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This is the first draft of Full Blown Addictions:The Raw and Uncut Edition. The first draft. First edit. Thanks.

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A tough drabble about pride. Associating one's worth with a job and being rewarded for a hard day's work.

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Set in 1953 post-hurricane Puerto Rico, David Brandt, a mining geologist, arrives in the coffee region of the Cordillera Central to purchase property for copper excavation. The owner is away at a political rally, and the wife, knowing nothing of her husband’s intention to sell, mistakes Brandt for Red Cross. Brandt goes along with this idea so as not to stir up trouble. The deeper Brandt is immersed in the lives of the people, the culture, the land, the more conflicted he is about his role. But, things aren’t what they seem, and in the end, it is Brandt who is deceived.

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Warning!!! Sorry, that doesn't sound sensitive! But, Please, please only read if you like descriptive literary fiction which has a good plot, but does not seek to rush!!!!!!!!!!!! You will not like it otherwise. It saves upset and frustration on my part...and on yours too. It's a story which investigates gender in modern society and political/philosophical ideas concerning capitalism and environmentalism. No judgement is placed, simply an exploration. It's a story about a successful woman.

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Tenant farming was common in the South in the thirties. Long as the rent was paid, a farmer could work the land for its bounty. My own grandfather was unsuccessful in this venture.

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On a snowy day in January 1985, Sanaz’s husband finally agrees to meet her to sign the divorce papers. Before any pen meets paper, he pulls out a gun, shoots her and then himself. When she survives and he does not, Sanaz faces both an end and a beginning. The novel proceeds with Sanaz’s teens up to this trauma, and the time of the shooting forward.

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Okay. Reading Out of the Dust has inspired me to write a verse novel. The Promise is the story of accepting the challenge and responsiblity of caring for a 95 year old. The genre is fictionalized memoir, but we don't yet have that one listed. I am very uncertain about the order of the chapters, ultimately, I will probably shuffle them like a deck of cards unless I have an ephiphany about how this all fits together. Interested in any feedback, especially those who understand what I am trying to attempt.

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This is a Veronica's story and a story of Guatemala. She grows up on a coffee farm in a small town, daughter of a prosperous Guatemalan father and American mother. She returns as an adult, after leaving the country at eighteen, hoping never to return. When her father is murdered by extortionists he leaves her the farms. The corrupt mayor of the town of Moyuta has been calling her in California wanting to buy Las Marias. She returns to Guatemala to decide whether or not to sell and finds a diary that she had written at 14. She relives that year through her memories, which hold the key to her future.

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Tony was a hard guy when he operated a pile driver on the Boston waterfront. Story is a mixture of non-fiction and fiction.

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I'm a 32 year old, moderately wealthy heiress ridin' dirty in Boise, Idaho. This is my life.

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In the recesses of sadness after being rejected by a dashing architect at her firm, Sheila is approached by a married man, Jerry, a self-assured smooth operator. The relationship thrives on sex, mutual admiration, and adventure until a point. Jerry tries to leave his wife but cannot make the emotional break. When he returns to his wife, Sheila readjusts but he returns to her wanting to continue the affair. Feeling trapped, Sheila asks the question that will end the love triangle.

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This novella is about a woman coping with her sister's terminal illness. Her emotional journey if full of tender moments and occasional happiness, guaranteed to warm your heart.

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Encounter on a street corner on a summer day in Rome.

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*NOTE* For those of you who have read or glanced at my two short stories--I Went To See My Man and I Our Last Number For Tonight Is.... those are both chapter segments from this story. I Went To See My Man was slightly altered (the character names were changed)....It’s now May 1970. Gianni Fabricante, a talented, young hippie musician, and Jimi Hendrix worshipper, is leaving for Europe (France) with his two best friends Jean de Villepan and Brent Alexis to form a rock n’ roll band and pursue pop music stardom. The problem? Gianni is the only one of the three who has any band experience, or knows what it takes to really rock n’ roll. Yet, Gianni is convinced he can rehearse his two hippie pals, Brent on second guitar, Jean on bass, into being a swinging rhythm section, backing his flashy performance style. This story swings to the rhythms of 60's rock and pop music, and the freedom flow of those people labeled as "hippies" and their nomadic search for life's truths and meaning that took place not only in America, but in Europe as well. Please feel free to review this story in the way you see fit, and all ideas and criticism will be greatly appreciated!

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This is a story about a young woman entering an elite private college that is full of privileged people much younger, and the way that her first year goes terribly awry. Like everyone else I'd like honest and constructive feedback.

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