Sunday, September 29, 2019

September Investigation

What is happening to me??? ---- Quote. From. Movie. DO U. Know. WHICH one?


Sorry; being funny. Anyway let's look at September. Shall we?


Our cat had kittens. They are so cute.


I'm not really for fall. Around here that mostly means, winter on the way. Not ready for the cold.


Moved cows.


Nala came along. She had fun, even got to chase a few cows. She got one cows tail, it was funny. She turned one this month.


I didn't write a lot. Just haven't been feeling my story.


Yummy raspberries. It has rained so much this month! It never rains this much.


I read 4 books this month. All of them were really good. All of them got 5 stars. Want to know more about about the books check out my goodreads.


This has been a month full of ups and downs. So many memories and things I don't want to thing about again. Even if I don't want winter, I am looking forward to October. I need some change.


Meet up with a blogger. Me and Dad few over and landed at the Roberts for a short visit. It was cool to meet Jessi.


Had a fly-in at our ranch. It was a so cool. We served homemade donuts and coffee.


We had six planes show up and two cars. 


It looks like I will be selling my older horse, Ozzy, which is a little sad for me. But I am not going to be riding him for 4h. I'm also planning on training another horse this coming year.

More news. I will be posting once a week in October, since I have a lot to do and need to make time to edit more. Also I will be going on a trip.

How was your September?
What are you looking forward to this October?
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Meet My WIP

Hi, today I wanted to talk about my WIP. I started it for the 100 for 100 challenge and now I've really slowed down.



So today I thought I might get back into the spirit of the story by talking about it a little. You probably have heard some about the characters. This one is the third in a detective series called The JAKE Detectives.

The only name I have for the book is To Catch A Spy. If I think of a better name I might change it. Let me know if you have any ideas.


Words to describe the story: Undercover, train yard, mishaps, car chase, break in, spy, papers, danger, boats, sneak in, fly over, storm, rain, underwater trouble, smuggling, untrustworthy, reporter, caught, cave in,sleuth, clue

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Joe, Andy, Kayla and Ed are in High Cove, unknowingly closer to a mystery than they realize. From Davenport to High Cove they soon find the threat a serious one. That won't stop them. But the bad guys plans might. Soon they meet up with an old friend, and things start looking grave. They only have a few more days maybe hours before it's too late.





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Snips: 

Written in red the note said,
You have 24 hours. Go back to England. 
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"It's not spicy so go somewhere else." Mr. Cartwright slipped through the swinging doors. The reporter was right on his heels. "There is always something spicy in your business; besides there's nothing else 'you know' to sniff out."

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"I'm sure you would make a great criminal."
    Ed made a face. "What's the point in trying to catch a criminal if you can't think like one?"
"I'll keep that in mind."
    "Good." Ed nodded. "Because when I am rich and famous, you'll know why." 

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"That was Charles Finwick, he has a case for me." 

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"Oh, don't be so bummed, come on, I'm sure Uncle Lawrence had something to tell us. Much more mysterious." 




If you want to learn a little more about the characters, here are some other posts about this series. 
About character after finishing book 2

Premise of my books

Some History about My Books

What do you think of this story?
Have any title ideas?
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Sunday, September 22, 2019

A Shield of Smoke (part 9)

Here we are, already on part 9. This blogbattlers monthly prompt is Shield.


The title is kind of a play of the words in the story, but I hope it makes some sense.

If you missed out on the other parts:

Part 1 Flowers Have Mysteries 
Part 2 Loss and Madness 
Part 3 Mayhem at Dusk
Part 4 It Happened on the Night Shift
Part 5 Airtight Solutions
Part 6 Stamped Corona 
Part 7 A Stable Connection
Part 8 Intercepted

A Shield of Smoke 

 Lane
By Rakayle Hier 


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Heinz slipped out of his bonds for the second time, this time he turned to untie my ropes. I rubbed my sore wrists and got up off the floor. Heinz made his way to the door that led out of the room. He peeked through the crack in the ajar door. I didn’t breath afraid we would be heard.  


“We got a guard.” He informed as he came back over. “We better find a weapon.” I started looking around for a weapon. Heinz pulled down the net that was hanging from the ceiling. I decided not to ask what he was doing. 


I looked around and behind the storage part of the room before I spied something big, mettle like. I went to reach for it. I grabbed the item and pulled it out. It was an old shield. It would work as a weapon. 


“I got something,” I told the detective. 


“Good, lets go.”


Heinz with his net and I with my shield made our way to the door. Our way out. Heinz peeked through the door crack. “He’s got his back turned.”  


I nodded. Thinking quickly I pulled open the door and slammed the shield into the guards head. Thunk. He fell to the ground, out cold. Heinz raised his eyes at me. “Well, that’s one way to do it.” 


I shrugged. “What’s the net for?” 


“I’ll explain later. Let’s tie him up and get out of here.”


We quickly tied up the big man, worrying that someone might have heard the thunk and come back. Finishing the job, Heinz picked up the Tommy Gun. “Don’t want to leave this.”


Heinz looked out the next door to see if the room was clear. He nodded to me and we swiftly left the room. We crossed in front of the red opera seats making our way to the side room Heinz had found earlier. 


I’m sure I held my breath the whole way. I took in a breath as we exited the building, still holding the shield. I felt like it might come in handy. Also I didn’t have time to put it down. 


We were now in the alleyway behind the main buildings. Heinz marched onward. Whatever his mission was, it was urgent and I didn’t complain about the pace. I was glad to get as far away as possible from the opera house. 


We headed toward Heinz’s apartment. We were a block away when the two boys I met the other night came running up. It was Sam and Lester. 


“Heinz, Heinz.” 


“What is it boys?”


“We got news. Hank Wilson is working with gangsters,” Sam spoke quickly. 


“He is planning something big tonight,” Lester added.


Heinz smiled. “Yes, I know. And I’m going to need your help.” 


The four of us continued to the flat. How come I was the only one who had no clue on what was going on? I thought as I hauled the shield with me up the stairs and into the Heinz’s apartment. 


Heinz set to work at his table and the two boys were right there to help him. I sat down on the sofa that I had spent the night on and pondered. It had something to do with those jewels, and some plan, and the opera house, oh yeah, and Hank Wilson. What else was I missing? Somehow Heinz fit it together like a puzzle while I couldn't even see the puzzle pieces. 


I looked at the detective's wall, again noticing the strange way the pictures were placed. I shook my head, no I didn’t see a sensible explanation. I glanced over at Heinz; he had taken the net with him along with the gun. Why he wanted the net? I didn’t have the slightest idea. 


Maybe it was a part of his plan, course everything seemed to be apart of his plan. 


Explaining this to the chief, that was what I should be worried about. At the Gala tonight… Wait the Gala... the whole police force was going to be there. It was the 20th anniversary of the police station. I wonder… 


Before I could finish my thought something crashed through one of the windows and landed on the floor; a small metal object. It hissed. “Heinz it’s a tear gas grenade!” 


“Get out of the room, quick,” He commanded.


I, Sam, and Lester hurried into the bathroom. Shutting the door I noticed Heinz wasn’t with us. “What is he doing? He is going to get himself killed.” I pushed open the door ignoring the protesting boys. I found myself coughing in a whirl of white smoke. It stung my eyes and made my throat burn. A string of gunfire sounded and I went low, crashing into a few books on the floor. 


I had to get to a window. I needed fresh air. Somewhere in all that smoke I came upon the shield, not thinking clearly, I grabbed it and drug it with me. Suddenly the smoke started clearing. I coughed violently and found myself close to the windows, which were all opened. I sucked in a few breaths of air before I realized that there was someone shooting at the apartment. I ducked below the window as a putter of bullets came ripping into the windows and wood. 


“Heinz,” I yelled, “where are you?”


A clatter of Thompson gunfire responded. I tried to clear my stinging eyes. Heinz was across the room with the borrowed Tommy gun pointed out the window, returning bullet fire.  The smoke was finally clearing, revealing half the room. 


I turned my attention back to the street below. It was that crony I hit over the head; with some back up. I didn't see Clay Emerson among them, but it was a little hard to tell, they all wore black suits and were hiding behind their cars, shooting at us.  


“Heinz, this has got to be a distraction. They know you are onto them.” 


The detective looked over at me. “For once Lane, I think your right.” 


“You go. I can keep them busy.” 


He looked ready to argue with me, but then nodded. “Alright Lane, but we have a problem I’m out of bullets.” 

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What do you think they are going to do?
Will they stop the bad guys before it is too late?
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Elements Of A Mystery

I'm a little late today... Lets look into the way a mystery is written... Or me just talking abut mystery.



Most famous mysteries are murder mysteries. Who done it and why?

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I can't say reading this will help you solve a mystery you are reading or watching, I can't always figure it out. You see that is the point. The author already knows who the killer is. So they can plan it out. It's kind of backwards. They can say its going to be this way and that way, because they already know all the elements.

They know when the death accrued. Take an Agatha Christie story. The time of the murder is always different from what you first thought, throwing you off course. But that is the point. So is the red herrings. It is so simple, yet very hard to have a good red herring, take the book Death in the Sky by Agatha Christie.

Say the person was killed by a dart of poison. All you need is a suspect to have something that would work as a blow dart, since obviously the real blow dart wasn't used.

It is a tangled web. That is the point. Which can drive some of us  me  up that wall trying to figure it out. Or maybe your not like me and just enjoy the story. The TV series Death in Paradise is kind of the same way. I mean there are only a few suspects, yet you still don't see it coming, or you did see it... than comes a red herring, I mean they can't be the real suspect nor the person who says they were the killer, it is someone you missed.

But wait, it can't be the Butler either, it's to cliche, and where is the motive. It can all be quite confusing. The author takes advantage of them. I mean we can't help thinking that way. Some how they know how we thing.

We can only guess. And they know that.

Lets go back to the beginning, though. The Author already has the killer, the victim, the weapon the place, the time, next the red herrings. They got to convince you it was this time or that time, and this person must have done it cuz, look all the evidence, and this person has all the motive. Than there is the alibi. Though it doesn't matter, unless you guess it right, your wrong.

Confused yet?

So yeah, I should probably just enjoy the story, the mystery, but I don't. I want to find out. You know the detective is going to catch the killer. The author has given them all the power. There are a few times where I just sit back and take in the mystery and guess.

What is the element we are looking for? The author's point of view? Or the detective's point of view?

Sometimes they leave out some clues, which makes everything so, so unfair. If you do write a mystery try to give the reader or audience a chance to solve the case. Also look at it this way. They (the detective) have all the time in the world to solve this case you or I don't, we could but it really isn't that serious.

So enjoy the mystery or solve it. Reading or watching mystery will help you write mystery. Have fun with it!
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Yes this is a little bit different from my normal posts. Hope you don't mind this little rant.

What do you love about mystery. 
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Sunday, September 15, 2019

Dressing Like Nancy Dew and The Hardy Boys

This month has been a book/ writing/ detective type month. And it's going to keep going. I challenged myself to see if I could copy the covers with dressing and looking like Nancy, Andy and Joe. Should be a lot of fun.



You be the judge. How well did I copy The Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew?

Ignore the back rounds in my pictures...

THE TOWER TREASURE 

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Me as Frank


HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD

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ME as JOE 


THE MYSTERY OF THE AZTEC WARRIOR 
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ME as JOE 


THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY

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ME as Nancy


THE HAUNTED LAGOON

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Me as Nancy


THE HAUNTED SHOWBOAT

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ME as Nancy

If you want for info about the looks, ask me in the comments. Or I can do another post on it, talk to me.

How well did I do?
Which outfit do you like best?
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It's Almost August

 How is more than half the year gone by? I've been enjoying the summer. I love summer.  It's been a very rainy year which is so grea...