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Clouded Ambitions I: The Trial

Murder Strikes Seattle Tech Industry

What happens when smart buildings become too smart, when skyscrapers become tools for control, even weapons?

Clouded Ambitions sends a San Francisco game developer to Seattle, where he is forced to help a friend in need, solve a (literally) cold murder, and battle new company rules that require employees to punch in by 9 a.m.!

News - Clouded Ambitions II: The Tower will be released soon. Check back for updates.

Firing Up the Christmas Tree Angel

John Sailors | Blog

My wife tops our Christmas tree each year with an angel, and according to tradition that predates Christianity, as husband I do the lights. Early on I learned how a bright C-7 bulb under the angel lights up her silver-white dress and makes her glow. 

This year I bought water-filled bulbs that once heated up cause the water to bubble, creating a flashing sensation. And in a fit of genius, I moved one of them under the angel, and that really brought the top of the tree to life.

It was a few hours later at my computer that I realized the lights were meant to emulate candles, and therefore in a fit of unthinking creativity I was displaying the sticking of a candle up the dress of an angel, possibly more of a bah humbug than a Merry Christmas. 

I removed the bulb but I can't get rid of the feeling that the angel's frowning at me all the time.

(C) 2016 by John Sailors. All rights reserved.

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The Coop Sequel Arrives! 

Catch the sequel to Flying the Coop in May as murder again strikes the video game industry.

Clouded Ambitions I: The Trial - Video games, airsoft guns, and remote control helicopters descend upon Seattle's high-tech industry as Bernard and crew head north to help a friend in trouble, deal with a horrific murder, and wage a desperate battle against new company rules that, incredibly, require employees to punch in at 9 a.m.! May 2016

Clouded Ambitions II: The Tower - Where video games take on a brick-and-mortar world that is armed, and watching ... Summer 2016

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Flying the Coop, Video Trailer Clip 01

Check out this first video trailer clip for Flying the Coop: The Video Game Mystery Novel.

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The French Fry Poll

By John Sailors | April 28, 2016

My poll on best fries is complete, though it garnered only 60 replies over three days.

Not surprisingly, McDonald's takes the top spot for best french fries among the big three (with BK and KFC), though also not surprisingly, the fourth choice, Other, was not so far behind.

'Clouded Ambitions' Is Well in the Red

Clouded Ambitions, Another Video Game Mystery Novel.

UPDATE, SPRING 2016. Clouded Ambitions is in the final stages of publication for both print and Kindle. Technical difficulties have included a growing appreciation for looser word spacing and better pagination, two things that don't always go together. Perhaps my eyesight is getting clouded.

April 2015—Clouded Ambitions is in final stages of ink on paper. And it isn't the hunt for editing perfection that challenges so much as facing the mounds of red ink that stare back like a bad bank statement, and knowing I have to sort through them and type in changes.

Next comes the polishing of page design for print, and then formatting for e-books. Clouded Ambitions will be released this summer in deluxe paperback and popular e-book formats including Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Apple iBooks. 

In Clouded Ambitions, book 2 of the OffCide Gamer Mysteries, murder again strikes the tech industry, this time in Seattle, where staff from a video game startup are forced to seek out a dangerous murderer using technology, junk food, and an unhealthy ability to sit indefinitely in front of screens and monitors, and never lose the urge to win.

Check out early previews of Clouded Ambitions here: