Novels: Thumbnail Sketch
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Cupid and a Toolbelt:
Of Love and Home Renovation
Heroine: Josie, naive recent college graduate, reacts to discovery of fiance infidelity by impulsively taking a job on a do-it-yourself home improvement reality TV show
Hero:Adam, enigmatic designer with a double life
Setting: Homes chosen for transformation on the show / Home of Josie's married-with-kids older sister
Challenge: Complete each episode in a way that helps show avoid axe at sweeps week while avoiding being ousted as a DIY imposter
Subplots: elder sister marriage/identity crisis, friend determined to think of successful pitch for new reality TV show
Mascot: Goldfish
Read: See 'Novels: Excerpts' page
Status: This novel is complete and seeking representation.
Hero:Adam, enigmatic designer with a double life
Setting: Homes chosen for transformation on the show / Home of Josie's married-with-kids older sister
Challenge: Complete each episode in a way that helps show avoid axe at sweeps week while avoiding being ousted as a DIY imposter
Subplots: elder sister marriage/identity crisis, friend determined to think of successful pitch for new reality TV show
Mascot: Goldfish
Read: See 'Novels: Excerpts' page
Status: This novel is complete and seeking representation.
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Cupid and a Suitcase:
Of Love and Boarding Passes
Heroine: Minerva, workaholic travel professional. socially inept
Hero: Rio, extreme sports enthusiast/rookie travel professional, socially gifted
Setting: out-of-the-way travel destinations in the Arctic, Brazilian rainforest, south Pacific, African desert, Antarctic
Challenge: Keeping themselves and their tour group alive and entertained while negotiating the pitfalls of geography and human foibles
Subplot: Colleague forced to confront multiple phobias, various traveller dilemmas
Mascot: Gnome
Read: See 'Novels: Excerpts' page
Status: This novel is under construction.
Hero: Rio, extreme sports enthusiast/rookie travel professional, socially gifted
Setting: out-of-the-way travel destinations in the Arctic, Brazilian rainforest, south Pacific, African desert, Antarctic
Challenge: Keeping themselves and their tour group alive and entertained while negotiating the pitfalls of geography and human foibles
Subplot: Colleague forced to confront multiple phobias, various traveller dilemmas
Mascot: Gnome
Read: See 'Novels: Excerpts' page
Status: This novel is under construction.
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Cupid and a Frying Pan:
Of Love and Ingredients
Heroine: Yancy, former precocious teen grown into journalist
Hero: Yannick, former rebel grown into personal chef & food activist
Setting: Agricultural / Urban / Points in between
Challenge: Research and write a series of articles following food from production to sale to prep to personal/professional table
Subplot: Heroine's past lovelife dogs them.
Mascot: TBD
Read: Coming soon to 'Novels: Excerpts' page
Status: This novel is under construction.
Hero: Yannick, former rebel grown into personal chef & food activist
Setting: Agricultural / Urban / Points in between
Challenge: Research and write a series of articles following food from production to sale to prep to personal/professional table
Subplot: Heroine's past lovelife dogs them.
Mascot: TBD
Read: Coming soon to 'Novels: Excerpts' page
Status: This novel is under construction.