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[michaeldaigle]

Stand with the theater kids as they stand up to censors

Cheers to some  Fort Wayne, Indiana high school thespians who defied religious censors and the local school board, which banned the play, by performing it on their own outside the  school. The play featured roles  of interchangeable sexuality and clearly expressed the world view of these kids which features tolerance, diversity and equality. They found community support and even some…

[checkoutmybookshelf]

What Did I read This Year? A 2023 Retrospective

Ok, so this was a big year for my Tumblr blog, so I thought it would be fun to go over what I read this year! The rules for the retrospective are thus:

Only book reviews count, because I actually read or reread those books this year. First Lines, meme, and quotes do not require that, so they're not counting. Little reading updates and thought posts also don't count. So let's see what I read this year!

January 3: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

January 5: One for All by Lillie Lainoff

January 8: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

January 10: Shadowfell, Raven Flight, and The Caller by Juliet Marillier (trilogy, so counts for three!)

January 13: Raybearer and Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (duology)

January 19: Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, and Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey (trilogy)

January 22: No Dominion by CE Murphy

January 29: Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

February 5: The Walker Papers by CE Murphy (series of 9 books because I'm counting by the original publishing order, not the rebrand and republish, where it's 10 books)

February 12: Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier (duology)

February 19: Shakespeare Saved my Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates

February 24: The Cardinal Rule, The Firebird Deception, and The Phoenix Law by CE Murphy (trilogy)

February 27: The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter (seven book series)

March 3: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

March 6: Imzadi Forever by Peter David

March 17: The Bright and Breaking Sea and A Swift and Savage Tide by Chloe Neill (first two books of a series)

March 19: The Harp of Kongs, A Dance with Fate, and Song of Flight by Juliet Marillier (trilogy)

March 24: Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

March 26: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

March 29: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller

March 31: Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim

April 2: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

April 5: The Phantom of Pemberley by Regina Jeffers

April 9: The Blood Trials by NE Davenport

April 12: Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey (trilogy)

April 19: Dracula by Bram Stoker

April 26: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

April 30: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray

May 3: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

May 7: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis

May 14: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

May 17: Star by Star by Troy Denning

May 21: The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

May 28: That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

May 31: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

June 11: Through the Fire by CE Murphy

June 14: The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

June 18: The Circle of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

June 21: The Circle Opens Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

June 25: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

June 28: The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

July 2: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

July 5: Storm Front by Jim Butcher

July 9: The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce

July 12: Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

July 16: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

July 19: Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce

July 23: Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

July 26: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

July 30: Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce

August 2: Claws and Contrivances by Stephanie Burgis

August 6: Gladiator Bear by CE Murphy

August 9: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer

August 13: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casy McQuiston

August 16: Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater

August 20: Long Shadow by Olivia Atwater

August 23: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

August 27: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

August 30: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

September 3: The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

September 6: It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn

September 10: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

September 13: Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

September 13: The Artemis Fowl Files by Eoin Colfer

September 20: Dark Water Daughter by HM Long

September 24: X-Wing: Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston

September 27: X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar by Aaron Allston

October 1: Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

October 4: Maskerade by Terry Pratchett

October 8: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

October 11: Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer

October 15: A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout

October 18: The Secret Shanghai Series by Chloe Gong (four books, two novellas)

October 25: Heat Wave by Richard Castle

October 29: Raven Heart and Polar Heart by CE Murphy (two books in a series)

November 1: A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout

November 5: The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma

November 8: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

November 12: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

November 15: The Dragon Prince of Alaska by Elva Birch

November 19: The Dragon Prince's Librarian by Elva Birch

November 22: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

November 26: Wildfire by Hannah Grace

November 29: Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer

December 3: A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

December 6: The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick

December 10: The Dragon Prince's Bride, The Dragon Prince's Secret, the Dragon Prince's Magic, and The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch (four of a series of six books)

December 13: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

December 17: Death Masks by Jim Butcher

December 20: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

December 24: A Christmas Like No Otter by Zoe Chant

That's about where I got to this year, and it has been a wonderful year in reading. I'm so looking forward to next year! Leave your favorite book from 2023 and your most anticipated 2024 book in the tags, and may you have a Happy New Year!

[imzadipublishing]

New Release Dragony Rising Recieves Rave Reviews!

New Release Dragony Rising Recieves Rave Reviews!

https://michaelstephendaigle.com/2022/09/16/dragony-rising-this-book-is-a-must-well-donewell-done-indeed/

[jandomagala]

The highs and lows of being a writer

The highs and lows of being a writer

Col Sec Series: Book 7

May 16th was a day to remember, for me anyway. That was the day my first book was published through Imzadi Publishing. Strictly speaking, The Blackstar Gambit was not my first book published as it’s book seven in the Col Sec series but it was the first traditionally published book as I published the previous six through Amazon’s Kindle platform and their paperback…

[clonethemidwife]

so, it was pointed out to me that i’ve been off tumblr long enough that y’all newbies won’t know who i am and some of y’all long timers might have forgotten me

so, hi, i’m clonethemidwife (clone for short), i am a longtime person (lol that makes no sense but i’m keeping it because it made me giggle and that’s worth its weight in gold these days). i’ve been in fandoms for probably 20 years now, writing my own fanfiction for more than 15 years, though for years and years i didn’t publish anything i’d written. Nonnatuns In Person are my people. i was super super active until the end of 2016, when i became less active due to work and life, and then i took an official hiatus from tumblr for mental health about a year ago. now, because i’d like to take an official hiatus from life, i’m back on my bullshit on this garbage website.

what you can expect from me: I started refollowing some CtM people last night, i’m going to be catching up on fic because i basically went a year without reading CtM, and i try to leave comments on everything i read, but sometimes i forget or don’t know what to say so sometimes i just leave kudos. i also made a profile on archive of our own, and will be bringing my fics (both AUs, whatever prompts and requests i can find, and future work) onto the archive. i adore talking about AUs, especially my own church AU, which is a monster fic that keeps on giving. my inbox and ask are always open to talk about life, fandom, mental health, basically anything. i love getting messages.

so, what else did i miss?

primary fandoms: Star Trek (primarily Voy, but really all of them), Orphan Black, Call the Midwife, Narnia

ships: Turnadette, Janeway/Chakotay, Imzadi, LumberPunk!, Cosima/Delphine, Lucy/Tumnus, Maggie/Jocelyn, Elliot/Olivia, Bobby/Alex

crackships: Patrienne AU, Janeway/Seven, B’El/Seven, honestly i love a good crackship.

[allofmystudentsrunaway]

the most impressive piece of fan fic ever published as part of the official books...imzadi 

[johnbizzell]

October 2018 - Of Tales and Troi

On 13th March 1993, less than two months after I’d turned twelve and with the zip-up pockets of my Makro tracksuit bulging with pound coins found Sellotaped inside my birthday cards, I went to the Waterstones on Charing Cross Road all by myself. Maybe the rest of you were already in motorcycle gangs or hosting WI lunches by that age, but I was still refusing to wear my glasses - without which I only got to read the signs I frequently walked into seconds before impact - and I had no friends, so rarely left the house except to ricochet blindly to school. Even now it feels like one of the bravest things I’ve ever done.

What would motivate such a boy, one so intent on hiding that he thought not seeing meant not being seen, to lie to his parents and venture into the big city? I’ll tell you: cock. But don’t run away, this isn’t a story about ill-advised underage sex in ill-fitting 90s sportswear. It’s about books.

The previous weekend I’d read an interview in the Sunday Times Magazine with Armistead Maupin. He was publicising his latest novel Maybe the Moon, but he also mentioned the series he is much more famous for, Tales of the City, which apparently commemorated ‘hook-up culture, everyday drug use and gay bathhouse sex’ in 1970s San Francisco (there’s so much more than that, but the Sunday Times Magazine hasn’t changed its tune for decades). I honestly don’t think I’d ever seen the word gay in print before. I’d seen it scratched onto my locker by the business end of a compass, but this was pre-internet. Everything I knew about gay had been shouted at me in a playground, no bibliography was provided for further reading.

It amazes me when people say they don’t like reading. Reading is a super power that lets you hear other people’s thoughts and live other people’s lives. It must seem amazing to Millennials that at one time we didn’t have access to all of human knowledge in a device in our pockets. If you wanted to know about something, you had to ask an actual person or you had to find the answer in a book. As a baby gay trying to figure things out for myself it was impossible for me to ask anyone for the answers I needed, so I relied solely on books and they have been my greatest teachers ever since. 

Now that I knew this Armistead Maupin had written books about gays, I needed to read them. The library was not an option. That would involve being tracked and stamped – branded. I needed to go off grid. I turned to my guardian angel, Counselor Deanna Troi. 

Anything I haven’t learnt from a book I’ve learnt from Star Trek. In the early 90s that meant tuning into BBC2 ‪at 6pm‬ on a ‪Wednesday night‬ to watch Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D on their continuing mission to spread the gospel of bodysuits as practical workwear beyond the final frontier. If this post has drawn in anyone else from the Venn diagram of gay fiction and space sagas, I’ll just state that I am totally on board with Troi eventually embracing her full rank, uniform and hair straighteners, but back then her plunging necklines, vaguely Mittel-European accent and mindreading powers seemed like exactly what a pre-teen homosexual from South East London should aspire to. She sensed my desperate need to find a tribe and helped me lay in a course to the gay and lesbian fiction section of a national book chain. 

Alongside the TV show, there was a series of Star Trek novels and at this exact time Peter David’s Imzadi had been released. It’s not one of the cool ones with the Borg as a thinly disguised cipher for communism, it’s just your standard tempestuous time-travel romance, but it was on the New York Times best-seller list for six weeks so save your sneers. As it had only just come out I made a very convincing case to my parents that I needed to go to a West End book shop to get it. I may have been blinder than Geordi La Forge without his VISOR, but the promise of finding out what gays got up to in something called a bathhouse had made me sneakier than a Romulan. 

The particular branch of Waterstones I went to closed years ago and is now a Superdrug, so you’ll have to take the sketchy 25-year-old memories of a petrified partially-sighted kid on the store’s layout for granted. Up some steps in a corner section there was a low freestanding shelf and the gay fiction was on the side facing away from the rest of the shop. I crept around the other shelves and flung myself to the floor. All six Tales of the City books were there as well as dozens of others with terrifyingly tasteful male physiques on them, but after my train fare and buying Imzadi too I could only afford one. I felt sick. I might never get the chance to come back for the others, but what could I do? 

It is a testament to the shame I felt that I took my two books to the till with the actress who played Troi, Dame Marina Sirtis (forgive my cosmic ordering on a Galaxy-class scale), staring out on top in Mills and Boon-ish soft focus glory. I held my breath whilst both of them were scanned and then I paid with my change.

I could have taken my new treasure out and read it in the middle of Old Compton Street and half the queens wouldn’t have known there were gay characters in it, never mind anywhere else, but I kept the Waterstones carrier bag folded tightly closed until I got home to the safety of my bedroom. There I opened it and ceremoniously wrote the date on the inside front cover. 

On 13th March 1993, less than two months after I’d turned twelve, I read Tales of the City for the first time. It changed my life.

Tales of the City was first published in book form 40 years ago and has just been voted one of America’s 100 favourite novels. Expect a handsome anniversary edition and a glossy new Netflix adaptation soon. Meanwhile, used copies of Imzadi are available on Amazon ‪from 1p‬. John recommends both heartily.

[officialao3fandomlastforever]

why did you make two versions of the same fic?

I’m guessing you mean “Gospel for the Vagabonds”.

There was one scene in particular that I wanted people to be able to read, but I know that given the material in the fic, many might have been turned off by the rest of the content and not get a chance to read it. 

So I made 2 versions. The full one is the R-rated, while the shorter one is the PG-13 version. 

This is the scene in question if people who haven’t read the original fic(s) want to read just the one scene. 

Quick warning: There are a lot of topics covered in this one scene, including mental illness, abuse, addiction recovery, and more. I’ll be tagging everything that is covered in this segment, but this is an extra warning just in case. Like I stated in the notes for the story, I dug deep and went to places I never wanted to explore, places I wanted to forget, and parts of me I didn’t even know were there. And this scene was a big chunk of that. 

Also, if you read the segment and find something you feel needs tagging, please please please let me know because there is always the possibility I might miss something.

Below the cut we go…

               When Mercury arrived downstairs, he was surprised tosee everyone gathered around several large tables, talking and sharing pats onthe back and warm embraces. Raven was tucked into a corner, chatting with herbrother and a man with short blond hair over drinks, while Emerald was skippingover to Neo and the twins. Junior and Roman were setting the table, exchangingkisses when they thought no one was looking.

               What’s going on? he wondered. Why is everyone here?

               "Hey Mercury!“

               Hefollowed the sound of someone calling to him all the way to Raven’s corner,rubbing the back of his neck as he approached. Seeing one of his teachersoutside of school was awkward as hell. “Hello Raven. Pr. Branwen-”

               "We’reoutside the classroom,“ his teacher chuckled. "You can call me Qrowhere.”

               "Qrow.Right.“

               "Thisis Taiyang,” Raven said, nodding to the blond. “He’s my ex.”

               "Niceto meet you,“ Taiyang said cheerfully, holding out a hand. "I’veheard quite a bit about you from these two.”

               "Youhave?“

               "Taiworks at Signal High,” Qrow explains. “His Imzadiis the Headmaster at the University, and his husband works at AtlasPublishing.”

               "Qrowtells me you’re quite the poet,“ Tai chuckled. "I’d love a chance toread your works.”

               "Oh,“Mercury mumbled. "Sure. If, you know, you really want to.”

               "Wonderful!“

               Mercurystared at him, eyes narrowed in confusion. Taiyang looked familiar, but hecouldn’t quite place it. It was the same feeling he’d been getting about Ravenfor the last few weeks. But what was it?

               "Hey punks,” came a voice frombehind. “Dinner is ready. Everyoneto the main table.”

               No, he thought. It can’t be. He slowly turned around and came face to face withlilac eyes and hair that burned like the sun. Her right sleeve was rolled up,revealing a robotic arm painted like a bee. “Yang?”

               "SupMerc?“ she laughed. "Didn’t know you knew Uncle Hei.”

               "Wait,“he looked between Raven and Yang, realization dawning on his face. "You’rerelated!”

               "Ding,ding!“ Raven snickered. "We have a winner. Yang’s my kid, and Tai’sthe father.”

               "Guilty,“Tai laughed.

               "Thisis weird,” Mercury sighed.

               "You’retelling me,“ Yang groaned. "Come on. Dinner.”

               Withheavy steps, they all made their way over to the table. Raven took a seat byRoman, while Taiyang sat across from them, with Yang on his left and Qrow tothe right with another girl between the two. If he remembered right, that wasYang’s sister Ruby. Junior sat at the head of the table, while the other endwas occupied by a man with a long braid akin to a scorpion tail. The twins satacross from Emerald, leaving Mercury to take the seat to her left. There wereother people around the table he didn’t recognize, like a girl with ginger hairand a pink bow, and a boy with a pink eyes sitting next to a man with brightblue hair.

               Butsomehow, he didn’t mind.

               "Welcomeeveryone,“ Junior huffed. "Been a while since most of us got togetherlike this. But since we have a newtenant, I thought it’d be nice to bring everyone together again and see howeveryone’s been these last two months. So if anyone wants to start usoff-”

               "Me!“Yang interjected, standing up and straightening her jacket. "Hey everyone,I’m Yang. And it’s been two months since I beat up a motherfucker.”

               Mercurybit his tongue trying not to laugh while half the table erupted into laughter.

               “And,” she added, “I’vebeen working on getting my grades up. Thanks to Em, I’ve managed to pass myhistory exam, and once I’m done with physio, I’ll be working here at the clubas a bouncer. Don’t expect the no hit streak to last.” She took a seat andsmacked Taiyang’s shoulder when he went to ruffle her hair.

               "Menext, then,“ Qrow hummed as he stood. "Hey everyone. My name is Qrow,I’m a teacher at Beacon University, and-” he reached into his pocket,pulling out a small purple coin- “I’m now nine months sober.”

               Thelaughter eased, and Mercury’s smile faded.

               "Yep,“Qrow groaned as he sat. "I knew that’d be the reaction. But…It’s whatI’ve been up to, so…”

               Ravenstood from her seat, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a copper coin,smiling fondly as she spoke.

               "Myname is Raven,“ she introduced. "I’m Qrow’s older twin sister, andI’ve just gone seven months without getting angry and lashing out. Anger managementhas been hard. Hell, recovery is in general but…we’re all gettingthere.”

               Everyonewent around the table taking turns. The girl with the pink bow was named Penny.She talked about her grades, career path, and how she’d been since beingreleased from the hospital. She didn’t say what she had been in for, butMercury was fine with that. He didn’t want to pry into personal business.

               Theman with pink eyes introduced himself as Ren and talked about how he visitedhis sister and introduced her to his boyfriend, the guy with blue hair who wascalled Neptune. Neptune talked about how he finally managed to make it into thefour foot depth of the pool at the gym, which garnered applause from everyone.Apparently he had been working with the lifeguards and a therapist for a whileto help him with his fear of water.

               Romantalked about getting a job at the hair salon he applied for. Melanie and Miltiatold everyone about their improvement in algebra, and Melanie translated forNeo as the shorter girl signed about being the teacher’s aide at school for thebeginning sign-language class. Everyone talked about something they were workingon. School, a job, what they were reading or watching that week. A fear, anaddiction, physical and mental illness. Anything and everything.

               Andthen it came to him and Emerald. She stood up with a smile, back straight andeyes on the group as if prepared to give an oral report.

               "Heyeveryone,“ she greeted. "My name is Emerald, and it has been exactlytwo years to the day that I stopped being a thief.”

               Wait.Emerald was what?

               "It’sbeen a tricky battle, I admit,“ she giggled, trying to stay cheerful."Sometimes I still feel the urge to swipe extra food or a wallet out ofhabit. But Junior, Roman, Raven…everyone here…You’ve all been such a greathelp. You’ve helped me get on my feet, and I’m in a much better place than Iever could have imagined. You’re the best family anyone could have asked for.And I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve given me.”

               Shesat back down, tears pricking at her ruby red eyes.

               She must have been holding that in a while,Mercury thought. Everyone here musthave…

               Witha shaky breath, Mercury stood up, clenching his fists as he introduced himself.

               "Helloeveryone,“ he greeted shakily. "My name is Mercury.”

               "HiMercury,“ everyone replied.

               "Ium….I’m not used to this, uh…talking. Thing. The round robin stuff. I don’tknow what to share.”

               "Whateveryou’re comfortable with,“ Junior assured. "Nothing here is spokenabout outside this dinner table.”

               "Alright…Well…“He blanked for a moment. He didn’t know what to talk about. School wasn’treally something he wanted to go over, and he didn’t have anything major he wasworking on.

               But…therewas one thing…

               "Abouta month ago,” he began, “I ran away from home. My dad, Marcus…he’san alcoholic. And very controlling. The night I ran away from home, I had beenfired from my job for being late. He didn’t take it well.” He took a deepbreath to steady himself. “He…started getting physical. And in a panic,I hit him with a frying pan and locked myself in my room before sneaking out.Em found me and brought me here.”

               Mercuryscanned the room, noticing everyone shifting in their seats. “I just…Iwanted to share that with you all because…this past month has been the besttime of my life in a long, long time. And you’re all the closest I’ve ever hadto a real family and I…I…”

               "Merc…“

               Apair of arms wrapped around him. Then another. And yet another. Before Mercuryhad realized he’d began crying, everyone had flown from their seats and had himin the center of a group hug. Mercury buried his face in the shoulder of thenearest person. He didn’t know who exactly it was, but they smelled like cottoncandy. The body heat was cozy, and the heartbeats around him were music to hisears.

               Thingswere finally going right.

Thank you all for reading and thank you anon for your question.

[michaeldaigle]

Maybe where we are today; right and wrong

I wrote this in part as a joke response to a conversation about an anthology call for a story that “writes a wrong.” So I pitched an idea to write something wrong:  Ideas, language, structure —everything breaking down. And then  over the last few days I had the feeling that this was about more than just word play. Maybe it described where we actually are. Maybe we are, as the last line says,…

[michaeldaigle]

In the end, we stole an aircraft carrier

I was attempting to write an apocalyptic time travel story for an entry to an anthology with the theme of time travel. I missed the time travel aspect, but ended up with this story about a stolen aircraft carrier. It’s called “A THOUSAND WORDS OF DAN.” Here goes: We were ping pong balls bouncing across the International Date Line. A day older. A day younger. The Earth was dying. Everything…

[michaeldaigle]

Talking about DRAGONY RISING with Steven Miletto

Please take a few minutes to listen to this fun interview with podcaster/educator Steven Miletto of Geogia. We discussed how the Frank Nagler Mysteries evolved, about techniques used to create lively, interesting characters, and how I paced the story so he would stay up at night reading, unable to put it down. DRAGONY RISING asks the question: What happens when Det. Frank Nagler discovers that…

[michaeldaigle]

The thing is gone. I'm alive

The moment wants noise, screaming Running leaping, rolling after falling laying in wetness back to the ground face to the sky shouting Yes! Yes! Yes! The thing is gone. Grey and white in the photos; fitting. That thing they found and cut out leaving a hole It was dead. I no longer feel dead. It is a time for color. And rain, And one long screaming, obnoxious running fucking celebration…

[michaeldaigle]

For hire: Free agent mystery writer

Baseball fans will understand the term: Designated for assignment. That makes  me, Mystery Writer, free agent. But I don’t have to pass through waivers. The want ad says: Open to right offer. This came about because the publisher of my five Frank Nagler Mysteries, Imzadi Publishing of Tulsa, Ok., is shutting down after than more than decade in  business. Thank you, Janice and Anita and Kay,…

[michaeldaigle]

Nagler 6: Does she know Nagler's secret?

In Book 6 of the Frank Nagler Mysteries, NAGLER’S SECRET, a work in progress, there was an event in September 1994 that is at the heart of the secret that left Detective Frank Nagler shaken. There is  also a young woman who reappeared in Ironton, N.J. many years later. Does she know the secret? Detective Frank Nagler’s friends try to recall her: “She had brown hair, cut short,” said Barry,…

[michaeldaigle]

Finding the hole at the bottom of NAGLER'S SECRET

Sometimes writing a story is like walking in a dark room blindfolded. You bump into walls a lot until you find the door. That’s what I was doing with the sixth Frank Nagler Mystery, “NAGLER’S SECRET.” I was writing fun scenes with Nagler chasing people around Ironton, N.J. and people chasing Nagler, especially a red head, who sometimes was not a red head, but who seemed to know a lot  about our…

[michaeldaigle]

Nagler's Secret: Silence and tension

In NAGLER’S SECRET, the work-in-progress Book six of the Frank Nagler Mystery series, Ironton, N.J. Detective Frank Nagler and others have been examining an  old farm house that could be the headquarters of a shadowy outfit called Sunshine Farms. In this scene Nagler  stayed behind to look for something  when two people enter the building,. He is on the second floor and they entered the front…