We're back to Peter and Jen, when they first met at Stanford in the early '90s. If you really want to get all the down and dirty details, you should start at the beginning. But here's a bit of what's happened so far: Peter is married with children. What his wife doesn't know is that Peter had a brief [...]
Fiction Friday Part 9: The Pickup
March 8, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Parenting, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingWe're catching up with "young" Eric again this week. Hopefully he wasn't permanently scarred by his experience in Thailand. If you really want to get all the down and dirty details, you should start at the beginning. But here's a bit of what's happened so far: Peter is married with children. What his wife doesn't know is [...]
Fiction Friday Part 8: Trapped
March 1, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingSo, we're on Part Eight of the Eric and Peter saga. If you want to catch up, you can start at the very beginning or find everything here under Fiction. But here's a bit of what's happened so far: Peter and Jen (Wong) are married with two kids and living in Reno. What Jen doesn't know is [...]
Fiction Friday Part 7: Jen
February 22, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Tammy Thinks, Uncategorized, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingSo I have to apologize to some of you for basically turning into a soft porn writer. But it turns out there are people who actually look forward to Fridays over here. So how can I say no to that? Anyway, this is Part Seven of a story I’m working on for our Fearless [...]
Fiction Friday Part 6: The Flight
February 15, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThis is Part Six of a story I’m working on for our Fearless Fiction Femmes Fatales group. If you want to catch up, here’s Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four and Part Five. Just to catch everybody up: Peter and Jen are married with two kids and living in Reno. What Jen doesn't know is that Peter had [...]
Fiction Friday Part 5: The Rock
February 8, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThis is Part Five of a story I’m working on for our Fearless Fiction Femmes Fatales group. If you want to catch up, here’s Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four. Just to jog everybody's memories on the names (since even my husband can't keep them straight): Eric and Peter were together 22 years ago on [...]
Fiction Friday Part 4: The Dark
February 1, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Uncategorized, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThis is Part Four of a story I'm working on for our Fearless Fiction Femmes Fatales group. If you want to catch up, here's Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. Don't get too far behind -- the cool kids may not like you anymore... ******** "This is definitely going to be one of those snapshot moments." [...]
Fiction Friday Part 3: The Fighter
January 25, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThis is Part Three of a story I'm working on for our Fearless Fiction Femmes Fatales group (our name keeps getting longer and more exciting). If you want to catch up, here's Part One and Part Two. You can also read my first stab at "fiction" that was more like me working through PTSD since [...]
Fiction Friday Part Two: The Secret
January 18, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThis is Part Two of a story I'm working on for our Fiction Friday group. You can read Part One, The Visitor, here. "I think Eric is cheating on me." Their neighborhood coffee shop was crowded, and Jason looked around, remembering there might be someone he knew within earshot. Not necessarily the ideal setting [...]
Fiction Friday: The Visitor
January 11, 2013 – Posted in: Fiction, Novel in Progress, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingLast Friday, I jumped into fiction writing for the first time in years. My friend at Grass Oil is providing a prompt every week in an attempt to make us stretch our writing muscles. Hope you enjoy my latest workout. ****** I blinked twice when I saw his face through the blinds. If some actor [...]
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