Pip & Artie in Outer Space

Nice break in the routine Teagan, Good to see Artie again too.

Jazz Age Wednesdays — In the Pip of Time

Enjoyed that little trip in time. Perhaps getting spifflicated was the best idea.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Early Lucille 3 copy Young Lucille Ball as Pip

Welcome back to Jazz Age Wednesdays. I planned to do a cover reveal today, but something came up to take me out of the blogosphere for a day. So instead, I’m sharing a short story I wrote two years ago.

Back then one of author John W. Howell‘s hilarious lists of what not to do gave me the “things” for this story. Those random things for this pantser story were Counterfeiting, Time, and Hollywood.

This is a “hump day” rerun of a short adventure with our flapper, Pip. She’s at the Bijou Theatre, and things get weird…

In the Pip of Time

Aelita_1924_still_04 “Aelita, Queen of Mars” was playing at the Bijou Theatre. I was brand new in town and my pal Alastair Wong invited me to go to the show with a group of his friends…

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Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Three Things Serial Was “Born”

Looking forward to what you send out next Teagan it is always great!

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Hi there, shieks and shebas. Welcome to Jazz Age Wednesdays. Horsefeathers! Look at that date… June is more than half over, and I still haven’t gotten back to work on finalizing my third Roaring Twenties novel about Pip and Granny.

Cosmopolitan magazine cover, circa 1920 Magazine cover, circa 1920

Maybe it’s hard to have my head in two different eras at once (meaning the Brother Love serial is set in the late 1950s). Maybe it’s that I’ve had “issues” (I’ve blogged about some) in my new location. Maybe it’s a lot of work for one person to move across the country, and do all the work of settling into an older home. (At this rate it will take me two years.)

Anyhow, I’ll stop beating my gums and get to the point. While I try to get back to the Jazz Age and finalize A Ghost in the…

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Jazz Age Wednesday — Pip & Artie, Aghast at a Ghost

Teagan, I loved it, like Pip I think seeing it in person might have been quite the laugh.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Author Neil Gaiman for Get Caught Reading

May is #GetCaughtReading Month! Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape himself, and I are together again to support this initiative that promotes the fun of reading for all ages.

Chris and I have collaborated on several short stories that include his character, a genius ape named Artie and my first flapper, Pip. It all started with Time Travel Esc-Ape. Then there was Pip in the Corn Maze, followed by the three-part Pip and Artie Meet Again.

I hope you Get Caught Reading our new story! It is set during the time-line of my upcoming novel A Ghost in the Kitchen. All right then, let’s get a wiggle on and head to the Jazz Age!

Pip and Artie — Aghast at a Ghost

Fearful man and woman circa 1926 Ghost Stories Magazine circa 1926

“Hello,” I answered the telephone. “Andy, tha―”

“Paisley…

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Coming in Spring — All Sorts of Things!

Glad your move is done! That was a spine-tingling little bit there, looking forward to more.

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Saturday, March 30, 2019

Lulu looking tub bot Metropolis 9 With helpful angel-bots, Lulu gets ready for a bath. (Art by Rob Goldstein)

I’ve been painting accent walls. Places that I don’t even have are sore! I sure wish I had a couple of angel-bots to run a nice hot bath for me… Hullaba Lulu may have been brash and uncouth, but she was one lucky flapper!

My plate is full with putting my new home in order. I’ve been gathering the day-to-day needs that I couldn’t bring with me. Did you ever stop to think just how many different needful things you use in the course of a single day? From the handy holder for the toothbrush (still on my “to get” list) in the morning, to the bedside water glass at night. (I know that glass is here somewhere…)

Anyhow, I’m not back to full-steam-ahead blogging quite yet, but I’m getting there! Even though…

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