Acts of Being

I have three ready for review by a willing publisher. On February 1, 2007, I put up sample chapters for each of these novels. As of November 9, 2009, I’ve put up the entire manuscript for The Hermit of Turkey Hill, A Man for Every Purpose, and Corporate Sex. Samples consisting of a few chapters are also available.

• The Hermit of Turkey Hill is a story based upon a friendship, of sorts, that my grandfather — Charlie Milroy — had with a man who was the gentler sort of sociopath. The man lived in Ludlow for 35 years or so and spoke so few words that people weren’t sure where he was from. I changed the name of the town, changed the name of the police chief — my grandfather, and made up a number of characters and little events to flesh out the few facts I knew about this story. Those few facts were the important ones, but good narratives are not made up of only the important events. The little details, which may be in the background, are necessary to make the narrative concrete. Sample chapters may be downloaded at sample chapters for The Hermit of Turkey Hill or the entire book at The Hermit of Turkey Hill.
• A Man For Every Purpose is a tale of a man who fragments when he is not able to deal with some of the problems in his life. It is told from the point of view of that character. One of my motivations in writing this tale is to show that true and moral fantasy has more to do with human perceptions than with magical events. Nothing impossible occurs in this novel but the telling of the possible events twists them and colors them in strange ways. Sample chapters may be downloaded at sample chapters for A Man for Every Purpose. The entire manuscript can be downloaded at A Man for Every Purpose

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• Corporate Sex was named Unleashed Desires when I submitted it to publishers and agents about five years ago. It is about the mating rituals and forms of reproduction that take place in the New York City financial districts.Sample chapters may be downloaded at sample chapters for Corporate Sex. The entire manuscript can be downloaded at Corporate Sex

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I may add information at some time on the various novels I am working on, have partially drafted, or have thoughts about.

I may also add more detailed sheets on each of the books in final draft form, but I’m going to need some time to flesh out this website.

My current plans are a little different than above. I have another blog which I will use for discussing matters of fiction books. That seems a logical and clean separation. The blog is a free blog on the site loydf.wordpress.com. I thank the people at wordpress.com for their efforts to give some free blogging capacity to all comers.

My main email address is loydf at charter.net.