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MORGAN ST. JAMES
www.morganstjames-author.com

Sometimes Stephen’s ambition got out of hand, and the end result was never quite the way he envisioned it. This was one of those times.

At first, the idea was only an annoyance. Something that nagged at him while he tried to drift off to sleep at night. Then it began to invade his dreams, and finally it beckoned to him in waking hours while he tried to work. The thing was, it seemed so easy. He strained to remember the first time a little flash of what he now called “The Plan” popped into his mind. Stephen closed his eyes, pulled the lever on his tattered Lazy Boy recliner and let his mind drift.

He had just pulled a handful of bills and dun notices from the mailbox in the lobby of his apartment complex when Annie Forrester rolled up in her wheelchair. The old crone said in a cracking voice, “Hey, sonny, do a good deed and help me get my mail. It’s in that box all the way at the top.” She made one of those old lady noises in her throat and said, “You’d think after all my complaints, they’d give me a box on the lowest tier. But, no, that young whippersnapper in the management office doesn’t pay one bit of attention to me. I’d like to see her in a wheelchair. What would she do then?”

Without a word, he’d taken the key she offered, opened her box and gathered what appeared to be envelopes with checks from various banks and stock brokerage funds. He had a fleeting thought that either the old dame was loaded, or all of the checks were small, but that thought slipped away as soon as he handed her back the envelopes and the key.

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Today I wrote the third article in a three part series called: Writers Tricks of the trade - Fitting characters' professions to the story. This is on www.examiner.com, Los Angeles edition. The link is http://exm.nr/tricks28-LA. There are links in the article to Parts I and II. Today's column has an example of same person, same profession, same scenario---different story theme and that dictates how the story plays out.

Check it out, and happy writing or reading.

MORGAN ST. JAMES
www.morganstjames-author
Los Angeles and Las Writing Examiner - www.examiner.com

Today there are two interesting articles on my Examiner.com Los Angeles column:


http://exm.nr/orwell-LA Imagine finding a rare first edition of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" in a heap of 200 donated books culled from 66,000 donations to an Australian charity. It is believed to be the ONLY copy in Australia.

http://exm.nr/tricks26-LA Why authors need to know something about their characters' professions. Includes interesting character development short video.

Happy reading.

MORGAN ST. JAMES
LA and Las Vegas Writing Examiner
www.examiner.com

Eric Stone is a Los Angeles journalist who writes a mystery series and now is launching a novella trilogy and writing short stories. Read all about his journey and why he killed off his star character. Please leave your comments on the examiner.com page. Just scroll down to the very bottom and you’ll see the box. If you’re not an Examiner subscriber, you can log in with your Facebook account to comment.

http://exm.nr/stone-LA

Remember, there is a new Spotlight every Tuesday in the Las Vegas edition and Wednesday in the Los Angeles edition.

Happy reading!

MORGAN ST. JAMES
Los Angeles (http://bit.ly/MorgansColumn) and Las Vegas Writing Examiner
(http://exm.nr/MorgansColumn-LA)
www.examiner.com

For those of you in the Los Angeles area, this is a fantastic photographic exhibit. If you are out of the area, read about it anyway and click the links to his websites. This photographer is turning his extreme talent toward helping homeless kids gain self-esteem through photography. I love when people do things for the good of others.

Read my Examiner.com article: http://exm.nr/JHubbard

http://bit.ly/MorgansColumn (links to all past Examiner columns)
Read my column in the entertainment section of Las Vegas edition Examiner.com. Did you proof your work before submitting it? You should.

Writers Tricks of the Trade: Oops! I should have proofed that first.

http://exm.nr/tricks19

MORGAN ST. JAMES
www.morganstjames-author.com
www.silversistersmysteries.com