I wanted to show how different the grandsons' reactions were. Tony follows his grandfather's wishes and is rewarded with his own business. Kinstanting defies his and ends up in deep doo doo.
“How come you still have this clunker, Grandpa?” Dante and I sat in the back with Grandpa while Marco occupied the front passenger seat. The partition between the seating areas of the ancient Lincoln Continental limousine remained down. “You could get a new SUV and have it modified so it’s bulletproof too.”
“Why waste money when this one’s still in good shape?” The old man spoke the truth; the mid-seventies gas-guzzler was always spotless, and the engine was meticulously maintained. “It’s on
One of my favorite GA authors.
I've had the pleasure of beta reading for Parker and he's been generous in allowing me to borrow a couple of his characters for my stories. I look forward to working with him in the future and to his next novel.
Write, Parker, write.
Yes.
Hopefully this summer. Since that story's a series of vignettes, there'll never be an end to it. I can keep the MC visiting places for a long time. LOL
The next stop for him would be New Orleans and it would be a bit longer than the other ones. I'd like to use it as as an ode to the city, food, culture, and people. After Nola, the MC's meant to return to Key West for a while before embarking on another trip.
Born out of one of the Friday prompts @comicfan post on Fridays, five years later it's gone from 800 words to nearly 10 times that. The nearby gym's on my schedule for revision and expansion later this year. Considering how big a role both locations have played in the life of a certain character, I thought they deserved a little TLC.
The wait between the first two chapters was a week. That's pretty standard for serialized work.
Waiting to read until a story's comple is acceptable and common. Usually out of fear the author will abandon the work. That's not happening with me. Not ever. Unless I drop dead and my editor could always finish posting.
I don't recall you doing so!
But I do recall enjoying your comments. Just did that with some older ones. A couple of readers are binge reading a certain series of mine and I end up peeking at a chapter here and there. You made good points in the chapter discussing a prenuptial agreement.
I know, right? Usually it takes a death, a wedding, or a birth to get these many reactions. Or in my case, a character on either side of gun ownership issues.
I'm amazed at the reception this story's enjoying. Haven't written it yet, but I plan a companion piece about a gym owner. Let's hope Colt does as well as Tony.