Writing a mystery is, by design, a puzzle. But can you write a micro-mystery? Here is the structure I propose. Will you take the challenge? — Writing a mystery novel is a challenge, for sure. But writing a micro-mystery, and episode of say 1000–2000 words. Impossible, right? Mysteries are most often layers of red-herrings, interviews, and misdirection. That takes time and words. …

Storms on the costal farms are quiet and soft but no less deadly, and dark than the gulf between us. Where are you Ezra? Why aren’t you here? — Riders of the Storm The Start of the series for NaNoWriMo, start here and follow me.medium.com Pippa had worn her uniform to the festival. Hoping to stick out among the dozen young women in their white flowing dresses. Boys lined the street as they paraded by. They would be bonded today. Pippa had no such expectation. …

Against the odds, it got an OFC title. Now, will she fly? Ezra still had a lot of work to do, but she would fly cargo to the plains. High above the storms. Captain? The sound of it was surreal, but it felt good. And that was a rare feeling. — Note: this is part of a series I am doing for NaNoWriMo 2022. The first one is Riders of the Storm, to read in order. Riders of the Storm The air swirled and roared. Finally, Pippa thought. East.medium.com

The air swirled and roared. Finally, Pippa thought. East. — The leathers fit this year, since she grew bigger boobs. All the buckles and straps were in place. She tried to remember all the steps as the massive wind storm approached. Then she panicked. She had not wound the springs. Damn it. How could she make such a rookie mistake…

TikTok on the Clock: When the clock strikes… — Note: This is a serial, each can be read separately but they form a season. A link to the set will be coming shortly. Wenna got up early on Saturday and headed to the kitchen. She was going to London in a few weeks and she wanted to get in…

There’s no such thing as ghosts, so what the hell did I just see? — It’s always like something out of a horror movie, only it wasn’t really scary at all. What had scares me more than anything is the thought that this might be the last time I see her. I know she’s not real. …

TikTok on the Clock: Episode 1: The case of the missing father. — Note: This is a serial, each can be read separately but they form a season. A link to the set will be coming shortly. “Wenna! Wenna,” her father called to her as she skated on the smooth ice of the hockey rink. It had been the worst of days, and…

Ideas on how to write the book with the game system. — What makes Obiectus a little different is the persistent character idea in a build your own path book. Now I am not the first to do it. Tunnels and Trolls (tm) does this and publishes solo adventures. …