Excerpt #2: see what Dane and Shana are up to
Nov 13, 2022 6:10 pm
Excerpt #2 from Beachcomber Christmas Miracle
Hi everyone!
You know how heartwarming it is to visit with dear old friends you haven't seen in a while? Well, that's how I feel writing the Christmas novella about Dane and Shana, Beachcomber Christmas Miracle.
All the familiar characters appear and take part and the couple re-visits the site of their old beach shack, the Lucky Parrot and the Gable's mansion to name a few places on (my fictional version of) Martha's Vineyard.
P.S. - I wish there really was a Lucky Parrot! I'd meet you all there for drinks every summer to reminisce!)
To tease your appetite for the return of Dane & Shana, I've included a second excerpt below!
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Although according to my sister out in CA, she's accustomed to having coffee and football on Sunday mornings every week.
Football and writing is a perfect way to spend today because it's rainy and cold. I'm dressed in sweats and slippers with no plans to go anywhere. Neither is my cat, Kitty. ➜➜
(Yes, she does think this chair is hers!)
What do you all do on your Sunday mornings? 💜
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✍️My Writing Progress
2022 so far: 394,204 words, 5 Novels, .5 Novella
2022 Goal: 400,000 words, 5 Novels, 1 Novella
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What Am I Reading? This week I'm listening to No Plan B by Lee Child, a thriller (for a change of pace).
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2nd Excerpt from Beachcomber Christmas Miracle
The words knocked Dane sideways because he realized that he was now in the worst possible predicament he could be. He was so far out of the business that he’d lost his contacts and is no longer current in the doings of the underworld. At the same time he wasn't so far out of it that he didn’t still have enemies who wanted to do him harm.
“Let’s assume the motive is revenge,” he said.
“That narrows it down.”
Cap’s sarcasm made Dane smile despite his growing tension.
“I need to talk to Oscar. If I know him, he’s following the thread. Maybe he has more.”
“If he had more he’d call me,” Cap said.
Dane didn’t know if he wanted to smile or scowl at Cap's surliness. He bared his teeth in a half grin, half growl. Suitable for the still simmering turmoil about how he ought to feel about Cap.
“Maybe I just want to hear the old reprobate’s voice.”
“Use my phone.” Cap handed Dane his phone and Dane hit the speed dial icon labeled CIA Op.
“Subtle,” he said as he put the phone to his ear and listened to the ringing. He knew Oscar well enough to exercise patience after four rings while he continued his stare down with Cap in silence. Cap stood with his arms folded across his chest again, as if he meant to barricade himself from whichever way Dane decided to come out, either for or against him.
Dane wondered why, but the fact that Cap was here, standing in front of him, having his back when it was possible the shit was about to hit the fan, mattered. Did it matter enough? He couldn’t see that clearly.
The phone stopped ringing and the line clicked. Then Oscar’s voice boomed.
“Cap? Or is it Dane the legendary bane finally calling?”
Dane laughed out loud. “You know who it is you old bastard. Who are you sending to get me now?”
There was returning laughter on the other end, but it quickly tempered to a long-suffering sigh and Dane lost his patience.
"Tell me who the hell is after me and why?"...
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