A Writer Reads
Serial reading and discussion of my novel, An Adequate Vocabulary, in my own voice.
Episodes
31 episodes
Episode Thirty-One - Postscript
An explanation of the genesis and evolution of An Adequate Vocabulary, and an clarification of biographical details you could not have known, and about which I may be the only one who cares.
Episode Thirty - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
In the final episode we suffer with Mick through the tedium of the DNA analysis, which in the end raises as many questions as it answers. We find the truth of Mick's parentage and birth, and experience the conflicted news of Meghan's pregnancy....
Episode Twenty-Nine - No Good Deed
Mick does a favor for Billy Baxter, that comes back to bite him. When Billy is arrested, he tries to cut a deal with the police by fingering Mick as a person of interest in a wrongful death: the death of Danny Boy Boyle, the old man in the alle...
Episode Twenty-Eight - Then Comes Marriage
Mick still seems to have trouble not using violence (or a perceived threat thereof) to accomplish his desired ends. At least this one is on the down low. Despite occasional stumbles on the way to the promised land, Meghan and Mick take the leap...
Episode Twenty-Seven - First Comes Love
As their relationship deepens, Meghan and Mick start the process of discovery, some accidental, and some by design. But the process is neither smooth nor sure.
Episode Twenty-Six - Holidays
Meghan and Mick try to put some definition around there business and personal relationships. While spending Thanksgiving together presents it's own challenges, being alone together at Christmas is when questions arise, and even inadequate answe...
Episode Twenty-Five - Coming Together
St. Patty's at the Pavilion, and Mick gets to use more than his low voice and menace. Stopping a robbery, and taking a bullet in the bargain, Mick emerges as the hero of the hour. So the owner of the Pavilion, Meghan LaPorte (yes, that Meghan),...
Episode Twenty-Four - Movin' On
So, Guero agrees to the manner in which he will pay his debt to Don Mendez. In return he is provided transportation back to the States, a new identity, and a wad of cash to send him on his way. After a sojourn of several months in New Mexico, G...
Episode Twenty-Three - Managua
Guero and friends manage to escape the jungle, and make their way safely to Managua. But Managua is not safe, and Guero falls back into the abyss, only to be saved by an unexpected helping hand.
Episode Twenty-Two - Curandera
At long last, Meghan finds her way back home. She reunites with Triese, helps as she knows how to, and puts her money to work. Back in Nicaragua, Guero and his impromptu retinue make use of a curandera to help with their battle scars, befo...
Episode Twenty-One - Boise
Meghan comes to rest in Boise freaking Idaho, where she renews her old friendship with Kat, and meets Kat's mother and daughter. Meghan gets to spend some time with Em, her namesake, before girlhood memories give way to the reality of Kat's mom...
Episode Twenty - Two Goodbyes
After the assassination of Colonel Obando , Guero accompanies El Capitan on a vengeance tour to San Nicolas. But the tour does not end well, and Guero, wounded again, disappears into the jungle. Back in Big Sur Meghan communes with ...
Episode Nineteen - Betrayal
Then come the monsoons, and the tedium is interrupted by a visit from Don Mendez. Following his desires, Cantu and Guero undertake a mission in El Rama, a mission that goes irretrievably awry.
Episode Eighteen - The Jungle
Kelleher, now become Guero, has begun his new life, stranger in a strange land, fighting someone else's war.
Episode Seventeen - An Ending and A Beginning
Meghan , with help from Ali, evolves from a rock and roll widow, into a businesswoman and philanthropist. Until their business relationship runs into an unexpected setback. Meanwhile Kelleher has evolved into something darker and mo...
Episode Sixteen - Living Like a Rock Star
Tommy rocks, Meghan rolls, but fate has plans of its own.
Episode Fifteen - Into the Dark
Kelleher's life goes through a series of rapid changes, moving into an uncertain future.
Episode Fourteen - Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Meghan gets married. Kelleher buries his mom, and begins a life of his own devising.
Episode Thirteen - It Must Be Love
Music, love and home: Meghan hits the trifecta...
Episode Twelve - Resolution
Kelleher faces his nemesis, and Meghan faces an uncertain future.
Episode Eleven - Kismet
Kelleher gets some bad news, then a surpise he didn't know he'd been waiting for.
Episode Ten - What Passes for Normal
Meghan moves on, and Kelleher finds a new love.
Episode Nine - The Haight
Meghan finds her way in the city by the Bay, and eventually finds a friend - or two!