Author | Joseph L. Selby

Tag: excerpt

  • Wind Sprint: WHAT’S BEHIND THE CROOKED DOOR?

    This story began as a ponderance. I thought of it from time to time. It sat in my brain like a seed. Will it sprout or will it just lay there? It sprouted a little, but I doubted enough to make a story out of it. My wife then asked me what I was talking…

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  • Wind Sprint: THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE

    I’m not keen on giving up on a manuscript, but sometimes a thing is broke so bad it can’t be fixed1. THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE was a manuscript I abandoned because it was all wrong. There were a few chapters I enjoyed (the introductions of the tinkers), but it boiled down to Cheshire getting off his…

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  • QUERY: THE TRIAD SOCIETY (a draft)

    Part of the webinar I posted about earlier is a query critique. I’ve already queried out BM&BBQ and WCO, so it’s time to bite the bullet on TTS. Below is a first draft query letter. Your constructive feedback is greatly appreciated. Otwald d’Kilrachen intervenes when Torvald d’Bluefire’s dissolution of an affair turns violent. Otwald delivers…

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  • JEHOVAH’S HITLIST (Chapter 1 excerpt)

    Since Blogger decided “schedule” meant “post now,” MSM part 2 was posted yesterday. Now, this being a journal and not a blog, I could totally go today without posting and that would be okay. But things are about to get busy for me at work. (Granted, it’s a new department and from what I can…

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