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
Blog book giveaway:
My Thursday book giveaway is A FAMILY FOREVER by Brenda Coulter.
My Monday book giveaway is JADE by Marilynn Griffith.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Thursday, I'll draw the winner for A FAMILY FOREVER and post the title for another book I'm giving away.
Websites: As writers, we all hear about how we need an author website. But sometimes a custom-made site using website programs looks blocky. They’re also a pain to update—trust me on this one, I speak from experience.
The best way is to pay someone to make your website and update it for you. However, if you’re a control freak like me, you probably want to update your website on your own.
If you know html and have a hosting site, you can have someone design your website template, and then you can update it yourself by changing the text code.
However, if you’re not html-savvy, I wrote an article called “How to Make a Blog Your Website.” It’s instructions on how to set up a Blogger blog to look more like a website that you can update yourself.
It’s got detailed instructions for the html-challenged. Because of the html code, I have it as a .pdf file you can download here:
http://www.camytang.com/BlogYourWebsite.pdf
Here’s an example blog/website:
http://camys-blogwebsite.blogspot.com/
My friend Pam Hillman is following these instructions and working on her own website:
http://pamhillman.blogspot.com/
TMI:
Writing: Today, I posted a query letter post at my Story Sensei blog.
I also posted a book review below for SQUAT by Taylor Field.
Also below is an announcement about a new books and music website by an online friend, C.J. Darlington.
Cheryl threatened to send me "something dead" if I didn't finish my Marketing Info sheet tonight, but I'm afraid I didn't finish it. Not even half-way done. So expect a "freaking out" post in a few days to tell people what she might send me.
Diet: Exercised only 30 minutes yesterday. I've been tired and a little achey since this weekend, but it might also be because of the bad food in my system. But I went grocery shopping today and got more veggies, so hopefully I'll get back on track.
Hey, any favorite pasta sauce recipes, NON-marinara style? I'm open to something new but hopefully not too fatty.
Blog book giveaway:
My Thursday book giveaway is A FAMILY FOREVER by Brenda Coulter.
My Monday book giveaway is JADE by Marilynn Griffith.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Thursday, I'll draw the winner for A FAMILY FOREVER and post the title for another book I'm giving away.
Websites: As writers, we all hear about how we need an author website. But sometimes a custom-made site using website programs looks blocky. They’re also a pain to update—trust me on this one, I speak from experience.
The best way is to pay someone to make your website and update it for you. However, if you’re a control freak like me, you probably want to update your website on your own.
If you know html and have a hosting site, you can have someone design your website template, and then you can update it yourself by changing the text code.
However, if you’re not html-savvy, I wrote an article called “How to Make a Blog Your Website.” It’s instructions on how to set up a Blogger blog to look more like a website that you can update yourself.
It’s got detailed instructions for the html-challenged. Because of the html code, I have it as a .pdf file you can download here:
http://www.camytang.com/BlogYourWebsite.pdf
Here’s an example blog/website:
http://camys-blogwebsite.blogspot.com/
My friend Pam Hillman is following these instructions and working on her own website:
http://pamhillman.blogspot.com/
TMI:
Writing: Today, I posted a query letter post at my Story Sensei blog.
I also posted a book review below for SQUAT by Taylor Field.
Also below is an announcement about a new books and music website by an online friend, C.J. Darlington.
Cheryl threatened to send me "something dead" if I didn't finish my Marketing Info sheet tonight, but I'm afraid I didn't finish it. Not even half-way done. So expect a "freaking out" post in a few days to tell people what she might send me.
Diet: Exercised only 30 minutes yesterday. I've been tired and a little achey since this weekend, but it might also be because of the bad food in my system. But I went grocery shopping today and got more veggies, so hopefully I'll get back on track.
Hey, any favorite pasta sauce recipes, NON-marinara style? I'm open to something new but hopefully not too fatty.
Comments
I planned on using my blog as my site since, I already have a readership and I love how easy blogging is compared to web sites. I plan on reading your article at lunch time.
I can see how this could be a great way to give a novel its own site. And the novel's site is another link to the author's web site and blog.
God bless you.
At least I'll know how to pick you out of the crowd in Dallas. You'll be the whirling dirvish looking suspiciously like the Tasmanian Devil!
Slow down, girl, you're giving me a hernia.
but it's good? Let me know if you're interested.