Echo Six
I started writing my first fictional novel in 2005, a science fiction, time travel story titled Six. It was a disaster. I put it aside and after years of learning how to write, the story has been rewritten and retitled as Echo Six and I hope to publish it in the summer of 2024. Writing...
Who I Am: The Man Behind the Badge
Now Available! My memoir has changed quite a bit since I first titled it I Am What I Am. My editor told me the title sounds too much like a line Popeye would say so I changed it to Who I Am: The Man Behind the Badge. I self published the memoir in April of 2020 and...
Hans
Hans is a Flash Fiction Novel I wrote for the Writer's High Retreat. Flash Fiction is new to me, it requires your entire story to be 1000 words or less. This original version of Hans came in at 963. I have since written two longer versions of Hans that explore a woman's search for her...
Trufant
I must have a little OCD in me; once an idea pops up, it festers until I write it down. I was riding in the back of a Uber in San Francisco and I saw a homeless man with a black Lab. The dog was beautiful, the man not so much. So I started thinking. ...
After publishing my memoir, Who I Am: The Man Behind the Badge, I began finishing up my crime novel, Trufant. In December, I submitted it to 15 traditional publishers and as of February, 10, I have received 7 rejections. My fingers are still crossed and while I am waiting, I continue to work on its sequel. Worst case scenario is that I self publish Trufant this spring.
I'm still writing my very short stories (#vss365) on Twitter every morning while I drink my coffee. Check them out at @jshaw_six.
I am still working on a short story for this years Atlanta Writer's Club contest. Wish me luck.