Artie Meets the Alchemist 1 — #GetCaughtReading 2018

Looking forward to seeing what Artie gets up to and hope his driving experiences aren't too traumatizing.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Teagan, I would love to learn more about Lilith’s “friend”. the bringer of snow.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

2018 Green Image by Chris Graham

It’s not really St. Patrick’s Day as I write this, but it is my writing day for Thistledown. However, I’m not up to continuing the story today, so I’m taking it easy on myself to some extent. Hopefully I can do some more editing for Atonement in Bloom.

Here’s a snippet from Atonement in Bloom. There are a couple of new “supernaturals” in the town of Atonement, Tennessee. This excerpt comes from the middle of the scene where Lilith the cat encounters them. The oddly warm December night saw the calico sneaking out and following her nose to the thing she hated — magic. She watched the actions of two supernaturals for a while. Then she realized another stranger stood behind her. The unknown woman’s anger had grown as she observed what transpired.

Atonement AND Bloom

…“Now to restore the balance,” the strange woman…

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Jazz Age Wednesdays 19 ― Pip & Artie Meet Again – Part 3

Oh, that was a great ending!!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The New Year’s celebration is finally wrapping up, here at Jazz Age Wednesdays. Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape! collaborated on a story with me that started here. I couldn’t resist keeping the tale going for a few episodes. However, today I present my conclusion.

Part-1 (here) began with Chris’ character, Artie — a genius time traveler chimpanzee determined to meet up with Pip again. In Part-2 (here) we left Artie and Mona being pursued by the police. Now, the conclusion.

Pip and Artie Meet Again

Part 3 — Conclusion

1920s Dance Party The Christmas tree still stood in the parlor corner. Granny and I had made the decorations for it. I frowned at the strings of popcorn, remembering how many times I stuck my finger with the needle when I made them.

Light reflected on the German-made glass ornaments of which my grandmother was so…

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Jazz Age Wednesdays 18 ― Pip & Artie Meet Again – Part 2

Excellent Teagan! Can hardly wait to see what happens next.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Clara Bow 1 Clara Bow as Mona the Movie Star

I’m still celebrating New Year’s here at Jazz Age Wednesdays. You see, the pos-i-lutelydarb, Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape! collaborated on a story with me. Chris started the tale in which my character Pip, and his character Artie get together.

Sharing ideas with “the Ape” was such fun that I couldn’t finish the story in just one episode. In fact, it’s turned into a mini series. Last week, Chris gave this story a great kickoff. (Read it here.) As for my part of the story, I won’t reach the finale until next week. Anyhow, let’s get a wriggle on and go back to Artie and Pip. Or at least to Artie…

Pip and Artie Meet Again

Part 2

Train woman porters packages They say the devil is in the detail and that was pos-i-lutely

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Jazz Age Wednesdays 5 — Pip in the Corn Maze

Great story Teagan! Love this time of year waiting for cooler weather but I will pass on the corn maze. Cruel of you to make Pip keep her adventure to herself.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

red tam Pictoral Review Jan 1927 1927

Welcome to October at Jazz Age Wednesday. I’ve been so busy, I forgot today was Wednesday! However, I’m here now, with something new for the Pip-verse and I’ve gotten all Halloween-ish!

Writing Process

I was honored when Chris Graham*, the Story Reading Ape himself, agreed to do a short story for one of my Get Caught Reading Month posts awhile back. (Check it out here* ― Chris is a fabulous storyteller, and it could be a prequel for the story below.) When I started writing this adventure for Pip, I just wasn’t “feeling it” until I remembered that story from Chris. With his permission, I decided take a cue from his story and bring in one of his “naughty chimp” characters.