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First Draft Excerpt from Measure of Adulthood
"Look, I have an assignment. Asto's splinter will get you home. If I'm not back, expect a wakeup at eighteen forty. You'll be expected to be at your console ready to learn by nineteen zero." "Thought you said the days...
First Draft Excerpt from Gifts Of The Mother
Gifts of The Mother will be the follow-up to The Gates to Faerie. Copyright 2022 Dan Melson. All Rights Reserved ****** Zeb's companion was unearthly beautiful. No, he hadn't already found the woman of his dreams. He'd brought along his...
First Draft Excerpt from Gifts of The Mother
Julie's call was to her firm for both of us, which meant I could use mine to call RaDonna, but she didn't answer. I left a message about what had happened and what little I knew, asked her to apologize...
Excerpt from Work In Progress - Gifts Of The Mother
Julie's call was to her firm for both of us, which meant I could use mine to call RaDonna, but she didn't answer. I left a message about what had happened and what little I knew, asked her to apologize...
First Draft Excerpt from Gifts of the Mother
It still lacked a couple minutes of ten when I arrived at my office, whistling tunelessly. RaDonna was nowhere in sight; I asked the receptionist - Dolores - to let her know I was in, and went back to check...
First Draft Excerpt from Gifts of The Mother
Before the kiss broke, I was roughly grabbed, shoved up against the car door, and handcuffed. "Mark Jackson, you are under arrest on suspicion of murder! You have the right to remain silent..." I'm sure you've heard it hundreds of...
Character Sketch from a False Start I Made
The ideas for this character and another associated one have been in the back of my mind for a while. I thought I was going to do a viewpoint shift in my Work-in-Progress, but I've decided to do something different....
Excerpt from Building the People (Preparations for War, Book Two)
Amazon Page Link We landed and the pilot popped the forward hatch. We thanked the pilot on the way out. Once on the tarmac, we accessed the base computer. As expected, now that our contract had expired the only...
Real Loans for Real People September 18th, 2009
The Best Loans Right NOW Based upon "average credit", not absolutely perfect credit. People who do have better credit get even better rates! Conforming Rates Thirty Year Fixed Rate Loans 4.875% 30 Year fixed rate loan, with one total point...
New Consumer Article: "I'm Working With Someone Else, But Could You Just Help Me With..."
The new consumer article for today is "I'm Working With Someone Else, But Could You Just Help Me With..." talking about requests for free work from real estate agents. I'm perfectly happy to give general information to non-clients and...
General Consumer Articles: Week in Review June 1st to June 14th 2009
Newly Written Articles Segmented Real Estate Markets And Taking Advantage of Them The current response to certain kinds of property is very different from that to other types. This discusses how to take advantage of it. The Sperm Donor...
New Consumer Article: The Sperm Donor Theory of Buyer's Agents
The new consumer article for today is The Sperm Donor Theory of Buyer's Agents. The real estate industry is built around the listing of property. Okay, it's actually built around the care and feeding of real estate brokerages, but...
General Consumer Articles: Weeks in Review April 20th-May 10th
I've been letting this slide for several weeks due to one thing or another, during which time I've done a few important new articles and republished quite a few important older ones. Therefore, I'm going to limit the review...
New Consumer Article: Buying Real Estate Isn't Simple
The new consumer article for today is Buying Real Estate Isn't Simple. You can pretend it's simple, and hope you get outrageously lucky. Or you can prepare and do the work, and come out reliably enough better to more than...
State of the La Mesa and East County Real Estate Market April 2009
We were ready for a strong turn in the market, but the strength of what we've gotten in the last six weeks is amazing. It has been, if anything, worse that a few years ago. What caused it? People...
New Consumer Article: How Agents Should Respond To An Appraisal Below Purchase Price
The new consumer article for today is How Agents Should Respond To An Appraisal Below Purchase Price. The appraisal is a significant client protection, and trying to manipulate the appraisal to make the transaction happen is not in a buyer's...
New Consumer Article: Loan Fall-Out And The Effects Upon Consumers
The new consumer article for today is Loan Fall-Out And The Effects Upon Consumers. The days when loan officers are willing to lock loans with just a social and the identity of the property are ending, if not already over....
State of the San Diego Real Estate Market March 2009
Reminds me of this gold rush movie (one that I recommend watching if you have a chance) Okay, it's not quite like that, but correctly priced properties are flying into "Pending". It has to do with supply and demand. At...
New Consumer Article: Termite Work, Wood Destroying Pest Agreements, and Lender Requirements
The new consumer article for today is Termite Work, Wood Destroying Pest Agreements, and Lender Requirements. If you know about work that needs to be done, concealing it from the buyer's lender is fraud. Lots of agents are putting their...
Real Loans for Real People December 23, 2008
I meant to post this yesterday, but I was busy all day with real estate clients and got caught. Unfortunately, rates have spiked a bit this morning The Best Loans Right NOW 4.75% 30 Year fixed rate loan, with only...
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