Tag Archives: novels in progress

Inside The Cavern

Posted on December 20, 2018 by labeak52

As they neared the top of the hill they came out from under the forest and stood before a great rock face that arched back into the hillside like the end of some huge stadium.  Rachel stood now in the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Cavern

Posted on December 19, 2018 by labeak52

As they neared the top of the hill they came out from under the forest and stood before a great rock face that arched back into the hillside like the end of some huge stadium.  Rachel stood now in the … Continue reading →

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(And now for) The Rest Of The Story

Posted on November 28, 2018 by labeak52

My last few posts have been segments from my novel in (very slow) progress.  If you’ve read these late posts, you may want to get a taste of what came before to familiarize yourself with the story and the characters.  … Continue reading →

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Facing David Dunnigan

Posted on November 28, 2018 by labeak52

Rachel stood by the tall windows and looked out onto the river in the late twilight.  On this winter evening the river would remain grey as the sky until nightfall when it would shine black as the wet pelt of … Continue reading →

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Another Passage From the Novel

Posted on November 28, 2018 by labeak52

This scene takes place after Rachel learns that she has unforeseen problems with the foundation of the old house she has undertaken to restore. “I can’t loan you any money on that old house, Rachel.” “You haven’t seen it, Mike. … Continue reading →

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After the Storm

Posted on November 27, 2018 by labeak52

Posted on November 26, 2018by labeak52 Readers;  If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I have been working for quite some time on a novel that features a woman by the name of Rachel Thompson as the … Continue reading →

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In The Eifel Uplands

Posted on November 17, 2018 by labeak52

She wakened and looked at the clock on the hotel night stand. Ten a.m. Three in the morning her time, yet she felt rested. Had she overslept? Were the others already on their way? She saw the blinking light on … Continue reading →

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In The Eifel Uplands

Posted on November 16, 2018 by labeak52

She wakened and looked at the clock on the hotel night stand. Ten a.m. Three in the morning her time, yet she felt rested. Had she overslept? Were the others already on their way? She saw the blinking light on … Continue reading →

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Rachel Arrives in Brussels

Posted on November 16, 2018 by labeak52

As she stepped down the stairway and onto the tarmac she was surprised by the cold and the wind. While she had thought of little else other than the purpose of the journey and the man she would be taking … Continue reading →

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Arrival in Brussels

Posted on November 15, 2018 by labeak52

The strange sky, the flat horizon, the north wind, the languages being spoken by the workmen attending the plane.    The ten-foot-high walls of bladed snow along the edges of the runways and the gigantic, orange snowplows and trucks at rest … Continue reading →

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