They found the car waiting exactly where they told Joe Solomon to leave it. Taylor had half been expecting a black SUV that was the hallmark of official US vehicles everywhere, but ins...
2020-07-30 14:13:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a small change to Chapter 8 of Family Ties (John Taylor #5) dealing with the location of where Whitaker hid the journal. This will become important in later chapters.
2020-07-30 14:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostSome of you may have noticed, but I wanted to spell it out to make sure no on got confused. The title of the 5th John Taylor book has changed and is now Family Ties.
2020-07-24 15:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The sun was still peaking around the edges of the thick motel curtain when Taylor woke up. Turning, he found Whitaker already awake, propped up on one elbow, staring at him.
“I...
2020-07-24 15:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor forced the bike he and Whitaker were on around a tight turn, leaning the bike almost too much as he tried to keep from bleeding too much speed as they ran from the cyber cafe. His hopes that...
2020-07-07 17:06:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning Taylor and Whitaker both seemed to subconsciously need to constantly touch each other. Passing each other in the small motel room, they repeatedly reached to make physical contact....
2020-06-20 21:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Whitaker dropped her helmet and threw herself at Taylor, her mouth smashing into his. For a long time, they kissed, pouring their worry and love into each other, each clutching t...
2020-06-13 21:24:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day at lunch, I told Rhonda I needed to sit with Hanna and get some help on my homework at lunch, which was partially true. I was starting to really struggle in math, and I’d made a prom...
2020-06-11 14:10:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The trip back to the medical examiners' office seemed to take a lot longer than it had just that morning. Taylor spent the entire time in the back of the cab alternately, fearing...
2020-06-06 13:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Taylor thought about the name 'Grace Sharp' all the way back to the hotel, trying to place where he’d heard it. By the time he got back, he still hadn’t placed it, but he did...
2020-05-19 08:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostSunday was more of the same except I got to work earlier to help the brunch crowd, which was half people from town and half people headed south out of the national park on their way back home. Inst...
2020-05-17 14:21:28 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, an update. I know posts have slowed down a lot. The quarantine has done a number on my productivity, especially with kids doing school from home. I'm going to re-arrange my...
2020-04-30 12:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostNew versions of chapter 3 and 4 are up (The text on the original posts was edited to the new material). It should seem largely familiar, but with changes to the timeline and the progression o...
2020-04-11 15:53:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Taylor spent several more hours poring over documents with no luck before shutting his computer down. He’d found some general background information, what he really needed wasn...
2020-03-22 13:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostI know it's been a bit since the last chapter and I wanted to make sure everyone knew I hadn't ghosted. There is going to be a major rework of Playing by Ear coming up pretty soon. Normally I...
2020-03-20 23:07:50 +0000 UTC View PostI liked Saturdays, mostly because mom doesn’t work until the afternoons. Most kids my age would probably try and stay in their rooms, hiding from their parents, and they’d almost certainly find...
2020-02-20 14:21:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Once Graf’s backup arrived, but before the ambulance that they then called to tend to Graf’s wound, Taylor moved to check out the scene while they dealt with their brother of...
2020-02-08 15:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The next morning Ky was in a foul mood, something his lictores picked up on quickly. Partly it was because he’d started to push himself too hard. While it was true, he co...
2020-01-22 12:45:54 +0000 UTC View PostBerlin, Germany
Taylor managed to get a few hours’ sleep on the flight. It wasn't really enough, but it allowed him to beg off when Graf suggested Taylor check into h...
2020-01-10 19:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post
While the games took up most of the afternoon, Ky’s day was far from over. The Emperor and his advisors had begun setting up meetings with some of the people that Ky woul...
2020-01-07 12:26:15 +0000 UTC View PostI know there's normally a chapter posted by this point. The next chapter of Imperium required a lot more research than I expected (on banking in the ancient world and renaissance era financia...
2020-01-04 03:37:06 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor made plans with Graf at seven-thirty, for the red-eye flight to Germany. He left the German officer to take care of the details, so Taylor could take care of things before he had...
2019-12-27 17:42:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy first week of public school had been somewhat of a mixed bag so far. I’d gotten a job that seemed like it’d be okay, free music lessons and it looked like I might manage to make some friends...
2019-12-25 14:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Ky came out of his quarters the next morning to find two of the men from Carus’s detail flanking his door. He still found the concept of men guarding him around the clock...
2019-12-18 15:09:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Berlin, Germany
Frieda Wissler sat in her old, comfortable chair, pushed close to the fireplace, a shawl wrapped tight around her shoulders. Although the f...
2019-12-10 14:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Ky walked the courtyard the next morning by himself. He was confused that, during his walk, the one thought that kept returning to him was that he wished Lucilla was walkin...
2019-12-08 14:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Mom was stuck working late, as seemed to happen a lot, which meant my normal night of feeding myself, reading, playing a little guitar, and getting to bed. The only new thi...
2019-12-05 13:48:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ky was surprised when Lucilla stood and left the meeting room with him.
“You aren’t going to stay?”
“No. The only reason I was there was because you asked for...
2019-12-04 13:48:56 +0000 UTC View PostI was second-guessing my bravado the next morning as I stood, staring down at the creek. The night before I had pictured vaulting over the creek, my feet skimming across the water. Sticking my crut...
2019-12-03 15:01:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It turned out ‘springing’ me from the hospital was a lot more complicated than I had hoped. We waited for the x-rays to come back, which showed I only had bruised ribs, not b...
2019-11-27 15:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post