These are selected quotes from my new two book series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright, the story of a wild rock and roller trying to hang on as her roller coaster life takes her on tragic twists and turns that could end up destroying her. These quotes are all from the first book. …
Author: termberkden
I am a writer, a software engineer, and a refugee from the punk/metal/new wave/my-God-what-did-we-do-last-night daze of the San Francisco scene.
I write, I run, I actually stop and smell the roses, I meow back at cats, and I pet strange yet friendly dogs.
The Mississippi Lounge – Novel Excerpt from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright
This is an excerpt from my new two books series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright. This excerpt is from the first book. Skye and her friends hang out at a popular watering hole in West Berkeley, talking about their current lives, their love lives, and their artistic pursuits. This work is the continuation …
Quotes and Easter Eggs – What’s in my new Two Book Series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright
This month I am publishing my two book series about my wild rock and roll character Skye Wright, a character I’ve written stories about for years. You can read an excerpt here: http://needlepictures.com/tbd/2022/04/24/fast-and-frightening/ In this work I precede each chapter with a quote. Oftentimes it’s song lyrics, and other times it’s other writers, sometimes my …
The ones Who’ve inspired the Dynamite Chicks
The Dynamite Chicks is my character Skye Wright’s punk band. In my book series Skye and her old bandmate Annie get together and reform their band and start playing shows again. The Dynamite Chicks are a hard rocking, hard driving and raunchy rock and roll band. This fictitious band’s sound and style have been inspired …
How to follow the life of Skye Wright, my character come to life
“Just don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t.” – Anne Lammott The first ever illustration of my character Skye Wright, for the cover of What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? Skye was never supposed to be a big deal. As I wrote before, she was only …
One Day At a Time – An Excerpt from my upcoming novel the Rise and Fall of Skye Wright
This is an excerpt from my new two books series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright. This excerpt is from the first book. This excerpt is early the book. This piece introduces Molly Mix, Skye’s friend and reluctant recovering addict. This work is the continuation of the Skye Wright saga, and follows her adventures …
Fast and Frightening – An Excerpt from my upcoming novel The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright
This is an excerpt from my new two books series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright. This excerpt is from the first book. From the very beginning of the book, where Skye Wright is working at Anemone Studios, a prominent alt-music studio and label. I heard that girl is fast and frightening Dirty hair …
Haunted When the Music Plays – Songs That Have Haunted Me
Music is a huge part of my life. I collect all kinds of music, I’ve seen countless numbers of shows and concerts, so many so that it would be impossible to calculate how many times I’ve seen live music. Through all of the bands and songs I’ve listened to, I occasionally come across a song …
Need Second Eyes for your Writing? Professional Beta Reading!
I am offering my services as a professional beta reader! Novels, short stories, articles, blog posts, and whatever you need help with! Second eyes for – Style – Readability – Suggestions for sentence and word choice improvement – Catching tpyos typoes typos! – Not just finger wagging. I will also tell what works and when …
Why I fell In Love with Dani Dassler – An Important Voice in Punk Literature
The punk scene is my main tribe. It was an important refuge for me in my youth, so much more than any of the other realms I inhabited back then, and it’s still a major part of my life now. It’s also the main topic of my writing. Almost all of my characters, especially my …