I woke up with a throbbing arm and a head that felt as if a brick had smacked it. I rang for the nurse. I examined my arm. It was braced in a sling and resting on my stomach. I touched my head with my free hand and found a bandage covering a rather large …
Bay City Runaway Home The rain stirred the dormant smell of bum piss as we stepped onto the sidewalk. Neither one of us had an umbrella, but she didn’t seem to care, and neither did I. The water mixed with the dust on the sidewalk, creating a fine grit beneath our feet as we turned …
A Friend of the Family She looked off over the heads of the mourners at some far away point--perhaps at the mural of the fish and loaves on the back wall of the sanctuary or perhaps into the ether of her glory years as a soprano section leader of the Grace Presbyterian Church of yesteryear. …
As I navigate my way through the beginnings of a writing career, my number one goal is to be read. I have a publisher for one of my books, but my latest book is still unsigned: Bay City Runaway. I've published it myself on Amazon and a number of people have read it. But as …
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I've started writing a new novel--a journalist uncovers a dark secret centered around his childhood church in the south. When I wrote Bay City Runaway, once I got into a rhythm, I wrote the first draft in about a month. That's an average of 2800 a day. A little bipolar mania, nudged that along, and …
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I've establishing my author status on Goodreads! I'm still establishing myself with my books. Two of my books, Bay City Runaway and My Wife Says I'm Complicated, are associated with me and others to come! My most recent book is a novel, Bay City Runaway David Wilson-Burns, author of Whiff and My Wife Says I’m …
David Wilson-Burns, author of Whiff and My Wife Says I’m Complicated, offers his gritty and emotionally potent debut novel, Bay City Runaway, a story of two runaways finding each other in their escape from abuse and tragedy. James, a thirty-something software wiz with a drinking problem, runs away to San Francisco to escape a tragedy …
Hey readers, I don't know about you, but I'm pretty much shut in. I'm able to work my day job from home. I'm writing a new novel. I'm doing a little baking and cooking. AND I'm reading. The problem is, many of you are losing income while at home, and reading isn't always cheap. So …
Continue reading Dropping All of My Kindle Titles to 99 Cents During Coronavirus
Still my most popular stories, Whiff: A Novella and The Smell Collector are certainly still available to read for free online. "The Smell Collector" was a serial I published many years ago. It is a whimsical and quirky story of a man with limited social skills and an extraordinary sense of smell. For a full blurb …
I've decided to go indie web with this. Bay City Runaway is a serialized novel published weekly. James Roberts is a lonely drunk escaping a tragic past who gets entangled with a teenage runaway girl in San Francisco. Set in the 90s and 2000s, Bay City Runaway explores alcoholism, abuse, love, loss, and an unlikely …
