Run For Roses: Chapter 7

This is the place to find the audio recordings of my writing endeavours.Run For Roses is a prequel to Chung Piece. Run For Roses is a road trip novel featuring two road trips. That of Meko and the dog Foxworth headed down the west coast. And of Sunny and Meko, cousins who think of themselves as brothers on a road trip from New Orleans to Lousville Kentucky. They aim to win money at the Kentucky Derby to help a friend out struggling with late-stage cancer. The two road trips are connected, but how?Chung Piece tells the story of Meko Torres, a roving freelance journalist in the twilight of his twenties with a lust for romance, art, skiing, and the natural world. When Meko moves to Aspen from Taos, NM, he’s soon immersed in investigative reporting a story about an opaque charitable foundation with dubious intention.Fastest Course in the West is the story of a man’s quest to run the California International Marathon in hopes of qualifying for the oldest and most prestigious road racing event: the Boston Marathon. It showcases the physical and mental agony and also the ecstasy of running with purpose 26.2 miles.Six and Sunny tells of the adventures of Chuck Bailey, a young, workaholic management consultant. Bailey grows tired of living his life out of a suitcase and decides to leave it all behind to work as a lift operator at a small Canadian ski resort. Just as Bailey starts to settle into his new lifestyle, an unexpected visit from an ex-girlfriend changes everything.Boo Hoff tells the story of Layla, a resourceful young woman in search of self. Layla attends the SoCal youth rite of passage that is the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with mixed horror and pleasure. It is about finding one’s inner compass and the recovery of innocence.jamesrosewrites.com

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Run For Roses: Chapter 7

Run For Roses: Chapter 7