Improvement
By: Mackey Chandler

The number of stars gathered around the monitor was impressive. They were all general officers and Captain Joe Buckley was tense with so much high powered brass looking over his shoulder. So far he’d been able …

I’m going to skip a chapter and give you this one just because I enjoyed writing it a lot.

Chapter 7

The Fox and Hare was on the half G level. It was semi-industrial, without the nice carpet and …

Got 41k words on sequel to “Family Law”.  I’m still not happy with “Family Business” as a title. Perhaps something in the story will jump out in time.

The April Book is tentatively named “A Depth of Understanding” and is …

Chapter 4

The Small Fleet jumped into the alien system, all in a group, the Roadrunner carried by Murphy’s Law. It ungrappled and braked hard, staying in the fringe of the system at first. The Champion William and the …

I dropped one spam program because they were donation ware, I sent them a donation, but they took the same donation out of my PP account a year later. Nowhere did I see it was an annual authorization. The new …

Chapter 5

The next morning at breakfast April thanked Gunny again for supporting her at ISSII.

“It wasn’t so much supporting you personally, as I agree we can’t let the Norte Americanos slide back into ignoring treaty provisions and …

Chapter 4

They docked at ISSII and never went in spin, staying in the zero G mast, just moving down to another dock that had a screen showing a shuttle to Home in twenty minutes. The well inked man …

I received a comment in both English and Chinese. I did not approve it to be posted. I have no problem with the Chinese people or language, but I lack the ability to read it. I would not delete it …

Chapter 3

The new system was quiet, like only an uninhabited system can be. There were some low frequency rumblings of a gas giant, quietly having minor indigestion in the depths of its atmosphere. One star held a tiny …

I’m feeling better. The first week home from the hospital was horrible, but I’ve made good progress. I’m out shopping and cooking again.

And my writing has picked back up. I have 53k words on the new April book and …

Chapter 2

The Hinth proved a challenge to recruit. They didn’t do well alone. Ha-bob-bob-brie, who Lee had met on Derf home station, isolated himself after a catastrophe had wiped out his shipmates and family in an exploration gone …

Chapter 3

Their  shuttle was a Mitsubishi, and April was surprised to see it looked old. She was accustomed to most things around her looking new, until she expected it without a second thought. Something like a landing …

 Family Business

by

Mackey Chandler

A “Family Law” Novel

Chapter 1

It wasn’t like Fargone to be bureaucratic. They prided themselves on independence so it seemed unlikely the United States of North America or any other Earth …

Chapter 2

“I’m thinking on what Lin told us yesterday,” April told Heather. “We’re getting none of that picture about what life is like on Earth from the news agencies. How do we know what’s happening on the street …

Is still alive, and home from the hospital late Sunday. There is blood in the toilet this morning so I have no idea how long I’ll stay home. I’d really really like to finish the next April book before I …

Thanks to one of my readers – Tobiko is not a flying fish in Japanese. It is the roe of the fish which is great for sushi. Tobiuo is the fish. I’ll change my books to reflect this next edit.…

Chapter 1

The sun baked all the way through, to the warm deck beneath her. April felt she might melt, and slide off the arch of the bow into the sea at any moment, like a pat of  butter …

I’ve got 23k words of a new April book started. A floating chapter I’ll have to plug in somewhere. And no solid ideas for a title yet. I have not intended to start another April book, but I keep getting …