If you are still staying close to home, like me, you might be getting close to the end of your bookshelf supply. To help things out, I am serializing a novel I wrote, putting up a chapter a day throughout September until the book is done. Happy reading – I hope you enjoy “Vowels, Vodka and Voices.”
Hannah hears every voice around her. Every utterance, every syllable, everything spoken. When Hannah listens, intentions and hidden meanings are revealed. She hears things she may not want to know. She hears people’s secrets.
Words – in eight languages – give her information normal people never notice. Hannah knows her skill is precious, but it comes at a cost. With each reclaimed secret, a pain grew in the soft bone behind her ear. Thousands of secrets over a 20-year career amounted to more pain than Hannah could endure. She sought peace. She left her agency, changed her name and hid for ten years, trying to escape the enormous hurt.
But an old problem has found its way to her former employer, and only Hannah can fix it. John Smith and Associates are in a tangle of vowels, vodka and voices that hold the past’s secrets. They send scouts to find her and bring her back. The question isn’t can Hannah solve their problem. The question is, does she want to?
One Small Walk... 
OK, that’s just weird. I just now posted that I was going to publish my short story on my blog in five parts over the next five days. I look forward to reading your novel… I hope you like my story!
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It’s a great way to share, Janis!!! And what fun that we were thinking the same direction at the same time. Can’t wait for your story ;)))
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Oooh, this is a bonus! I came back to collect brambles 🙂 🙂 Thank you!
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One never knows where the blackberries will lead…. 😉
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I loved this story the first time I read it….it gets richer the second time around…can’t wait for Chapter 2. thanks.
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Judy – you are so kind! We’d talked about something like this, so I’ll give it a try and see how it goes. Cheers- Susan
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Oh, just read Janis’s announcement! Now I have two stories to follow.
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What a fun coincidence! I really enjoyed her story, more tomorrow..
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Very 19th century of you… Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Jane Austin, et al often serialized their novels first, printing them in magazines before binding them in books. All things are new again. We are in RI for a few days, so I shall be able to keep up for a while. Otherwise, I will have to read on days off from work, so will get a few installments at a time. -Cuz O
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K-O – I had no idea I was being so historical;) Enjoy your RI visit.
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Maybe you and I would have been quite comfortable in the 19th century.
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This is great, Susan! How did you know I was at the end of my reading supply? What a fascinating premise. I just read the first chapter and love it! Thanks so much, Terri
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Terri – I am so pleased to see you here. Just wait for Hannah’s visit to Kyiv – you might be able to trace some of your own steps! Cheers- Susan
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