Just Cause

Murder Scene Blogfest: Blackout

Anne Riley is hosting a Murder Scene Blogfest. I thought I’d share a poignant little scene from Blackout: A Just Cause Novel, where 12-year-old psychopath Harlan Washington takes the next step in his long, bloody career. Excerpt from Blackout: A Just Cause Novel By Ian Thomas Healy His pocket full of half a dozen blade-wands, [...]

You don’t know how beautiful you are

Get On Your Boots – U2 Oh, look! Ian’s updating his blog again! Something must have changed. Well, no, not exactly. I’m at a kind of crossroads right now as far as what to do next. I’m nearly caught up to the part of The Archmage where the pages are blank and the story isn’t [...]

Things you do while waiting for the agent to call (part 2)

I’m pleased to announce the return of music links to this blog. Listen if you wish. Lovestain – Jose Gonzalez I’ve been working a lot on getting The Archmage up to my current standards. I find myself grimacing a lot at how bad a writer I really was three years ago. I’ve learned so much [...]

Things you do while waiting for the agent to call

This morning I printed off Mustang Sally: A Just Cause Novel (originally titled Just Cause), because the agent also wants to read it. That’ll be the second one sitting in her office, nearly seven hundred pages of my words. I hope she gets to them both quickly. This afternoon I went to the races at [...]