Got this back last night and got excited and launched the pre-order for the book before posting it here, but here is the cover for Dissonance. (On the flip side, having the pre-order set means I ha...
2023-02-22 15:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe next week dragged on. I was barely present at our shows on the weekend, but everyone, except Marco, understood. Monday was my emancipation hearing, and it would determine the course of the rest...
2023-02-22 05:21:20 +0000 UTC View PostMore days passed with no further news from either my parents or the reporter about the story on Cameron, who was on complete lockdown at home and not allowed to talk to anyone. So far, as far as Iâ...
2023-02-21 18:43:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe hammer came down on Cameron just as quickly as I expected. The next day I got to school and everyone was talking about how both he and the newspaper’s editor, a senior, were expelled that mor...
2023-02-20 15:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostTo my surprise, a full week passed without Dad pulling any more stunts. I had to borrow some money from Mrs. Phillips for gas, but after Chef paid us for the previous weekend and getting paid for g...
2023-02-18 06:26:35 +0000 UTC View PostMy first stop, once I pulled out of the bank parking lot, was to go see the band. This was going to take some time, even if Chef could pay us in cash, which meant no one was getting paid today. I a...
2023-02-15 17:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post“It is morning, Commander,” Sophus’s voice echoed in Ky’s mind.
Former Lieutenant Commander Ky, combat and test pilot for the first Terran Empire, opened his eyes. Sunlight w...
2023-02-11 21:13:46 +0000 UTC View PostI kept my eye on Linda, Eli, and Ronnie’s social media accounts, but nothing was posted by the time I had to go to school the next day. I know it was a little absurd to expect something overnight...
2023-02-10 01:58:09 +0000 UTC View PostFor a couple of days, nothing happened with the emancipation and I heard nothing from Dad. If Mr. Eaves hadn’t confirmed that they had, in fact, been served, I would have started to doubt Dad eve...
2023-02-07 03:12:13 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough there was no way Kat could have missed what was going on, what with living in the same house as me and the multiple private conversations I kept having with Mrs. Phillips, she hadn’t ask...
2023-02-03 16:43:41 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the delay in posting. I got pretty sick this week and it slowed everything down.
After telling Mr. Eaves to file, my first step was to call Chef. He’d put t...
2023-01-31 15:46:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t our best set ever, but I got through it. The audience seemed to respond the same as always, but they were also used to us by now, so maybe that made it easier to ignore the lower energy...
2023-01-26 19:11:34 +0000 UTC View PostApologies. The previous sent out version had the text from chapter 33. The post has been corrected with the actual chapter 34.
2023-01-24 01:22:26 +0000 UTC View PostApologizes, the original posted version of this was from the previous chapters. This is the corrected text.
I sat in the Phillips home, on their couch, waiti...
2023-01-24 01:16:12 +0000 UTC View PostI saw Mr. Packer a couple times in the hall over the next few days, and I guess he did get the message, because the smile was gone and he was back to glowering at me. I hadn’t heard anything else...
2023-01-21 05:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostWe had to beg off our Sunday show at the Blue Ridge. Even though I told him ahead of time this was a possibility, I apologized profusely to Chef. He was fine with it and Willie was good to play, bu...
2023-01-18 03:28:57 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as we got in the car, Sydney and I passed out in the back seat. We’d both brought changes of clothes and changed in the school bathroom before leaving, since neither of us wanted to make ...
2023-01-15 03:17:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe only really big problem with Homecoming was my schedule. The dance was Friday night after the football game and I had to be in Nashville by eight in the morning Saturday to set up. We went on a...
2023-01-12 05:10:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe next Saturday morning, the sun wasn’t even up when my phone rang. I was exhausted, and almost buried my head under the pillow to ignore it, except I knew it was an important call. All week Iâ...
2023-01-09 15:23:23 +0000 UTC View PostI started off Monday feeling at least a little less stressed. I still hadn’t talked to Mom, or even been back to the trailer, since I left to stay with the Phillips, but at least the manager stuf...
2023-01-06 17:40:52 +0000 UTC View PostI just updated chapter 27. A pre-spell check version got loaded up accidentally. Please check patron itself for an at least somewhat corrected version. Sorry about that.
2023-01-03 04:51:22 +0000 UTC View PostSaturday my practice with Chef was moved to the early morning, before Chef needed to start getting food going for lunch. I’d tried to beg off completely, but apparently a date isn’t a good enou...
2023-01-03 02:29:06 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday, Sydney invited me to sit with them again. Her friends had started getting used to me, so the entire time wasn’t spent being grilled by them about my music and everything, which was a l...
2022-12-31 05:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe show went well, although I could see Kat giving Sydney the cold shoulder every time her teammate tried to talk to her. At some point, I’d have to talk to Kat about that and figure out what wa...
2022-12-27 22:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Dad stormed out, Mom locked herself in their room, only mumbling sorry a few times as she left. Although the ending was different, this was how I remembered large parts of my childhood. Dad g...
2022-12-24 16:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostWhile I had thought about her a few times, I hadn’t talked to Sydney since our impromptu lunch the previous Tuesday, which is why I was surprised when she intercepted me on the way to the lunch t...
2022-12-20 19:00:50 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday I actually saw Coach Bryant, but thankfully I managed to get back around the corner before he saw me. It meant I had to go the long way around to get to class and I only just made it before...
2022-12-16 18:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostMonday, I was actually really nervous about going back to school. I had flashbacks to this day last year, where things had gone so wrong; but had led to meeting Hanna, then Chef, then everything el...
2022-12-12 23:51:31 +0000 UTC View PostI was right about the article not bringing a ton of turnout. There were a few new faces, and we were still packed both Friday and Saturday night, but there were less people than the previous weeken...
2022-12-10 05:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostThankfully, dad didn’t come back before mom got home from work that night. I didn’t know what happened to him, and honestly I didn’t really care that much.
“What were you thinking?”...
2022-12-07 16:37:48 +0000 UTC View Post