carrier de Ruyter so she can be in place for The Raid. Well, my story sense said no. Instead, we start en media res. She's on her cruise, and it is combat at bad odds. Corey succeeds (and loses her hand). Then, during her recovery, we get the pressure for her to quit the Navy, and we get deliberate attempts to shuffle her off somewhere out of the way so she'll resign anyway (de Ruyter). The culmination will be The Raid, but I have to show Corey being successful so the reader sees her as one of the hopes of the Families, and see her skills as a tactician.
It's slow going at the moment, but I just did a final read-through of Chapter 1, and am nearing that for Chapter 2. The action will end about Chapter 3, and then we'll get into the non-combat consequences of decisions Corey and others made during the heat of battle. There shouldn't be any, but one of Corey's opponents is the Establishment. Bureaucracy has settled in, and the Navy is seen as a sinecure.
Danielle - a story set in Three Valleys, but without the lifestyle. Dani is from Zero Phase, and is moved there to get her out of a bad situation. She has no clue about a world that evolved from the 1950s without the heavy influence of socialism and left-wing ideology on our culture. I'm into Chapter 4, and it's interesting writing. No sex, but plenty of other things going on in her life, including a growing sense of her own self-worth.
Other works - sort of in abeyance while I grappled with the holidays, got in some gaming, saw some friends, and did some short stories as well as the one about Corey. I expect there'll be more time for Corey Andersen as I've gotten these other stories out of my system.
Off the top, my brother has a book coming out. Here's the link: http://tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-60462-288-1
On to other things -
Dryad4 - in my whimsical way of giving stories working titles, this is the third Dryad story to emerge. Just finished its first draft last night. The working title is Hearts of Oak which is the absolute pits for a title, but we'll see. Jen the Dryad has married, and on their honeymoon they discover a dead body. The man was killed by an axe to the chest, and his hand is stuck in a tree (in a way only a dryad can do). Jen knows right away it was done by one of her relatives.
What of Dryad3? Well, we'll see. It turned into a story much longer than I anticipated, and I hauled it back into the shop.
Welded Wing is a short story set in the Scipioverse. Translation - this is a short story set in the same world as Nick Scipio's (http://www.nickscipio.com) Summer Camp stories. Nick's stories are erotica, and are a coming of age story about a young man named Paul Hughes. Even though erotica might not be your thing, these are well-written. He's 10 chapters into Book 4, with the central mysteries unresolved: who died, and who did Paul marry. I have my guesses, but so do a lot of people.
One of the characters in a prequel is Jack MacLean, a Navy pilot. We meet him in Nereids as he and his wife Susan become the best friends of David and Beth Hughes (Paul Hughes' parents). Jack was shot down and killed over North Vietnam in 1968 (he was an A-4 pilot). Welded Wing is about the recovery of his body in 1998. BTW, the US ambassador to Vietnam (when we opened diplomatic relations with them) was an ex-POW shot down during Rolling Thunder. The POV character is a senior Navy official who had floew with Jack MacLean and was with him the day he was killed.
One of the problems of working in another 'verse is that you have to follow the canons of that place, and you seek permission, and clear it, with the owner. Scipioverse is not an open 'verse, and Nick has some pretty high standards. A number of people have written stories in the Scipioverse, and I ran this past at least one of them before sending it to Nick. Another BTW - there is no nudity or sex in this story.
Firestar - Since I last updated this blog, there have been some changes. I had originally written three chapters of Corey doing well at Command & Staff, and then going on a 'graduation cruise' where she got some final polish. Then she goes to the carrier de Ruyter so she can be in place for The Raid. Well, my story sense said no. Instead, we start en media res. She's on her cruise, and it is combat at bad odds. Corey succeeds (and loses her hand). Then, during her recovery, we get the pressure for her to quit the Navy, and we get deliberate attempts to shuffle her off somewhere out of the way so she'll resign anyway (de Ruyter). The culmination will be The Raid, but I have to show Corey being successful so the reader sees her as one of the hopes of the Families, and see her skills as a tactician.
It's slow going at the moment, but I just did a final read-through of Chapter 1, and am nearing that for Chapter 2. The action will end about Chapter 3, and then we'll get into the non-combat consequences of decisions Corey and others made during the heat of battle. There shouldn't be any, but one of Corey's opponents is the Establishment. Bureaucracy has settled in, and the Navy is seen as a sinecure.
Danielle - a story set in Three Valleys, but without the lifestyle. Dani is from Zero Phase, and is moved there to get her out of a bad situation. She has no clue about a world that evolved from the 1950s without the heavy influence of socialism and left-wing ideology on our culture. I'm into Chapter 4, and it's interesting writing. No sex, but plenty of other things going on in her life, including a growing sense of her own self-worth.
Other works - sort of in abeyance while I grappled with the holidays, got in some gaming, saw some friends, and did some short stories as well as the one about Corey. I expect there'll be more time for Corey Andersen as I've gotten these other stories out of my system.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Look For Upcoming Changes
...not the least of which is a migration away from MSN to another ISP. We're paying for access AND an ISP, and we should only have to be paying for one of them.
Now on to the meat/potatoes of things. Time for an update.
I have four active projects: Different World, Firestar, Devlin's Story, and Three Valleys - Sammi. I also have a hit-or-miss project, Kalliste's Storytime. Let's see where we are.
Different World - I am in chapter three. I have completely rewritten it twice, and have trimmed about half out of it each time. Now the chapter will show how Gina has made a comfortable life for herself. She has a date with John, and they discuss...what else...but work and the murders. This sets things up for the revelation at the end of the chapter - another murder, and this time the victim is from Gina's world.
Firestar - still stuck on Chapter 16, but I've updated everything around it, including Chapter 7 to show Corey winning on the Tactics Table as she is at Command & Staff. I have also tied up some loose ends. Chapter 16 has to have the big fight, and then Robbie Sinclair's observation and fight. I may end up rewriting Chapter 3 to help set up Chapter 16. I have been dissatisfied with the way I did chapter 3, and by focusing more on Corey may help set up the whole story better.
Devlin's Story - Evan has shown up unexpectedly and whisks Devlin off to the US Virgin Islands. He is about to propose, and she is faced with the dilemma of whether to sleep with him or not, or offer and see what happens. I'm inclining (a little) toward the latter, but not so much. We'll see. Chapter 59 started.
Three Valleys - Sammi - I just posted Chapter 23 with all of the preparations of the Big Night at the Formal. Sammi has her dress, and her friend Jeannette has had a life-changing experience. The next chapter focuses on the Formal, and the one after that on the aftermath. I'm nearly done with this story.
Kalliste's Storytime - I put out a version of "Helen" that I am unhappy with. I'm thinking of changing it to emphasize Helen's courage, not her beauty. I've also got yet another story from Kassandra. This is on getting away with a crime. Ironic because Kassandra/Kit is a cop.
On other subjects - I just read (Half-Price Books) a book that does a time-motion study of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and takes into account almost all of the archaeological evidence recovered from the battlefield. It seeks to pin down where Custer was and at what time, and what he could see when he was there. This, and Lakota Noon are invaluable books on the subject.
I finally read an account of the British battlecruisers lost at Jutland based upon diving upon the wrecks. Changed my views of some of the events. The British Battlecruier Force did some bad ammunition handling and paid the price. Plus they were unlucky.
That's about it for now. I've spent some time on a non-fiction piece, and expect to update it some more before sending it out.
...not the least of which is a migration away from MSN to another ISP. We're paying for access AND an ISP, and we should only have to be paying for one of them.
Now on to the meat/potatoes of things. Time for an update.
I have four active projects: Different World, Firestar, Devlin's Story, and Three Valleys - Sammi. I also have a hit-or-miss project, Kalliste's Storytime. Let's see where we are.
Different World - I am in chapter three. I have completely rewritten it twice, and have trimmed about half out of it each time. Now the chapter will show how Gina has made a comfortable life for herself. She has a date with John, and they discuss...what else...but work and the murders. This sets things up for the revelation at the end of the chapter - another murder, and this time the victim is from Gina's world.
Firestar - still stuck on Chapter 16, but I've updated everything around it, including Chapter 7 to show Corey winning on the Tactics Table as she is at Command & Staff. I have also tied up some loose ends. Chapter 16 has to have the big fight, and then Robbie Sinclair's observation and fight. I may end up rewriting Chapter 3 to help set up Chapter 16. I have been dissatisfied with the way I did chapter 3, and by focusing more on Corey may help set up the whole story better.
Devlin's Story - Evan has shown up unexpectedly and whisks Devlin off to the US Virgin Islands. He is about to propose, and she is faced with the dilemma of whether to sleep with him or not, or offer and see what happens. I'm inclining (a little) toward the latter, but not so much. We'll see. Chapter 59 started.
Three Valleys - Sammi - I just posted Chapter 23 with all of the preparations of the Big Night at the Formal. Sammi has her dress, and her friend Jeannette has had a life-changing experience. The next chapter focuses on the Formal, and the one after that on the aftermath. I'm nearly done with this story.
Kalliste's Storytime - I put out a version of "Helen" that I am unhappy with. I'm thinking of changing it to emphasize Helen's courage, not her beauty. I've also got yet another story from Kassandra. This is on getting away with a crime. Ironic because Kassandra/Kit is a cop.
On other subjects - I just read (Half-Price Books) a book that does a time-motion study of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and takes into account almost all of the archaeological evidence recovered from the battlefield. It seeks to pin down where Custer was and at what time, and what he could see when he was there. This, and Lakota Noon are invaluable books on the subject.
I finally read an account of the British battlecruisers lost at Jutland based upon diving upon the wrecks. Changed my views of some of the events. The British Battlecruier Force did some bad ammunition handling and paid the price. Plus they were unlucky.
That's about it for now. I've spent some time on a non-fiction piece, and expect to update it some more before sending it out.
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