I can't believe it has been a month since I was able to write here. Workload has been really busy, but now for a couple of weeks no more essays to grade. Of course it won't be long before the new batch comes in for the next nine week grading period.

It has been a very hard week already, as we lost one of the great students in a car accident the other night. This young man was very talented in music and an excellent student in the classroom as well.  A well liked by all young man that will be missed by everyone for a long time.

On the writing front there is a story brewing with a style of writing that I have never done before. If it can mature into something, it might be just the ticket to make someone happy to read it. Of course this will be a long road to completion, as I said, I have not written this style and will take a lot of close work to make sure the writing is just right.

Yes, fall has arrived and we have been enjoying Indian summer for the past couple of weeks. Tomorrow it is to change back to fall like temps and rain.

I hope all of you are enjoying the weather and are able to get some writing done while doing so.

Why not leave a comment at the bottom and let us all know how you are doing? 

We would all like to hear what you are up to.

Until next time,

John

The last story went live on Kindle and Smashwords this week.

She Rises at Dawn is about Patricia Michaels, a female Private Eye in Chicago that must find a missing rich wife.  Wonder if you can solve it before she does?

Get your copy here for Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LT33AE        or you can get it at Smashwords for many different eReaders: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/87125

The other three are still alive and one has even been downloaded 140 times. Good number of books out there with people.

What comes next?  Patricia Michaels is begging for a new case. There may be one in the future for her. Inspector Carlson is yelling that he is tired of sitting on the sidelines and wants a new case himself. Shame they are in two different locales.

The novel front is moving slow. Hopefully, my Muse will return as summer is done, and if I lucky she will spend the winter here in northern Indiana.  I know how stupid can she be to want to stay in an area where the snow falls knee deep at times.

I am hoping that she has had enough of the sunny beaches and wants to spend time making snowballs or skiing.

She should have some good ideas after her long rest in the Islands.

What is your favorite thing to do in the winter? 

Leave a comment and let us know if you want more from Michaels or Carlson, and don't forget to tell us your wintertime activity.

John

Last week we started the first of the quarterly writing prompts. the only difference this year from past years is that we are not having the students print them out, since they do not have print abilities with their Macbooks.

We get to grade them as PDF documents on the Macbook.  Staring at that small screen will most likely damage some eyes before too long. I was thinking and held on to my old monitor and hook it up to the Macbook so that I can see the documents in a larger format.  My eyes are bad enough now, don't need to strain them more.

Labor Day weekend is suppose to be the last big fing of summer.  Ours was not all that great! 

My son's golden retriever/Lab went upstairs with Rebecca, my daughter-in-law and his tail hit a storm window that was leaning against the wall. It broke into big pieces and he sliced off about two inches of skin which cause him to start bleeding.

Vet said once their tail or ears get cut they will bleed to death and the muscles in those won't let them blood clot. Naturally being a Sunday the only place open is the emergency vet about an hour away.

They had to put him out and finally take off about 4 inches of his tail, then sew it up. However, he is still bleeding from the incision. He goes back to their vet tomorrow for dressing change and check-up of wound.

Tomorrow starts another year of working for the government for more days now than we used to have to work before the money stayed with us.

This school year will be different by all means.  With the new MacBook computers, there will be a lot of explaining and teaching (by both teachers and students) on how to do something with these new computers.

Last night on Facebook, one of my students told me how to get to a special effect for changing a picture. I had used that effect last week when we had our two days of training, but could not remember yesterday when my grandson wanted to use it.

On the writing front, I placed All in the Family Cruise up on Smashwords.com as a free download.  So far 90 copies have been downloaded. Do you have yours? http://tinyurl.com/3qtcmhw

Dreamer's Paradise cover is finished, but I asked for a change in the color scheme. Hopefully, that will be completed today and I can get it uploaded to Amazon and Smashwords.

They are still working on She Rises at Dawn to get the perfect picture to depict the story, which is set in Chicago. This is the longest and last short story that I will be posting as an eBook.

Writing time will be more limited now with going back to work, but I must find the time somewhere to get back on the revisions of the two novels.

Hope you have a great week and enjoy the weather while you can, as we all know that cold stuff will be here before we know it and everyone will want the summer back.

Feel free to leave a comment. It seems that either no one wants to comment or the comment section is not working.  Surely, someone has something to say?

Until next time...

John

Hello how was your week?  Leave a comment below telling us what great things happened to you this past week.

My eBook Hollywood Dream is doing great.  So far, 3 Five-Star Reviews. Here are a couple of them:

"After I was done, I was left wanting more. To me thats the sign of a great short story."

"This Kindle book is truly entertaining! It has to be difficult to pack so much action into a short story, but John Poindexter does it beautifully. He keeps the reader riveted and interested from page one. The ending is the kind I enjoy as well; uplifting and satisfying."

I hope they find my new ones coming soon to be just as entertaining.

Speaking of new ones. Here is a link to another one of my stories, All in the Family Cruise. It is in a PDF for your viewing pleasure. Feel free to download it and enjoy.

http://www.johnpoindexter.com/allinthefamilypdf.htm

I am off to complete the last reviews of Dreamer's Paradise and She Rises at Dawn before the covers come in. Which I have been told will be coming "soon".

One more week of vacation and then it is back to school for a long year.

Everyone have great one and please leave a review in the comment section after reading the free selection. Thanks!

John