Madison Hayes
"Damn." Brian grabbed an awl. Leaning over me, he forged a
new hole in the too-big belt.
"Any advice?" I asked him as I pulled the belt tight.
"Yeah. Don't reach for the ore cart until it starts moving,
then jump on the back and immediately duck your head. The
voltage in the overhead cable won't just kill you. It'll
blow you apart."
That was my first day on my first job. Employed as an
engineer, I've worked in an underground mine that went up—
inside a mountain. I've swung over the Ohio River in a tiny
cage suspended from a crane in the middle of an electrical
storm. I've hung over the Hudson River at midnight in an
aluminum boat—30 foot in the air—suspended from a floating
barge at the height of a blizzard, while snowplows on the
bridge overhead rained slush and salt down on my shoulders.
You can't do this sort of work without developing a sense
of humor, and a sense of adventure.
New to publishing, I read my first romance two years ago
and started writing. Both my reading and writing habits are
subject to mood and I usually have several stories going at
once. When I need a really good idea for a story, I clean
toilets. Now there's an activity that engenders escapism.
I was surveying when I met my husband. He was my 'rod man'.
While I was trying to get my crosshairs on his stadia rod,
he dropped his pants and mooned me. Next thing I know, I've
got the backside of paradise in my viewfinder. So I grabbed
the walkie-talkie. "That's real nice," I told him, "but
would you please turn around? I'd rather see the other
side."
...it was love at first sight.
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Series
Books:Kingdom of Yute: Tor's Betrayal, February 2007
Part of the Kingdom series.
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