Shifter Story

Well, I have over 23,000 words and still no title.

So far Marrok has lived 79 years and just took his fourth lover. Where to from here?

Second Glances

Chapter 1

Lizzie Johnson hurried through the large, wet snowflakes. Why did I ever want to leave California and come to New York for school? She shrugged her shoulders under her heavy backpack and tried to balance the armful of books.

Wham. She ran into something solid and sat down in a drift.

A very feminine voice said, “Oh. I’m so sorry. Are you okay?”

Lizzie looked at the thick-soled, men’s boots and black jeans in front of her. They contrasted greatly with the voice. She raised her head. She recognized the dyed-black spiked hair of the woman in front of her. It’s that woman from my Environmental Science class, the one who’s so vocal about the oil companies and GMOs.

“Here, let me help.” The woman held her hand down and helped Lizzie up, and then started picking up the scattered books. “There, I think that’s all of them. Are you okay? You’re not hurt?”

“I’m fine. Just a bit wet and shook up.”

“Hey, if you have to sit in the snow, why not in front of Starbucks? Let me buy you a latte to make up for knocking you down.”

“I could use a hot drink.”

Inside the store, the woman asked, “What do you want?”

“How about a Cafeé Mocha?”

“You got it. Find us a table and I’ll get our drinks.”

Lizzie sat at a table near the window and soon the woman came back with two lattes and two warm blueberry muffins.

“Hope you like blueberries.” She smiled.

Lizzie noticed white, even teeth behind the dark lipstick.

“Love blueberries.”

“I’m Sara. I recognize you from Environmental Science.”

“Lizzie.”

“Like in Lizzie Borden?” Her grey eyes twinkled with laughter.

Lizzie screwed up her face. “No. It’s just that there are so many Elizabeths in my family. My grandmother is Betty and my aunt is Betsy and I got stuck with Lizzie.”

“So, where are this grandmother and aunt?”

“Los Angeles.”

“You’re from L.A. why did you come to this snow-cursed city for school? I’d have stayed in the sunshine.”

Lizzie laughed. “I was just wondering that myself when I ran into you.”

“Ran into me is right. But, seriously, why New York?”

“I just wanted to get away from family. I’d never been alone since before I was born. I got tired of being ‘one of the twins’.”

“You’re a twin?” Sara grinned. “Is she as gorgeous as you are?”

Lizzie blushed. “Well, most of my friends think Mike is pretty hot. I don’t see it, he’s just my brother.”

Sara laughed. “Okay. You got me on that one. Personally, I don’t think he’d do anything for me either. So, what are you studying?”

“My major is listed as English, but I’m also taking a lot of art classes. You?”

“Music. My whole family is musical. What type of art?”

“Promise not to laugh?”

“I hate questions like that. You know it’s going to be funny. But, I’ll try.”

“I want to work with my uncle Jesse in his family’s glass blowing business. I have some ideas for color I’d like to try.”

Sara’s eyes got wide. “Glass blowing? Like with the long pipes and melted glass?”

“Yeah. He’s let me play around in the furnace room. What instrument do you play?”

“Just about anything I pick up.” Sara glanced at her watch. “Hey, I’m going to be late for class. Can I take you to dinner tonight? I’d like to continue this conversation.”

Lizzie hesitated. “I don’t know.”

“Hey, look, if you’re straight, okay. It’s just dinner.”

“Sure.” Lizzie grinned.

I think I’m becoming a writer.

I got a FB message from a woman who read First Impressions and wants a sequel. I now have three WIPs. Does that mean I’m a writer?

Updating

Had a person ask on my FB page if I was still there since I hadn’t posted for a while. I keep posting on MY page and forget to update A.T. Weaver-writer’s page.

Been working on the shifter story – still need a title. Doing a lot of research about the early-mid nineteenth century and the Oregon Trail.

Finished beta reading The Archer’s Arrow for Andy Burns. I love his Ren-Faire series. I’ll let you all know when it’s out. This is the third book in the series:

The Jouster’s Lance (due out in May)

The Satyr’s Song

The Archer’s Arrow

Gay erotica, but with good plots behind them. The sex is just a part of the story, not the main thing.

Okay – back to the shifter.

Hello again.

Wait a minute – I think that’s the title of a song.

Just thought I’d check in since it’s been a while. Sales on The Boss’s Son are going good. Putting me in the mood to write some more on the shifter story. But first I have to finish beta reading for my friend Andy Burns for the RenFaire series he’s writing as A. J. Marcus.

Review

The Boss’s Son got a 4 out 5 star review on Kindle yesterday. As someone who likes to read books several times, it’s nice to hear someone say they’d read it again.

Thank you, Ken Clark