キャミー・タング著「戌年」連載小説 プロのドッグトレーナーであるマリ・ムトウは、厄年を迎えている。 犬小屋と訓練所の改築をしながら、いつも不服そうにしている家族と同居することになった。母と姉に言わせれば、犬の毛とよだれかけにまみれる仕事は、家族にとって恥ずべきものだという。彼女は元カレを説得し、数ヶ月間犬を預かってもらうことにした。しかし、彼の兄は、数週間前に彼女が誤って車に追突した、怒り狂ったセキュリティ専門家であることが判明する。 アシュウィン・ケイトウは十分な問題を抱えている。叔母が玄関先に現れ、同居を希望している。彼は彼女にすべてを借りているので、断ることができません。母親が家を出て行った後、ネルおばさんはアシュウィンと弟を引き取り、愛のあるキリスト教の家庭で育てた。しかも、弟のダスティもアパートを追い出され、居場所を求めている。しかし、彼は犬を飼っている。そして、その犬の飼い主は誰だと思いますか? しかし、旧友でオアフ島のノースショアでデイスパを経営する私立探偵のエディサ・ゲレロから依頼を受ける。マリの施設で奇妙な破壊行為があり、3年前に失踪したエディサの妹の財布を発見する。エディサはマリが危険な目に遭っているのではと心配する。警備の専門家であるアシュウィンがすでにマリを知っていることを知ったエディサは、忙しい若い女性を密かに監視することを彼に依頼する。 アシュウィンは、活発でのんびりとしたドッグトレーナーに不本意ながら惹かれていく。彼女は、幸せそうな母親を思い出させる。その母親の裏切りによって、彼は人と距離を置くようになったのだ。マリは、アシュウィンの冷たい外見を見抜き、彼が家族に忠実な男であることを認める。彼は、彼女のキャリア選択を批判するだけの母親や姉とは違う。 マリのバラバラな家庭とアシュウィンのバラバラな家庭の中で、過去を隠そうとする人たちから、彼らの周りに危険が迫ってくるようになる。彼らは、影で動く秘密に光を当てることができるのか? 過去に発表されたパートへのリンクはこちら。 *** 第8章 - 恐ろしくも真っ白な不動産書類 『みんな仲良くできないのかな?』 マリは無用に力を込めて箱に本を投げ入れた。最近、なぜ彼女は人生の中で全員と言い争いをしているのだろう?もしかすると、これは本当に悪いアイデア
Captain's Log, Supplemental
Ane Mulligan tagged me!
Update: Amy Wallace and Robin Caroll tagged me, too!
Update: Crystal Miller tagged me, too!
1. What's the one book or writing project you haven't yet written but still hope to?
My six-part fantasy series (I’m totally not kidding)
2. If you had one entire day in which to do nothing but read, what book would you start with?
I read pretty slowly, so I probably wouldn’t get through more than two books. I’d start with something by Mary Ann Gibbs or Norma Lee Clark, two of my favorite Regency romance/historical romance authors.
3. What was your first writing "instrument" (besides pen and paper)?
My family’s old Apple IIe computer.
4. What's your best guess as to how many books you read in a month?
Here’s my dirty secret—if a book doesn’t interest me by the end of chapter three, I don’t finish it. Why?
Because life is too short to waste on uninteresting books.
So ... I probably start about twenty books a month, but I finish anywhere from zero to ten books a month.
5. What's your favorite writing "machine" you've ever owned?
My Macbook Pro laptop. Hands down.
I used to use Macs in college, but switched to PCs when I started working because most biotech programs use PCs. Then I joined a company with all Macs, except I got stuck with one of the oldest Macs in the entire company, and it totally sucked. It made me quite upset at Macs in general, because of that terrible experience.
However, my husband got a Mac laptop, and after using it a little, he could tell me how it was better than his old PC computers. For my purposes as a writer, it seemed ideal.
The learning curve was very steep for me, because my head just doesn’t naturally wrap around the way things are laid out in a Mac. However, Mac users are extremely helpful and there were tons of online discussion boards for anything I needed help with.
I can now say I am extremely glad I switched over. For me, as a writer, a Mac is wonderful computer, far better than my old PCs.
6. Think historical fiction: what's your favorite time period in which to read?
Regency!!!!!
7. What's the one book you remember most clearly from your youth (childhood or teens)?
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Update: Originally I wasn't going to tag people, but people started tagging me left and right.
Tagging:
Sally Bradley
Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt
Donna Fleisher
Rachelle Gardner
Jenny Jones
Ronie Kendig
Dineen Miller
Ane Mulligan tagged me!
Update: Amy Wallace and Robin Caroll tagged me, too!
Update: Crystal Miller tagged me, too!
1. What's the one book or writing project you haven't yet written but still hope to?
My six-part fantasy series (I’m totally not kidding)
2. If you had one entire day in which to do nothing but read, what book would you start with?
I read pretty slowly, so I probably wouldn’t get through more than two books. I’d start with something by Mary Ann Gibbs or Norma Lee Clark, two of my favorite Regency romance/historical romance authors.
3. What was your first writing "instrument" (besides pen and paper)?
My family’s old Apple IIe computer.
4. What's your best guess as to how many books you read in a month?
Here’s my dirty secret—if a book doesn’t interest me by the end of chapter three, I don’t finish it. Why?
Because life is too short to waste on uninteresting books.
So ... I probably start about twenty books a month, but I finish anywhere from zero to ten books a month.
5. What's your favorite writing "machine" you've ever owned?
My Macbook Pro laptop. Hands down.
I used to use Macs in college, but switched to PCs when I started working because most biotech programs use PCs. Then I joined a company with all Macs, except I got stuck with one of the oldest Macs in the entire company, and it totally sucked. It made me quite upset at Macs in general, because of that terrible experience.
However, my husband got a Mac laptop, and after using it a little, he could tell me how it was better than his old PC computers. For my purposes as a writer, it seemed ideal.
The learning curve was very steep for me, because my head just doesn’t naturally wrap around the way things are laid out in a Mac. However, Mac users are extremely helpful and there were tons of online discussion boards for anything I needed help with.
I can now say I am extremely glad I switched over. For me, as a writer, a Mac is wonderful computer, far better than my old PCs.
6. Think historical fiction: what's your favorite time period in which to read?
Regency!!!!!
7. What's the one book you remember most clearly from your youth (childhood or teens)?
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Update: Originally I wasn't going to tag people, but people started tagging me left and right.
Tagging:
Sally Bradley
Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt
Donna Fleisher
Rachelle Gardner
Jenny Jones
Ronie Kendig
Dineen Miller
Comments
double :p on Regency!
Ughhhhhhhhh
My hubby works for Dell now, so, um...no comment on the Mac. :-P
and at the very end of the email:
"Monday we begin the book SUSHI FOR ONE? by Camy Tang."
next week...hundreds maybe thousands will get to read the first part of your book......:)
If you write the fantasies, I am there, sistah! I love fantasy and my first book doctor was a fantasy.
Ok, I will read your book when it comes out. (Since I like that kind of book and am looking forward to it.)
I have gotten the Breakfast Club since the early beginnings, so I'll be reading your excerpts! Too cool.