Here is the audio version of the next chapter of Falling in Love While Working From Home, Chapter 4—DAN: I MISS SOPHIE. DAN has been trying to repair a slightly dented reputation in the newsroom when JESSICA, the newbie, beats him to the front page story. Damn, how he misses Sophie. But she doesn’t work at…
Chapter 5 March 23, 4:30 p.m. Jessica: CRITICISM FROM ALL SIDES When I hang up from my unpleasant call with Claire, I just sit there. I worked twelve-hour days all last week—with time set aside to help Lori with her schoolwork—and it already looks like I’ll be doing it again this week. Though I’m working…
Already I can see she’s going to be such a stuck-up snob. That’s Johnzzzz Hopkins, Jessica says.
“And you’ll be working with Dan on this.” When I hear my editor say my name I refocus on the laptop screen.
Chapter 4 March 16, 1:30 p.m. Dan: SHE’S NOT SOPHIE “She’s certainly not Sophie.” One glance at Rex’s big black and tan face and I can tell he doesn’t care. He looks up from the rug at the front door with his world-weary gaze. He’s probably still trying to figure out why I’m here, why…
It’s here, the audio version of Chapter 2—Jessica and Hanna. HANNA announces her wedding may be off. They can’t get a marriage license during #pandemic. Hanna’s #romance is the real thing. How can JESSICA help her best friend? A new audio chapter will post every Wednesday morning. Remember I’m recording my own self reading the chapters.…
Since who knows when I’ll have a chance to meet everybody in person, I have to use these online moments to get acquainted with my colleagues, to put faces to bylines and figure out what everybody covers. Already I’ve realized that I’m pretty low in the pecking order. All right, at the very bottom. But I’m still a reporter and that’s exactly where I want to be.
It’s here, the audio version of Chapter 1—Jessica: Starting Out. Meet JESSICA, starting her first day as a reporter during a pandemic. Meet DAN, a seasoned veteran of the newsroom. Already Jessica doesn’t trust him—and they haven’t even met? Then comes the bad news: Their editor has asked Dan to oversee her work as she…
“If we don’t have a marriage license, how can we get married?” It had never occurred to me that when the counties announced they were closing their offices during the lockdown, that would mean marriage license offices, too.
Coming on Wednesday! Since I know some people prefer an audio book, I’ve decided to create one myself. Now I warn you, I’m no Bahni Turpin (I love to hear her read a story). But I’ve done my amateur best to bring you an audio version of my book. They’ll post right here on Wednesdays.…
Chapter 1 March 16, 9:30 a.m. Jessica: ALL BY OURSELVES “I wish I had a cat.” Those are the wistful words from my bored six-year-old daughter still in her pajamas, looking up from schoolwork assignment we just read together. The way things are right now, I don’t want a cat or a bat, a dog,…
Mary K. Tilghman, writer 