Contemporaneous: Chapter 1
1. I sit in front of the computer, typing these words without much idea of where they’ll go. Not that there aren’t ideas. There are always ideas. I’ve never had any problem with ideas. But they came with the promise of anticipation. Two published but underperforming novels later, that anticipation isn’t so buoyant anymore. It’s a jaded and resigned prick – if it was a barfly, it’d be the old drunk who rambles about how good things used to be, and sees no merit in the future. Procrastination’s easier too. Check social media that doesn’t need checking. Play 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge on the PC arcade emulator that…
Any More Complicated Than That
Title: Any More Complicated Than That Publisher: ECG Press Publication Date: 1 December 2024 Category: Contemporary Paperback: (216mm x 140mm) ISBN Print: 978-0-6454853-9-4 Ebook: 978-0-6454853-8-7 Skip Lago is a thirty-something bestselling author, a neurotic savant who lives for nothing but his writing and has trouble connecting with the real world. His wife, Sherry Killian, is a brilliant editor, a woman widely respected in the publishing industry, but who feels her personal needs aren’t being met. Jake Rappaport has just realized his dream of opening his own bar, but his true passion has always been his shameless, if not vindictive, womanizing. A chance meeting unlocks a series of events where Skip, Sherry,…
