Monthly Archives: February 2013

The 1950s: Technology

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One of the things I enjoy about setting something in the 1950s is the technology. It’s a world of difference from now (and sometimes I have to remind myself of that while writing). For example: Technology we have now, that we had then: Guns are pretty much the same. Everything else that is a part of the story has changed… Read more »

Rewrite — Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 The mess that was Kate’s office turned into a mission of stacks for Ron. He made four and started with the biggest stack: A stack of papers that he considered useless to finding out what happened to Kate. These were old, irrelevant cases and made up over half the ones he quickly scanned that morning. The second stack… Read more »

The CAO Mx2

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A few weeks ago I picked up a four pack of short, thick CAO cigars.  The Mx2 was one of the four, and one of them I’ve already smoked.  The too long, didn’t read version of this:  It was very nice. To start with the construction — it definitely wasn’t a second. I’ve had a few CAO over the years… Read more »