tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536044053975867962024-03-12T20:50:42.835-04:00Larry HammersleyWhere Science Fiction and Sweet Romance abide.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-62011110979730411122022-02-03T12:46:00.001-05:002022-02-03T12:46:46.848-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ16tmUedzLADnTroRLIo80CS-o3tWJWKKtfvYQwjBD6ByKFhO78iZyRK3-C8hA_5BB7F7ieAoPdgiBawdTikfM5If6xrXG8qTEiYq_KQO42iSWk_3lk02qTOnbw9fwwkxrW7Nai40ybETHo0GojsPhHejdSj7fmvDAwgKK4NqHhDTLdKqFvt9MH7x=s3844" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="3844" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ16tmUedzLADnTroRLIo80CS-o3tWJWKKtfvYQwjBD6ByKFhO78iZyRK3-C8hA_5BB7F7ieAoPdgiBawdTikfM5If6xrXG8qTEiYq_KQO42iSWk_3lk02qTOnbw9fwwkxrW7Nai40ybETHo0GojsPhHejdSj7fmvDAwgKK4NqHhDTLdKqFvt9MH7x=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> My new novel, <b>You Captured My Heart</b>, is now live at Amazon. It is about 40,000 words long. Harry never imaged he would find love at a sorority house party. It was not in his plans, and he only wanted to concentrate on his career in chemistry. He met Ellen, a brilliant aeronautical engineering student over the chessboard. She fell for Harry right away. Harry did not intend for it to happen, but later he fell for her too. But when she got accepted at MIT and left the mid-west how would it work? He thought after graduation they would locate in the same area for jobs. Ellen took a job in New York and Harry took a job near the California-Nevada border. Would they survive a roller coaster ride in the romance department?<p></p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-83766629000626949322021-08-26T17:31:00.000-04:002021-08-26T17:31:44.344-04:00<p> I have finished a new story of 39,000 words. It is a college romance, clean. I must rename it since Harry has fallen for a different woman than originally planned. My first title is More Than A Sister and originally he was supposed to fall for Marla but wound up falling for Ellen, a brilliant aeronautical engineering student. They meet at a sorority party and she is lonely, no one interested in inviting her to bring someone to the party. Harry falls for her almost immediately. Marla's part is to make sure Harry is happy. She has Ron who is interested in her. The story covers mostly Harry and Ellen's budding romance but is she a career woman and does she have time for Harry in her life? She s inconsistent in her treatment of Harry. After their college graduations she takes a job in New York and Harry is in California. How can their relationship develop when they are two thousand miles apart?</p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-18303933883997152292021-06-15T09:27:00.002-04:002021-06-15T09:27:59.099-04:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1RWldXYqrUZ_tGue475pXbcYSg5FhMW201FGWfkdVtkvGKcGlwGinRoe6yOy8Vq0MqlFigcqkD9zTzaR80v-GODZvzY_vecbJyG7qikTQdLMsTSPY9IPCQP7HjaffdVKhUaSKoumAq0/s300/EndOfAStringFinal300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1RWldXYqrUZ_tGue475pXbcYSg5FhMW201FGWfkdVtkvGKcGlwGinRoe6yOy8Vq0MqlFigcqkD9zTzaR80v-GODZvzY_vecbJyG7qikTQdLMsTSPY9IPCQP7HjaffdVKhUaSKoumAq0/s0/EndOfAStringFinal300.jpg" /></a></div>I got my rights back on the above short story from The Wild Rose Press and got Lisa, my friend from LDM Graphics, to give it a new cover. It is now available in print via Amazon as well as Kindle.<p></p><p>The year is 1957 and Slim Canton is in college but is flunking calculus. He meets beautiful and brilliant Natalie Adams at an exchange dinner between his residence hall and a sorority. She has had a string of boyfriends, all of whom broke up with her. Slim falls for her but she won't give him the time of day. He takes a desperate step to find common ground between them. Will Natalia respond to Slim?</p><p>A note about one of my other stories. The Shunammite Woman is doing well on sales. It is far outdoing my other stories. As you recall it is a fiction/nonfiction story about an Old Testament woman.</p><p>I said I was not going to write anymore but my lady author friends convinced me to not stop writing. Bless their hearts. So I have started another story, hoping it will make novel status. It is nearing 20,000 words now. I will change the title as the story line has taken a turn different than planned. My characters have refused my original intent. It is a modern day college romance whereas my other stories of that nature have been more historical in nature.</p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-31626262140557412822021-03-21T16:36:00.000-04:002021-03-21T16:36:23.646-04:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOdBnTEzJzCC8kyGWQUixnMX-PQa42ocpYmV6NRNRwVlX2zGZUoNIWXrMy8p6lgQGw__dEv7_Z4dT4w-PtypCQUrTBxfZyixGdfJQ9VM6ENWv-worvw9Iw_aUFWEoy8BL-1mJNktMWUM/s2048/merab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOdBnTEzJzCC8kyGWQUixnMX-PQa42ocpYmV6NRNRwVlX2zGZUoNIWXrMy8p6lgQGw__dEv7_Z4dT4w-PtypCQUrTBxfZyixGdfJQ9VM6ENWv-worvw9Iw_aUFWEoy8BL-1mJNktMWUM/s320/merab.jpg" /></a></div><br /> My Bible character story is now live on Amazon both in Kindle and print. The three women in the title are connected through King Saul in the Old Testament books of first and second Samuel. Merab was the oldest of the two daughters of Saul and Michal was the youngest daughter of Saul. Rizpah was the concubine of Saul. The story is told from the view point of Michal. This story is part fiction and part nonfiction. The nonfiction part is based on scriptures from first and second Samuel. In the front of the book is listed the scriptures and a time line based on my Holman Bible which gives the dates at the bottom of each page when these things happen. There are some tragic elements in this story, but it shows the characters of these women at their finest.<p></p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-68345451630235434062021-02-24T14:38:00.000-05:002021-02-24T14:38:18.905-05:00<p> News here mainly. My Bible character story, The Shunammite Woman is doing well on sales for me anyway. In the past five months it has sold nine paperbacks and eight Kindle versions. My other labels are not doing so well. Author friend, Linore Rose Burkard told me how to determine from Amazon's notification of sales just how to identify the titles that were sold. I owe her thanks and by the way she is a fine author of Regency period romance.</p><p>Cassie at Champagne Books offered to reissue my old science fiction title from October 2013 in ebook and also in print. She gave it a new cover which I really like. I will insert it below. I added a chapter at the end. The Kindle version is now live but there is no sign of the print version. I have emailed her about that but she has not responded. She said she would give me three author copies. I hope she comes through and she is very pleasant to work with.</p><p>I have started through the KDP process to self-publish another Bible character story. It is a story of Merab, Michal and Rizpah. Their stories overlap so I am including them together. It is told from the point of view of Michal. No cover yet on that one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcqj0mjxXOvMZfLPX_CIDyEjIbFjs7Hq__vyihxrFuJLZZPmTajfthIv868RsrTjjyvz805kdrkN8AwIlmDruflzkhdOa-qDwLs80R035pjBAY_5S-IGBmh9PzxlmjwTOxvKIi8-QCkM/s2048/Higher+Mission_draft01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcqj0mjxXOvMZfLPX_CIDyEjIbFjs7Hq__vyihxrFuJLZZPmTajfthIv868RsrTjjyvz805kdrkN8AwIlmDruflzkhdOa-qDwLs80R035pjBAY_5S-IGBmh9PzxlmjwTOxvKIi8-QCkM/s320/Higher+Mission_draft01.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-45380928926613434562021-01-16T12:44:00.004-05:002021-01-16T12:51:06.795-05:00<p> I have two more novels out since <b>Saving Clay</b>. The titles are <b>Meeting the Challenge </b>and <b>Buck's Wake Up Call.</b> I will paste the covers now. <b>Meeting The Challenge</b> is about Starship captain Jim Hansen who is on a journey to find a cure for his ill daughter, Patty. His quest takes him to different planets to find a cure for her. He encounters those who deceive him, those who are militant and those who try to help him. During his space travels he falls in love with Leah, a Mizarian woman, but her culture forbids a Mizarian woman and an earth man to wed. When she becomes ill he must travel quite literally to the end of the universe to find a cure for her.</p><p><b>Buck's Wake Up Call</b> is about Buck who thinks he has found the woman who loves him, first with Carrie in high school and then Sally who loved him through grade and high school. Both of them move away and find love elsewhere. The question is will Buck ever find unconditional love? After graduating from college he goes to work for Eve in her lab. She is different than Carrie or Sally. Will Buck find love finally with her?</p><p>The links are for the challenge novel. https://www.amazon.com/Meeting-Challenge-Larry-Hammersley-ebook/dp/B08KHK9BFT/ref=sr_1_8?crid=387MB442CQ4M2&dchild=1&keywords=larry+hammersley&qid=1610818887&s=digital-text&sprefix=larry+hammersley%2Caps%2C188&sr=1-8 and for the Buck novel it is https://www.amazon.com/Bucks-Wake-Up-Call-Larry-Hammersley-ebook/dp/B08P93K5LC/ref=sr_1_6?crid=SHI58MTKPFQX&dchild=1&keywords=larry+hammersley&qid=1610819002&s=digital-text&sprefix=larry+hammersley%2Caps%2C198&sr=1-6</p><p>That's it for this post.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRKNYCGOiB6oVBnbaIGmCcQ4CkIYCyLrjUK9cq6meISqPmj-YjH446B13UAT-cqcUI15eeZ2EhrszUgRqTVU5dIoWm6R_7viMCpFFs6eNKK9yXGtO1OqE5WEZ4v2J3z5N2WCuxz6g-Cs/s750/MeetingTheChallenge750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRKNYCGOiB6oVBnbaIGmCcQ4CkIYCyLrjUK9cq6meISqPmj-YjH446B13UAT-cqcUI15eeZ2EhrszUgRqTVU5dIoWm6R_7viMCpFFs6eNKK9yXGtO1OqE5WEZ4v2J3z5N2WCuxz6g-Cs/s320/MeetingTheChallenge750.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIxuo8PNMEgN_sNZs1cnj3Thp5JFYyfiUyKLbbrAvXa4OUWZJ3R3wo9jOTIXct2XSD_ODYjqvXGBW_wEYPbr45oMKd6JoXaPGnWV3QRlC88Cje6dyjAgN9qUSRKGWV3o-X0UcYH2z7w0/s750/BucksWakeUpCallFinal750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIxuo8PNMEgN_sNZs1cnj3Thp5JFYyfiUyKLbbrAvXa4OUWZJ3R3wo9jOTIXct2XSD_ODYjqvXGBW_wEYPbr45oMKd6JoXaPGnWV3QRlC88Cje6dyjAgN9qUSRKGWV3o-X0UcYH2z7w0/s320/BucksWakeUpCallFinal750.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-66305944907302023122020-09-01T12:22:00.001-04:002020-09-01T12:22:55.094-04:00Saving Clay Now Live on Amazon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLh1zP3Bo49QKc5ifHuP4yuIJk_9IO7OOqFtMybMkDjbnh-Qtt9eeGe-r9TjnAXYiHSnGSUko7cxYghLN85EVoE1wTEv18q7Jio4qoHsC54j1G785ub9tmkmjmiPGqmqaRfRA2aJHT_c/s2048/Saving+Clay+final+cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLh1zP3Bo49QKc5ifHuP4yuIJk_9IO7OOqFtMybMkDjbnh-Qtt9eeGe-r9TjnAXYiHSnGSUko7cxYghLN85EVoE1wTEv18q7Jio4qoHsC54j1G785ub9tmkmjmiPGqmqaRfRA2aJHT_c/s640/Saving+Clay+final+cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This is the front and back cover of my new novel <b>Saving Clay </b>now available on Amazon. Clay and Julianne fall in love but because of their globe trotting duties they can not spend much time together. Clay journeys to far away places healing people with natural products from plants, trees and flowers. Julianne is an ambassador at large bring world peace.. She becomes a target for an arms dealer and his terrorists. Because of Clay's connection with her he is endangered too. She proclaims in a public place that she doesn't love him anymore, hoping this will be a protection for him. She still loves him but when he journeys to the inhospitable island of Nikumaroro and a storm sweeps the island and everyone but Clay escapes, he is presumed dead. He is stranded there for almost four years. Julianne suffers from hysterical amnesia because she thinks he is dead. Can they ever be together again? <br /><p></p>Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-43290329997973797902020-08-01T20:01:00.000-04:002020-08-01T20:15:08.328-04:00Saving Clay novel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the front cover of my new novel I have been calling my rescue novel but have changed the title to<b> Saving Clay</b>. It is in the final stages in the KDP submission process. It will be 360 pages in a 6 x 9 format. The cover artist has already done the back cover and will add my blurb on it. After that the template will be added for the cover and it will be finalized via KDP. LDM Graphics has done the cover and she is very good and reasonable. I will post the cover and info on Facebook and I plan to take out an expensive full page ad in RWR magazine, a publication of RWA of which I am a member. This is a monster length nearly 92,000 words. I will only give a brief description at this time. Julianne saves Clay from certain death several times in their early years. The prophetess, Lana tells Julianne when and where to be to save Clay's life. The reason I will give in a later post.<br /><br />Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-51463704010584405492020-08-01T19:52:00.001-04:002020-08-01T19:52:19.011-04:00News from the science fiction story I submittedMy science fiction story I resurrected was given a quick read by an editor and he had many things he did not like about the story, saying it had problems after the first few chapters. He felt from that point on it was not good. I have since withdrawn that submission and will publish it via KDP. I spent a lot of time on it and will not stand for it to be changed and deletions made. So I will eventually get it through the hoops via KDP and see it in print after I come up with a cover. I hasten to add the head lady at Champagne Books wants to have me revise an old story with them called <b>Higher Mission.</b><br />
I have agreed to do that since Cassie, the head lady at Champagne says it will only take a month and they will give me a new cover and it will come out in print as well as digital. I'm all for that.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-61320192705377708822020-05-02T12:31:00.000-04:002020-05-02T12:58:57.056-04:00Final Segment of chapter entitled Uncle Charlie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I will post the second and the last segment of the chapter entitled Uncle Charlie from my novel <b>The Vanishing Shed.</b> I want to thank the five of you who showed to comment on the first segment of that chapter. My Mom's family was a large one. Uncle Charlie shown above was the youngest, born in 1917. Mom was second being born in 1913. Of the many uncles and aunts I had, Uncle Charlie was my favorite. My favorite aunt was Katie. Okay, find below the last segment of my novel. Remember to comment and you will be eligible for one of the two print copies. Again thank you Hywela, Sonja, Danielle, Gail and Linore for commenting on the first segment. Please comment again between now and next Saturday. Then I will use a random number generator from the web to decide which two are the winners and then I will contact you for your address via my email.<br />
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“How’s college goin’, Buck?”</div>
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“Really tough subjects and hard-nosed professors, but that’s
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“Kack told me about Mandy and Mitzy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw Mandy when she was here, and everybody
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girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buck, I’m sorry things didn’t
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“Yeah, I was crazy about both of them,” Buddy said, positioning
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“How about those Purdue college girls?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely there’s one of those you can cabbage
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“I’m there to get a degree, not flirt with women, Uncle Charlie.”</div>
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“Are you acquainted with any women up there?”</div>
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“Well, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been
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“Are they pretty?”</div>
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“I know you. You want all the fine details of their looks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their names are Jenny, Gloria and Nina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s leave it at that.”</div>
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“Do you like one more than the other two?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uncle Charlie asked.</div>
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“I like them all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
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“Okay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The leader of the
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had the say on whether I could join their study group or not. I’d better go get
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Buddy carefully stepped from the roof ladder to the ground ladder
and made his way slowly down to the ground. His dad had a hot tar bucket ready
near the corn crib.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buddy swapped
buckets with his dad, and headed back to the ladder with the fresh bucket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He scaled the ladder, stepping slowly onto
the roof ladder and Uncle Charlie sunk his broom into the fresh tar and began
smearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His uncle changed positions of
the ladders while Buddy fetched another bucket of tar.</div>
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“What does Nina look like?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Does she have meat on her bones, all in the right places?”</div>
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“You promised not to dig for information.”</div>
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“Come on, Buck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re
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“I’m really confused at this point after Mandy and Mitzy left,
but I think I like Nina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I like
the other two, Jenny and Gloria too,” Buddy said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He carefully moved the tar bucket up a few
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“Sounds like Nina is the one you like most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she built like a movie star?”</div>
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“She’s tall, slender, steel-framed glasses, short red hair and
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“Ugh, what do you see in her?”</div>
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“I look at women differently than you do, Uncle Charlie.”</div>
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“True, but what’s important are your feelings and I can tell you
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“I don’t think she likes me that well.”</div>
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“She let you study with them didn’t she?”</div>
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“Yeah, but she wasn’t happy about it,” Buddy said.</div>
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The time came for the dreaded work on the high end of the barn.
The ladder leaned almost straight up to reach the roof and even then it came a
few inches short of touching the edge of the roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving slowly and carefully, Buddy and his
uncle managed to reach the dangerous spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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ladder onto the ground ladder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he
hooked the tar bucket to a ladder rung, the ground ladder suddenly tilted away
from the barn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buddy struggled to make
the ladder lean back toward the barn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Spotting Buddy’s peril, his uncle thrust his foot out while hanging onto
the roof ladder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlie’s foot managed
to snag the top rung of the ladder to keep it from falling away from the
barn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buddy barely held on when the
ladder jerked to come back to the barn. He looked behind him and wondered how
smashed up he’d been, had Uncle Charlie not prevented his ladder continuing its
outward tilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hard ground and
perhaps the closeness of the corn crib would have finished Buddy off.</div>
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“You saved me, Uncle Charlie,” Buddy said, his frightening breath
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“Be careful going down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll bring the tar bucket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
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They did the other side of the roof without incident since the
slope of the ground made it much easier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They skipped lunch in order to finish without dropping into the
following day for just a few hours of work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Buddy’s mom had supper ready for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As Buddy and his uncle followed Buddy’s dad to the house, Uncle Charlie
had another comment.</div>
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“That girl knows you’re the type guy who isn’t after her body so
I’m betting she will come around.”</div>
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“I need to focus on my studies, but I hope you’re right,” Buddy
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“Buck, I really like workin’ with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think Ham wants your basement made bigger
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“That would be a hard job to finish up the summer with,” Buddy
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“Yeah, we don’t want you to miss getting back to that girl,” he
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“Ahh, Uncle Charlie.”</div>
Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-1345567341000964382020-04-25T11:17:00.001-04:002020-04-25T11:38:51.556-04:00Uncle Charlie chapter Vanishing Shed<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br /><br /> I will be posting portions of my story The Vanishing Shed specifically all of chapter fifteen, Uncle Charlie. I will mail a print copy of my book to two lucky winners. Requirements are to show up to this blog and leave a comment any time before the next segment. I will post once a week on Saturday until I finish the chapter. I know two of you have read and reviewed this story on Amazon and I thank you for that. It would be nice if the winners would review it but that is not a requirement. If you decide to just make a statement that you won the copy in a contest and Amazon should accept it. The original publisher has closed their doors and I have self-published it so it is available again. I am giving away the original publisher copies I still have but the self-published version is identical but without the publisher logo.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - UNCLE CHARLIE</div>
<br /><br /><br />Buddy spent the summer working on the farm doing the chores his dad couldn’t handle. He worried how they would manage taking care of the farm when he returned to school. His mom could do the milking, feed the pigs and take care of other things. With Jeff’s occasional help they would be able to keep things going on the farm, just barely. Buddy put up the hay, a slow job since Buddy handled all the bales while his dad drove the tractor which pulled the wagon. Unfortunately, the corn wouldn’t be ready until after he returned to college.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Buddy’s dad said the barn roof needed a coat of tar. They stood in the barnyard looking up at the steep barn roof with its metal covering. The sweat poured despite the early morning hour. It dripped off Buddy’s forehead, making its way down to his eyes stinging them. He wiped the drops from his eyes and just above his upper lip.<br /><br /><br />“Good hot August day. Just right for tarring the barn roof,” Buddy said.<br /><br /><br />“Yeah. Jiggs will be here any minute,” his dad said, removing his hat, wiping sweat on his sleeve. He replaced his hat at his usual cocked angle.<br /><br /><br />His dad and mom called Uncle Charlie, Jiggs. Charlie, the youngest one in the large Beasley family, always kidded his mom because of him being younger. Charlie could lay concrete blocks better than anyone around. Buddy looked forward to working with his favorite uncle. His uncle used different names for the people in his life, a story behind each name. He called Buddy’s dad, “Ham,” his mom, “Kack,” and Buddy he always called, “Buck.”<br /><br /><br />Buddy saw him walking down the road toward the barn from the direction of the house. With his thumb and one finger, his Uncle removed the stub of a cigarette from his lips, flipped it onto the gravel road, tromping it without missing a step. His deep tan skin and bulging biceps came from years of work with heavy concrete blocks. His pleasant smile revealed empty spaces where two front upper and lower teeth used to be. Black wavy hair, prominent handsome nose completed his six-foot frame. He spotted Buddy.<br /><br /><br />“Buck, ready to get on that roof?” he said, his bass voice resounding.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />“Yeah. Dad has the brooms ready and the tar is almost boiling,” Buddy answered. <br /><br /><br />“I’m mighty glad you’re working with me. I checked with Kack before I came just to make sure.”<br /><br /><br />“You don’t have a fifth of whiskey hidden on you do you? High barn roofs and liquor would be a bad combination,” Buddy said. Besides smoking, a drinking habit plagued Uncle Charlie.<br /><br /><br />“No, Buck. I know you’re always on my case to give up drinking. Don’t ever stop getting after me about it. I think you’re the only one who cares whether I give it up or not.”<br /><br /><br />Uncle Charlie hauled out the long, wooden ground ladder and placed it against the upper end of the barn where the ground sloped upward. The ladder reached the metal roof overhang without being at such a steep angle. Buddy dreaded when they reached the other end where the ground sloped down. The ground ladder would have to be at a dangerously steep angle in order to reach the roof.<br /><br /><br />Once Uncle Charlie had the ground ladder in place, he grabbed the roof ladder. Quickly climbing up to the roof, he used one strong arm to give a mighty thrust to hook the roof ladder over the cone of the barn roof. The big metal hook made a loud clank as it lapped over the top.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Buddy’s dad brought the bucket of steaming, bubbling hot tar. Uncle Charlie got one of the brushes. Buddy sat near the bottom of the roof ladder holding the bucket of hot tar, while Uncle Charlie, standing on the ladder higher up the roof, reached to soak the brush and spread the tar. They wasted no time getting started. While Buddy held the tar bucket, Uncle Charlie started smearing the tar. As always, he liked to talk.</div>
Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-57375460469148247302020-04-18T21:30:00.000-04:002020-04-18T21:34:56.323-04:00News on the publishing front.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For some reason my Mary Magdalene cover disappeared from the last post. I hope it appears in this short post. I have one review from a dear author friend, Gail Pallotta. Thank you, Gail. I do have some good news and it could be very good news forthcoming. I submitted my science fiction novel query and first three chapters to Champagne Books, the publisher who accepted and published my first science fiction novel <b>Higher Mission</b> back in October 2013. A couple of days later they asked for the entire manuscript expressing an interest in it. We will see what happens. Unless they have changed they only publish in digital form but at least it will be published if they are interested. The recent submission is entitled <b>Meeting the Challenge</b>. This is a very old story which I received numerous rejections on. I wrote it almost twenty years ago. I am still awaiting on another agent to answer about my<b> Rescuing Clay</b> story. <br />
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My story Mary Magdalene is 10,000 words long and is now available both in print and Kindle format. I found what I feel is the perfect image from istockphoto.com. Here is the front cover. I had to download it again above because the image disappeared from the original post. I don't know why.</div>
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Lisa MacDonald of LDM Graphics formatted the image for uploading to the KDP for self-publishing. It is formatted to a 5x8 size in trying for 100 pages but it fell short so there wasn't room for a title on the spine. It numbers 93 pages double spaced. It is available via Amazon and I will have to check but think it is at Smashwords too.</div>
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<br />Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-74647026019788037492020-02-13T19:51:00.001-05:002020-02-13T19:56:57.024-05:00Mary Magdalene storyI have finished the fiction/nonfiction story about Mary Magdalene. There have been lots of stories about this New Testament character but I have not read any of them. The fictional part is mainly about her early life. The nonfictional part is about her being present at the cross of Jesus and at His tomb to be the first to witness His resurrection. I consulted several biblical references in the four Gospels and a website and a book entitled The Fourfold Gospel to place the sequence of happenings of Mary at the end of the books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.<br />
I will self-publish this via KDP and either come up with my own cover front and back or hire it done.<br />
I have done no more on my Rescue novel at this time.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-84222760366434105882019-12-27T20:54:00.001-05:002019-12-27T20:54:59.266-05:00Rejection of Rescue NovelI just received a rejection of my Rescue Novel from Boroughs Publishing Group. They promised a reply in sixteen weeks. When they went beyond that goal for a reply I emailed them reminding them of how long it had been since my submission. A few or more days later they sent me the rejection email. I have finally come to realize that, especially at my age, the only route to go for a novel submission is<b> not</b> to go to a publisher but do it the self-publishing route via KDP. I did a lot of research on this novel and also got two beta readers to go over the novel. I incorporated their suggestions into the final version of the novel. Their suggestions were very good so the novel is now well polished.<br />
I plan to self-publish via KDP hopefully after the first of the year assuming my health is better. I will employ a cover artist, probably the same one who did my last novel, and when the formatting is complete I will take out an expensive ad in my RWR magazine, probably a full page ad. Depending on the results of that this may be my swan song for writing other than the Mary Magdalene story I am presently working on. The RWR magazine is Romance Writers Report a publication of RWA, Romance Writers of America which will reach over 10,000 readers, authors, editors and agents.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-34968004975485660162019-09-20T08:50:00.000-04:002019-09-20T08:50:56.945-04:00Self-Published and my accidentI am still seeking for a publisher for my rescue novel. I've decided to name the novel <b>Rescuing Clay.</b> I never can come up with clever titles that many authors give their novels. The rescue novel numbers 91,000 words. If I can't rope a publisher I will self-publish and plan to take out an expensive ad in RWR magazine, a publication of RWA of which I am a member. RWR stands for Romance Writers Report and RWA stands for Romance Writers of America. RWR has a circulation of over 10,000 writers, romance readers, agents, editors and publishers. This novel may be the last one I write for the reason I will list in the next paragraph.<br />
On June 11 I was hit by a car while jogging. The car was stopped at an intersection waiting for traffic to clear and didn't see me as I crossed the intersection in front of the car. The driver pulled out, hit me and I went down and was dragged a short distance before the vehicle stopped. I was very lucky to survive as the front right wheel was just inches from my head when it stopped. I spent 13 days in the hospital from multiple cuts, bruises and scrapes all over my body. My right hand was cut deeply down to the tendon between my little finger and ring finger on the top of my hand. Cellulitis set in and infection. I finally had surgery and now closing in on four months it is infection free and will heal by end of October. My fingers are still swollen and my little finger is sore and I can't type or write very well. I certainly can't hit the "p" key while typing. Therefore I can't pursue any writing. No broken bones but ligaments in my shoulders are awry. I have some non accident problems such as needing a pacemaker and kidney tumors, one large in my right kidney which must be removed and the small one in my left kidney is a low grade cancer. I have a large hematoma on my right leg near the groin which must be drained too. So that is my story of non related writing.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-28335700124859579962019-01-20T14:52:00.002-05:002019-01-20T14:52:38.136-05:00Rescue novel query out thereI have been terribly remiss about posting. Probably why I don't get any comments. My Rescue novel which is entitled A Reason for Rescue is out there in query form at Soul Mate Publishing. They say a reply of some sort will be coming in four weeks. I like that as others usually take a year if not at all. At my age I can't afford to wait that long for a reply. Four weeks is around the corner. If it is negative then I'll likely go self-publishing route again. Agents and publishers take too long to respond, at least most of them.<br />
This story is clean romance with a lot of adventure in it. Also, there is an old prophetess who tells Julianne when and where Clay will need saving. The reason is for Clay to travel the world healing people with extracts from flowers and plants from the local areas. Julianne is an international ambassador bringing world wide peace with her silver tongue. Clay's degree is in biochemistry and Julianne's degree is in international relations. Details of Clay's trips are given for Alaska, Pakistan, Australia and Nikumororo Island (formerly Gardner Island) where Amelia Earhart may have crash landed in 1937. Brief mention is made of China and Ural Mountains in Russia as well. This novel is 89,000 words long. It will probably be my last one as none of my efforts have netted many sales.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-60312552313524262682018-10-17T10:28:00.000-04:002018-10-17T10:28:38.431-04:00My new novella will be live within 72 hours on Amazon. I published it via KDP both in print and ebook. The beautiful cover is by LDM Graphics pictured below. <br />
The Forever Bond is about Buddy Wilson who loved one woman, Nina, but was destined to realize it was Sally who loved him throughout school and college years. A gold pocket watch was found by Buddy near a shed and in the middle of foundation blocks that seemed to be from another shed. The watch contained a photo of a redhead which turned out to be of Nina when she was an adult. The inscription on the back of the watch read, "To Buddy, I will love you forever, Nina." After many unusual happenings the inscription changed and Nina's words and photo were replaced by Sally's. Even later the inscription disappeared altogether. No one remembered the inscriptions but Buddy. Buddy learned it wasn't his imagination later.<br />
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<br />Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-18591536642173107722018-05-05T10:09:00.000-04:002018-05-05T10:09:08.695-04:00Motorcycle Woman available on Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My novella, Motorcycle Woman is now available on Amazon on my page. Just type in my name, Larry Hammersley and it will bring up all my books including the front cover of Motorcycle Woman shown above, the right hand image. I've ordered copies and hope to land an interview soon by one of my lady author friends. I'm not sure if the Kindle version has loaded yet. I've not checked. It was very slow at downloading.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-8870489561902868902018-04-25T10:30:00.003-04:002018-04-25T10:30:51.972-04:00Motorcycle Woman final front and back cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my final cover, front and back, for my <b>Motorcycle Woman </b>story. It will be available soon for purchase as soon as I go to Create Space and finish the final steps.</span><br /><br />Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-32988196629268138452018-03-30T18:55:00.001-04:002018-03-30T18:55:24.377-04:00Motorcycle Woman only needs cover constructed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have gone through all the steps on Create Space with my story <b>Motorcycle Woman</b> with the exception of cover construction. I am having a local copying outfit formatting that for my front and back covers. The six by nine format requires a PDF file for the photos. The front cover is shown above. The back cover will be a photo I snapped in 1971 of a dealership in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. I have their permission to use their name in the story. The cover should be done end of next week. I am looking forward to that since I've not had a new story on the streets since last year. My last two novels don't have a home now as the publisher has closed their doors. I tried to get a home for both the shed novel and the dart novel but was rejected. I have a suggestion from a nice lady author friend to seek promotion from motorcycle folks for this novella.<br /><br />Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-89167242683411362642018-03-05T16:24:00.001-05:002018-03-05T16:24:24.870-05:00Motorcycle Woman legal aspects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My lawyer isn't versed in the question I had concerning using the name of an actual person from my past. Jug was an excellent motorcycle mechanic and ran his own shop in Bloomington, Indiana. I tried to contact him to get verbal approval of using his name. I speak very complimentary of him in the story. I learned he had died in 2012. I was saddened by that news as he was a fine fellow. My lawyer still didn't know if I should use his name. He recommended I contact a lawyer with a background on this sort of thing. I've decided instead of doing that I will change Jug's name to Jeb. I believe that will be safe to do. It cost me a lot to get my rights back on this story so I was reluctant to spend more. I will probably have to spend more money to get the cover into the right format. I am dedicating the story to the same three editors that helped me on the short version. I don't suppose they will ever know I did that because I have no contact info on them anymore. Likewise, I'm including the Harley shop in Black River Falls, Wisconsin who graciously allowed me to include their name in the story. I also speak very favorably of them too. I am close to being ready to start the process with Create Space. I do wish someone would drop a comment even it is to say "Boo!"<br />
I am also working on an old short story, 33,000 words entitled The Forever Bond which is a sweet romance with a strange twist involving a gold pocket watch.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-86158488397244278612018-02-15T06:41:00.000-05:002018-02-15T06:41:00.501-05:00More RejectionsI received more rejections, the Rescue novel and <b>The Silver Dart. </b>I consider this the end of the road. Any other publishing company or agent takes too long to respond and at my age I cannot afford to wait that long for a response. I am thankful for this last publisher as she responds within a month or so. She liked the Silver Dart cover at least.<br />
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If I have any hope now I will have to self-publish via Create Space or a similar route. I'm still working on<b> Motorcycle Woman </b>and the hang up there is converting JPEG to PDF. Internet directions for doing that show screens that do not come up when I try to follow the steps.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-74922153304762086242018-01-23T09:37:00.000-05:002018-01-23T09:37:20.467-05:00Motorcycle Woman completed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Motorcycle Woman is completed at just under 45,000 words. I have edited it several times. I can't decide to seek a publisher or self-publish via Create Space. Anyway, I've sought and received an okay by the Black River Falls, Wisconsin Harley Davidson dealer to use the several references to them in the story. I actually visited them on a motorcycle trip in July 1971. At that time they had only been in business for six years. They allowed me to take a test ride on a new '71 Super Glide. What power that machine had.Larry Hammersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02374373137478765952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753604405397586796.post-16926832577151223082018-01-02T16:34:00.000-05:002018-01-02T16:34:07.397-05:00Motorcycle Woman update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Motorcycle Woman is finished in manuscript form. It maxes out at 44,000+ words. I have received permission from the Black River Falls Harley Davidson shop in Black River Falls, Wisconsin to not only leave their name in the story but to use one of the photos I took of their shop back in July 1971 for the back cover. The least I can do is send them a free copy of the book when it is published. I don't have a scanner right now so I can't show you the photo I'll eventually use for the back cover. I have two photos and will probably use the one with the Harley Davidson sign over the building. When I was there in 1971 they had been open for six years. This year will be their 53rd year in operation. I have always remembered stopping there in 1971. They let me take a ride on a new Super Glide. Whoa, what power that bike had.<br />
A 33,000 word story entitled <b>The Forever Bond</b> has been rejected as not fitting the publisher's imprint. She did request a synopsis of my Rescue novel. I doubt it will fit their imprint either.<br />
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