tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38574917113481406032024-03-13T00:09:35.251-04:00The Jim Buchanan NovelsThe Jim Buchanan Novels are a series of mystery and suspense tales that take place in present-day, western Montana. County Sheriff Jim Buchanan, a mixed-blood, Native American returns to his roots to begin a career in law enforcement while battling prejudice, the natural elements, and his own self-doubt. Relying on his determination and strong moral compass, he blazes his own trail in what some still consider the wildest country in the lower 48 states.Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-65329468891978394902021-02-06T19:03:00.002-05:002021-02-06T20:45:54.421-05:00Building of the fictional Cedar County Sheriff's Office<p>In order to accurately describe the building and the floors of the fictional Cedar County Sheriff's Office of my novels' protagonist, Sheriff Jim Buchanan, I constructed a diagram of the individual office space. Much research went into this rendering. I completed online research into various police stations and sheriff's offices to arrive at a good representation for a sheriff's office and its critical components in a county with a population of at least 24,000 people. </p><p>Some could say this was an unnecessary use of time, however I find it invaluable when writing my novels. I can visualize on my diagrams where my characters are in relation to what they may view outside their windows, how they move about inside the building, how they interact with other employees and the public all the while without concern of making logistical errors in writing multiple novels. </p><p>There are four floors (note the secure passage desks meant to keep inmates and suspects segregated from the sheriff's office employees and the general public):</p><p>The lower basement houses a gymnasium.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofW1RWcdD-4NmuOu-iaJ6nv3WnUkdswk-wr-xj1pAgvXvYbYMq6OulfH10nxRt3ZrYkgSn7TN799yPp_sT0jDCgbAIEJtbkCLsMS97wUZZK3GjyFihBilM27sFr8OP_BlLNnloO-YsubC/s1661/Cedar+County+Sheriff%2527s+Office+-+Basement+Lower+Level.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofW1RWcdD-4NmuOu-iaJ6nv3WnUkdswk-wr-xj1pAgvXvYbYMq6OulfH10nxRt3ZrYkgSn7TN799yPp_sT0jDCgbAIEJtbkCLsMS97wUZZK3GjyFihBilM27sFr8OP_BlLNnloO-YsubC/s320/Cedar+County+Sheriff%2527s+Office+-+Basement+Lower+Level.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The upper basement includes a running track above the gymnasium, men's and women's lockers and showers, a Nautilus weight room, weapons armory, handgun firing range, and an evidence locker.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The purpose of Chief Plenty Coups State Park is to support the vision of Chief Plenty Coups, the last chief of the Crow Nation. They offer programs for Crow youth in languages, culture, and job skills.<br /><br />To date, customers of the Jim Buchanan Novels have helped contribute $2,100 to Chief Plenty Coups State Park. I've been told that an additional amount of around $2,900 from other sources has been pledged to a construction project with a $25,000 target. Here are the details as they were related to me:<br /><br />Chief Plenty Coups State Park has asked the MT State Parks Foundation to help them by raising funds for the development of new housing for Park Staff and Volunteers. We have raised just over $5,000 for the project so far, including your contributions. We are hoping to complete this project by early summer 2021. Here is a brief description:<br /><br />The Montana State Parks Foundation is working collaboratively with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks to provide critical housing for staff and volunteers at Chief Plenty Coups State Park. Existing housing for staff and volunteers consists of a dilapidated travel trailer that has badly deteriorated in recent years. Due to the remote location of Chief Plenty Coups State Park, housing is unavailable in the private rental market. Providing safe housing is a critical step in recruiting and retaining high quality staff and volunteers to run the park. This project will create a partnership with Billings West High School and their industrial arts courses for the production of the housing unit. This partnership will provide hands-on educational opportunities for Montana high school students while building the housing structure that will benefit state parks staff and volunteers for years to come. Students will benefit by learning valuable skills including framing, plumbing, electrical wiring, and finish carpentry while providing a much needed asset to an important state park near their homes.Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-75656272287169838352020-10-15T21:46:00.003-04:002020-10-15T21:46:45.058-04:00The badge of the fictional Cedar County Sheriff's Department<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQnYJKDrooPMcV87gtMq0n782CHUEO-x63Na7B4sqJ4HzVIKGcbS_Gsy_rVWmJ7vId4FjCfg0tge1VjJct8NgbDAz3cxmJ12RNsCBz7g3-_2DxaDZXQA5gJMlNTsDrxHfsTMfaKs1DBr_/s287/badge+%25282%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQnYJKDrooPMcV87gtMq0n782CHUEO-x63Na7B4sqJ4HzVIKGcbS_Gsy_rVWmJ7vId4FjCfg0tge1VjJct8NgbDAz3cxmJ12RNsCBz7g3-_2DxaDZXQA5gJMlNTsDrxHfsTMfaKs1DBr_/s0/badge+%25282%2529.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-18861820476951936952020-08-13T22:08:00.000-04:002020-08-13T22:08:10.068-04:00Map of fictional Cedar County Montana<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtr0vlaoH8Wgba2BRMBbi1_m3ylebvnDOx7WlehO9p0_2cFCY-1Q1eNieFsniz0EdjBvRY5t2PVZ9KrVXp4TG1MEVpgKZ-gceWduZBscPFX4uyHFgVOekRl5ZySHLV-qaupxpSc79ztWL/s984/JB+Novels+Montana+Map+-+20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtr0vlaoH8Wgba2BRMBbi1_m3ylebvnDOx7WlehO9p0_2cFCY-1Q1eNieFsniz0EdjBvRY5t2PVZ9KrVXp4TG1MEVpgKZ-gceWduZBscPFX4uyHFgVOekRl5ZySHLV-qaupxpSc79ztWL/s640/JB+Novels+Montana+Map+-+20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-77357872056525621132020-06-08T21:56:00.000-04:002020-06-08T21:56:15.051-04:00The Jim Buchanan NovelsThese are promotional materials for my novels from New Shelves Distribution:<br />
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The sound of a car coming up the gravel driveway gave her a shudder that raced up her spine. She heard a car door close and then the footfalls of boots on the front porch. Alma Rose swung her left leg over the side of the bed. She still couldn’t move her right leg and just lied on the bed in a contorted position.<br />
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She heard a downstairs window shatter and glass spill onto the wooden floor. She pushed herself toward the edge of the bed and with her arms, threw the comforter onto the floor next to the bed. Alma Rose pushed herself off the bed and she fell onto the comforter which blunted the sound of her fall. She crawled over to the door, stretched her arm, and locked the door.<br />
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When she heard footsteps in the hallway, Alma Rose grabbed the comforter around her and rolled away from the door. She lied silent on the floor, near the bed. She listened for any noise but heard none. Then the footfalls resumed and stopped on the other side of the bedroom door. When the doorknob turned, she covered her mouth with the corner of the comforter in the desperate hope that it would render any spontaneous screams inaudible.<br />
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The pounding of fists on the door, caused Alma Rose to shake with every thump. Then as quickly as the beating on the door began, it subsided. She then heard the engine of a car start and then head away from the house down the gravel driveway.<br />
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Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-38717669871555396872019-12-25T00:00:00.000-05:002019-12-25T00:00:02.779-05:00Underlying theme of my next novel, "Miracle of the Talking Stick", the 4th novel in the Jim Buchanan seriesThere is no death<br />
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Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-56765081900538502982019-12-19T23:02:00.000-05:002019-12-19T23:02:10.057-05:00Excerpt from my upcoming novel, "Miracle of the Talking Stick", the 4th novel in the Jim Buchanan seriesHank said, “Tell us what happened when you first spoke with the suspect.”<br />
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Abington replied, “When the suspect arrived at the scene, we approached him, but he acted as if he knew nothing. He even pretended that he thought we were there simply to evict him and his wife from their apartment. He identified himself as the victim’s husband.”<br />
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“Come on Mr. Kelly, we know the husband and wife were the only ones living in that apartment, the wife is missing, there’s blood all over the floors, walls, and ceilings, and the husband was covered in blood. Body or no body, we know this is a clear-cut homicide investigation. All we’re looking for is a confession and a tip to where he dumped the body.”Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-30863110701988169372019-07-09T12:28:00.000-04:002019-07-09T12:29:30.295-04:00Revamped website<div style="text-align: justify;">
I have reworked my novels' <a href="https://www.jbnovels.com/" target="_blank">website</a> to reflect changes that I have made. I have a home page but also pages listing and describing my books and where to order them. I also have a page about myself, another page about Montana, a page about my characters' fictional county, and a blog page titled Montana Mondays where I will post an entry every week. I plan to add to the website as time allows. Please share the website with anyone that you may know who is interested in my writing. </div>
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Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-69681392875915823322019-03-26T18:15:00.000-04:002019-03-26T18:15:05.767-04:00Of Angels and Miracles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do we ever really consider how events on this Earth transpired? Do we ever look at gaps in the historical record and wonder, what if?<br />
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Of all the events that occurred in our lives do we sometimes look back with regret and wish they had happened differently?<br />
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What happens when we die? Are we aware of the life we just lived? Do we meet people we knew on the other side? And finally, is it possible for us to have a second chance to right wrongs that happened in our lives?<br />
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They say you know exactly when you are touched by an angel. It may be when we face danger and someone or something not of this world influences the outcome. It may be as subtle as a twisted ankle, a red traffic light, or a squirrel crossing the road causing us to delay our activity for a few seconds or it may be as profound as a missed taxi, train, or plane. Whatever it is we can explain the ‘what happened’ but the ‘why it happened’ is lost in our orderly rationalization of events.<br />
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<br />Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-57941104718027584512019-03-15T11:23:00.001-04:002019-03-15T11:24:35.509-04:00Character Images from a Novel - "Missing in Montana"<br />
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Originally, the order of my novels was <i>Montana Harvest</i>, <i>Mystery at Little Bitterroot</i>, and <i>The Killing Zone</i> and the original timeline was 1995-1997. </div>
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However, as I continued with the series and once <i>Missing in Montana</i> was completed in 2018 which required backstory to describe a kidnapping in 1992, I realized that there is a certain degree of importance to not just refer to occurrences that happened in the past and how characters lived their lives during that time. It is also critical to develop these occurrences and the characters in such a way as to show the reader how these events actually took place in the author's mind. It reveals the characters in a different light and time than in the current writing. </div>
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For instance, in the first three novels, Jim Buchanan is Cedar County Sheriff and Dan McCoy is a retired sheriff. Time is quickly passing Dan by since he retired and some of the old ways of doing things are no longer relevant or even accepted practice. Dan sometimes struggles with this and often comes across to the reader as bumbling, uncooperative, or argumentative and is called out by the people still active in law enforcement. In <i>Missing in Montana</i>, Dan hadn't yet retired and was still Cedar County Sheriff and Jim was a Montana Highway Patrolman. It provided an opportunity to draw Sheriff Dan McCoy with a much different personality and as a confident and courageous law enforcement officer fully in charge of his jurisdiction.</div>
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Taking it a step further, I began writing the novel, <i>Blood On the Rez</i> which describes Sheriff Jim Buchanan as a 17-year old Crow youth banished from his tribe for a serious indiscretion. Not only does Jim's domineering father, Angus Buchanan come into play in that novel where he was only a reference point in the first three novels but Sheriff Dan McCoy becomes a surrogate father figure to Jim. In that novel, another character, Willie Otaktay will end up going to prison for a crime that I have referred to in my first three novels. Again, it will provide me with an opportunity to reveal to the reader different aspects of my characters' emotions and behaviors and explain what led up to the situations that I've referenced in the first three novels. </div>
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As the author of the Jim Buchanan Novels, a mystery/suspense series set in western Montana, I was working on my next novel in the series titled, <i>Miracle of the Talking Stick</i> during the month of March, 2018.<i> </i>It was then that I was contacted by author Mark Reps of the Sheriff Zeb Hanks mystery series that is set in the 4-Corners section of the American West. He proposed that we collaborate along with another author and publish a 3-novella set and offer it as a free Kindle ebook on Amazon as a means to promote our other books and to introduce new readers to our protagonists.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">My novella, <i>Missing in Montana</i> was published along with </span>Mark Reps' <i>Native Roots</i> and R. Lawson Gamble's <i>The Dark Road </i>in a volume titled, <i>Western Justice.</i> The 3-novella set became the #1 free book in Amazon's Kindle Store and is currently the #12 free book in Native American Literature in Amazon's Kindle Store. You can still download the Kindle edition for free.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Speak with an author, find out what motivates them to write,
learn what other books they plan to publish, perhaps even gain an insight into
how you can also become a published author. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">A signed book by a mystery novelist, a nonfiction writer, or
a children’s author makes a great holiday gift and a one-of-a-kind,
personalized memento. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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public is invited to a collaborative book signing <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #009999; font-size: 20.0pt;">by published
authors from the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #009999; font-size: 20.0pt;">Connecticut
Authors & Publishers Association (CAPA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #009999; font-size: 24.0pt;">Saturday,
December 1, 2018 </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #009999; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.</span><span style="color: #009999;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Willington
Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">7 Ruby
Road, Willington, CT 06279<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">860-429-3854,
www.willingtonpubliclibrary.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">CAPA’s a nonprofit organization assisting authors & publishers
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">For more information, please go to www.aboutcapa.com</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Just in time for the holidays the Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association’s Northeast Chapter in conjunction with the Willington Public Library will host a book signing/sale by more than 15 local authors to run concurrently with the Willington Public Library Annual Holiday Craft Fair.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Speak with an author, find out what motivates them to write, learn what other books they plan to publish, perhaps even gain an insight into how you can also become a published author.</span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">A signed book by a mystery novelist, a nonfiction writer, or a children’s author makes a great holiday gift and a one-of-a-kind, personalized memento.</span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The public is invited to a collaborative book signing by published authors from the Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association (CAPA)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Saturday, December 1, 2018</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Willington Public Library</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">7 Ruby Road, Willington, CT 06279</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">860-429-3854, www.willingtonpubliclibrary.org</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">CAPA’s a nonprofit organization assisting authors & publishers </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">For more information, please go to www.aboutcapa.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Also, notice in the simulation the airbag does not deploy due to the strike being too high to trigger a deployment since the hood of the car only hits the legs and tends to flip the animal's center mass up onto the hood and through the windshield.</span><br />
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Please slow down on the roads. Even today I had to swerve onto the shoulder because an oncoming car crossed over the center-line. There is too much at risk to be speeding, running red lights, texting, or talking on the phone.</div>
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One of his famous quotes is: "Education is your greatest weapon. With education you are the white man's equal, without education you are his victim and so shall remain all of your lives. Study, learn, help one another always. Remember there is only poverty and misery in idleness and dreams - but in work there is self-respect and independence."<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">I plan to write and publish two successive novellas which will be part of the Jim Buchanan Series but will be called the Axe Killian Trilogy. <i>Missing in Montana</i> is the first novella and <i>Murders at Middle Fork</i> and <i>The Coldfoot Killer</i> are the projected working titles of the sequel and the last in the trilogy, respectively. </span></span></div>
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Short stories are tricky to write well. Every word counts – and you
don’t have long at all to establish characters and get the plot going.<br />
While most of my fiction-writing time goes into novels, I’ve written
a bunch of short stories over the years (and even won an occasional
prize).<br />
There’s plenty to like about the short story form:<br />
<ul>
<li><strong>You get the satisfaction of completing something!</strong> I’ve often taken breaks from ongoing novels to write short stories, simply to be able to <em>finish</em> a piece of writing. If you’ve ever written a story of any length, you’ll know how satisfying <em>finishing</em> can be.</li>
<li><strong>You can explore lots of different ideas</strong> – without
committing a huge chunk of time to them. Maybe you want to write about
a weird living spaceship in one story, a bullied teenage girl in
another, and a character who never celebrates or even acknowledges his
birthday in a third. You might not want to explore any of these ideas
at novel or novella length … but you could enjoy fleshing them out into
short stories.</li>
<li><strong>You can have fun with structure and viewpoint.</strong>
Things that would be unlikely to work for a whole novel (like writing
from the point of view of an inanimate object, or writing in the second
person, or having a whole story that builds up to a twist ending) can
work very well in a short story.</li>
<li><strong>You can enter competitions.</strong> This is a rather less
artistic consideration than the others … but most competitions are for
short stories rather than for novels. Having a deadline (and often a
topic or prompt to work from) can be really motivating, and winning a
prize – or even getting shortlisted – could be a great boost to your
writing career.</li>
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Hopefully, you’re keen to give short stories a go. (If you’re not
sure what sort of length you’re going to write to, check out my post <a href="https://www.dailywritingtips.com/story-writing/">Story Writing 101</a> for help with story-writing more generally.)<br />
These are the six steps you need to follow to complete a short story:<br />
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#1: Decide How Long Your Story Will Be</h2>
This might seem like an odd place to begin – how can you know how
long your story will be until you’ve written it? The length of your
story, though, will make a big difference to how you plan and begin
writing: a 800 word short story will be very different in nature from
an 8,000 word short story.<br />
Depending on your aims with your short story, the length might be
pre-determined for you. If you’re entering a competition, for instance,
there’ll almost certainly be a minimum and/or maximum word count.<br />
If you’re not sure what sort of length to aim for, check out Maeve’s post <a href="https://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-is-short-fiction/">How Short Is Short Fiction?</a> to figure out what length your short fiction should be.<br />
<strong>Tip:</strong> If you’re new to writing short stories, around
2,000 words is a good length – long enough to give your story a bit of
breathing room, but short enough that you only need to develop a couple
of characters and a single plotline.<br />
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#2: Come Up With Several Ideas</h2>
Unless you already have a clear idea in mind for your short story,
I’d suggest coming up with several different ideas. This is especially
crucial if you’re entering a themed competition: chances are, the first
idea that you have will be pretty similar to the first idea that pops
into other people’s minds!<br />
In two decades of writing fiction, I’ve found that ideas can come at
the oddest moments. You can definitely help the process along, though,
by setting aside time to deliberately brainstorm. Write your topic,
prompt or starting line on a piece of paper, and jot down anything that
comes to mind.<br />
If you don’t have a particular topic for your story, <a href="https://www.dailywritingtips.com/writing-prompts-101/">you might want to use a prompt to help you</a>.<br />
<strong>Tip:</strong> Don’t push yourself to write about an idea
that doesn’t really interest you. Keep brainstorming until you hit on
something you really <em>want</em> to write about … or step away altogether and wait to see if an idea comes to you out of the blue.<br />
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#3: Pick a Couple of Characters</h2>
Your idea itself might have brought characters with it (e.g. if your
idea was “a young colleague is promoted above his older, resentful
co-worker”) … but if not, now’s the time to figure out the main
characters for your short story.<br />
In a short story, there’s only space for a small cast of characters.
While there’s no “rule”, I find it works best to have one protagonist
and one other main character (who might be supporting or opposing the
protagonist).<br />
If you try to have lots of characters, it’s tricky to introduce them
quickly enough without confusing the reader – and continuing to follow
several characters throughout can make your story seem muddled or slow.
Focusing on two characters (even if other characters come in briefly)
helps you to structure a satisfying story.<br />
<strong>Tip:</strong> Sometimes, a fairly “normal” idea can be made
into a great short story by shifting the perspective. The story of a
wedding, for instance, might not be especially interesting on the
surface – but it could be far more fascinating told from the point of
view of the lively five-year-old flower girl.<br />
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#4: Plan Your Short Story</h2>
Every story needs a beginning, middle and end – I’m sure you’ll have heard that before!<br />
There are two different ways to look at the beginning, middle and end though:<br />
<ul>
<li><strong>The chronological structure:</strong> this is how the
events would look if you placed them in time order. E.g. the first
event in the story might be the meeting between the protagonist and
antagonist.</li>
<li><strong>The narrative structure:</strong> this is how the events
look in the order in which you tell them. E.g. the first paragraph of
the story might show us the protagonist and antagonist in the middle of
a fight.</li>
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One of the great things about short stories is that you can do some
interesting things with structure. It might make sense to tell the
story out of chronological order, for dramatic effect – for instance,
you might start a story with a mild-mannered grandmother being
arrested, then backtrack to explain what happened, then return to the
arrest and the events after it at the end of the story.<br />
When you’re planning, think about the most effective way to tell
your story. Chronological order will work well for many stories, but
you still might want to bring in past information through summary,
dialogue or even flashbacks. (Be careful with flashbacks, though; they
can easily disrupt the pace of a short story.)<br />
<strong>Tip:</strong> You might not hit on the perfect structure for
your story first time around. You might want to write a rough plan,
draft out your story, then think again about the order in which you
want to present your scenes.<br />
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#5: Draft Your Short Story</h2>
This is perhaps the trickiest step – because it’s time to sit down and actually write your short story.<br />
Hopefully, at this stage, you’ve got a clear idea in mind, plus a
rough plan or outline for your story. That’ll make the writing much
easier.<br />
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Viewpoint and Tense</h3>
You may still face some decisions at this stage, though,
particularly when it comes to viewpoint and tense. Sometimes, there’ll
be a particular choice that just feels right for your story – maybe you
have a central character with an unusual perspective and/or voice, and
you want to write in the first person from their perspective.<br />
With viewpoint, you might write from:<br />
<ul>
<li>First person (“I”) – particularly useful if you want to tell a story through letters, diary entries, text messages or similar</li>
<li>Second person (“you”) – this is an unusual choice but can be sustainable in a short story</li>
<li>Third person (“he/she”) – this is the most conventional choice and you can’t go far wrong with it</li>
</ul>
In a short story, I’d recommend sticking to one character’s
viewpoint (even if you’re using third person), unless you have a good
reason to switch between characters.<br />
With tense, you might write in the:<br />
<ul>
<li>Past tense (“[he] walked”) – the most conventional choice</li>
<li>Present tense (“[he] walks”) – often seen as a more literary choice; can work well with a first-person perspective in particular</li>
<li>Future tense (“[he] will walk”) – an unusual choice but not out of the question for a short story</li>
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Writing the First Draft of Your Story</h3>
As you write the story itself, try not to worry too much about getting every word right: you’ll have time to edit later.<br />
It’s usefully helpful to:<br />
<ul>
<li>Move the plot along quickly. You don’t have space for lots of introspection (characters dwelling on their thoughts).</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/">Show, don’t tell</a>.
Because short stories are so compact, it’s very easy to slip into
telling – but it’s better to paint a scene and trust that readers will
understand it!</li>
<li>Use dialogue effectively. It should either advance the plot or
reveal character … or both! Don’t have dialogue for the sake of it.</li>
</ul>
<strong>Tip:</strong> If you can, it’s helpful to get a rough draft
of your short story written in just one or two writing sessions. Can
you set aside a full afternoon or evening to focus on your writing? (If
not, don’t worry, just work with what you have – but do try to get that
draft done quickly, or you’ll spend a lot of time trying to figure out
where you left off.)<br />
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#6: Edit Your Short Story</h2>
Finally, it’s time to edit your short story. Depending on how your first draft worked out, you might end up doing a <em>lot</em>
of rewriting at this point – perhaps you’ve realised that your
characters weren’t quite right, or you’ve uncovered a whole new layer
to your story, or you want to tell it in a completely different order.<br />
If you have major changes to make, get those done first before you
start finalising word choices and sentence structures – there’s no
point perfecting three paragraphs that you later cut completely.<br />
Once you’re happy that your short story is in reasonable shape, with
no more big changes to come, you can go through it and edit on a
sentence level. For me, this normally means cutting out unnecessary
words and flabby sentences, and paring the story back a little, in
order to make what remains even more powerful.<br />
<strong>Tip:</strong> However much editing you do, you’ll need to do
a final pass through your story to look for typos and grammatical
mistakes. It’s easy for these to creep in during editing – so it’s
always good to do that final check. Many writers find it helpful to
proofread on paper rather than on the screen.<br />
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Short stories might look easy on the surface. They’re short, after
all! But writing a good short story can be really tricky, because you
don’t have long to make an impact on the reader … and every word needs
to count.<br />
Best of luck with your short stories! And for lots more help with
writing stories of all lengths, from flash fiction up to novels, <a href="https://www.dailywritingtips.com/category/fiction-writing/">check out our ‘Fiction Writing’ archives</a>.</div>
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Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-34544741675113455582018-06-01T10:27:00.001-04:002018-06-01T10:36:45.725-04:00Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association Northeast Meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Conversations about Elmore Leonard, “The Dickens of Detroit”<br />
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Elmore Leonard was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He wrote 45 novels and many short stories and screenplays. Part of his body of work transferred to the big screen are Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, Get Shorty, Joe Kidd, 52 Pick-Up, Valdez is Coming, and 3:10 to Yuma. His novel, Raylon was adapted for the small screen for the popular TV Series, Justified. Elmore Leonard was an Edgar Award winner, a Grand Master Award winner for Lifetime Achievement from the Mystery Writers of America, an F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award winner for outstanding achievement in American literature, a Peabody Award winner, and a National Book Award winner among others.</div>
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One copy of Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing will be given away during the meeting.<br />
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The public is invited to the Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association (CAPA) Northeast Monthly Meeting<br />
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Saturday, June 2, 2018<br />
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Informal meet & greet @ 9:30 - Meeting @ 10:00 a.m.<br />
Lecture, questions, & answers from 11:00 a.m. to noon<br />
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Willington Public Library<br />
7 Ruby Road, Willington, CT 06279<br />
860-429-3854, www.willingtonpubliclibrary.org<br />
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CAPA is a nonprofit organization assisting authors & publishers. For more information, please go to: www.aboutcapa.com<br />
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Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-27360419013330793442018-02-16T21:49:00.000-05:002018-02-16T21:49:04.388-05:00Talking Forensics<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">On Saturday, March 3rd Peter Valentin, retired</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Connecticut State Police Detective in the Major Crime Squad will present a lecture at the Willington Public Library in Willington, Connecticut. </span><br />
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science educational background with experience in the application of his trade
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span>Felix F Giordanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05253624586263837910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857491711348140603.post-37285643050913891692017-12-22T15:19:00.000-05:002017-12-22T15:22:38.089-05:00Purchase any of the Jim Buchanan Novels at reduced prices while they last! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday, November 4th, my first novel, <i>Montana Harvest</i> was selected as an Independent Publishers of New England
(IPNE) 2017 Mystery/Suspense Book Award winner. In addition, my novels, <i>Montana Harvest</i>, <i>Mystery at Little Bitterroot</i>,
and <i>The Killing Zone</i> reached the 5,000 sales mark on Monday, November
6th.<br />
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To celebrate those two milestones, the paperback and Kindle versions of
my three novels are priced at $11.99 and $.99 through December 31st,
2017. You save $3 on the paperback version and $2 on the Kindle edition.</div>
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There are only 9 days left until the prices revert to $14.99 for paperback and $2.99 for Kindle. </div>
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Get yours now!</div>
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