Doug Lane
@finderdoug.bsky.social
Writer. If you’re a reader, this could be downright symbiotic. http://www.douglasjlane.com
Meet C.T. Robillard. Private eye. Works the streets of Houston just a few years from now. He's about to fall into a tangle of arson, murder, industrial espionage, self-erecting nano-buildings, and more than one brush with death.
Pre-order EMBER SINS starting tomorrow at douglasjlane.com
Pre-order EMBER SINS starting tomorrow at douglasjlane.com
DOUG LANE WRITES
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August 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Meet C.T. Robillard. Private eye. Works the streets of Houston just a few years from now. He's about to fall into a tangle of arson, murder, industrial espionage, self-erecting nano-buildings, and more than one brush with death.
Pre-order EMBER SINS starting tomorrow at douglasjlane.com
Pre-order EMBER SINS starting tomorrow at douglasjlane.com
This evening, I locked down the text of my first novel and the jacket with the printer. Digital and hard copy proofs upcoming. Ordering details to follow.
March 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This evening, I locked down the text of my first novel and the jacket with the printer. Digital and hard copy proofs upcoming. Ordering details to follow.
Venison Shepard’s Pie.
February 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Venison Shepard’s Pie.
Missing the missus. Drinking a Gigantic Boom! Pow! IPA before seeing BIRDMAN (2014) at the Reser with live score by the film’s composer, percussionist Antonio Sanchez - who largely improvised the original score. #notwoalike
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Missing the missus. Drinking a Gigantic Boom! Pow! IPA before seeing BIRDMAN (2014) at the Reser with live score by the film’s composer, percussionist Antonio Sanchez - who largely improvised the original score. #notwoalike
That thing where you finally realize what’s missing from your book’s layout: the Acknowledgment statement! So you thumb through files for the list of alpha readers to properly recognize them all… and realize one of them has since died.
January 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
That thing where you finally realize what’s missing from your book’s layout: the Acknowledgment statement! So you thumb through files for the list of alpha readers to properly recognize them all… and realize one of them has since died.
The debut C.T. Robillard mystery novel EMBER SINS is firming up for a May release; then the second gets dialed in for Q4 2026; and in the interim, submissions and maybe a second story collection. #keepwriting
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The debut C.T. Robillard mystery novel EMBER SINS is firming up for a May release; then the second gets dialed in for Q4 2026; and in the interim, submissions and maybe a second story collection. #keepwriting
Old Man Buster got a clean bill of health from the vet - looking great at 18.75!
January 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Old Man Buster got a clean bill of health from the vet - looking great at 18.75!
Waitin’ on couch time with the people be like…
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Waitin’ on couch time with the people be like…
FREE SAMPLE FRIDAY! If you know where to look, you can check out some work for free and see if I'm your storytelling flavor. For instance, here's an alternate history Hollywood ghost story that got some mileage...
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Daddy, Play That Babalú | The Saturday Evening Post
Lucille Ball’s on-air pregnancy changed television forever, but what if it hadn’t had a happy ending?
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December 7, 2024 at 12:13 AM
FREE SAMPLE FRIDAY! If you know where to look, you can check out some work for free and see if I'm your storytelling flavor. For instance, here's an alternate history Hollywood ghost story that got some mileage...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/01/dadd...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/01/dadd...
December 1: First frost.
December 1, 2024 at 5:49 PM
December 1: First frost.
I stopped this evening for a tally. Since 9/1, seven new or newly polished stories are done (30k words) and final revisions on a novel (81k words) are keyed. This might be my most productive two months in a decade. #keepwriting
November 29, 2024 at 7:43 AM
I stopped this evening for a tally. Since 9/1, seven new or newly polished stories are done (30k words) and final revisions on a novel (81k words) are keyed. This might be my most productive two months in a decade. #keepwriting
Freezer labeling prevents surprises.
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Freezer labeling prevents surprises.
Last Beaverton farm market of the season - Thanksgiving week provision highlights: rainbow chard, mizuna, romanesco, limequats.
November 23, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Last Beaverton farm market of the season - Thanksgiving week provision highlights: rainbow chard, mizuna, romanesco, limequats.
Tomorrow’s queue: final proofing of “The Effect of a Monster Under the Bed on the Traveling Salesman Problem” - 5,700 words it only took 16 years to get right. On and off. #writing
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Tomorrow’s queue: final proofing of “The Effect of a Monster Under the Bed on the Traveling Salesman Problem” - 5,700 words it only took 16 years to get right. On and off. #writing
Life hands you Dungeness…
November 19, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Life hands you Dungeness…
I’m not sure an eight-round decision over a 58 year old who hasn’t had a sanctioned bout in 19 years sends the message to the boxing world Paul was looking for.
November 16, 2024 at 5:37 AM
I’m not sure an eight-round decision over a 58 year old who hasn’t had a sanctioned bout in 19 years sends the message to the boxing world Paul was looking for.
Intentionally poured hard, because poured soft, it resembles motor oil.
November 15, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Intentionally poured hard, because poured soft, it resembles motor oil.
Whatever Became Of… PEANUTS edition.
November 14, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Whatever Became Of… PEANUTS edition.
Keyed revisions for the last 200 pages of the first mystery novel, wrote about 3,000 new words of fiction, and finished John Brunner’s THE SHOCKWAVE RIDER. As writing-productive four-day travel weekends go? 10/10. Would do again.
November 13, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Keyed revisions for the last 200 pages of the first mystery novel, wrote about 3,000 new words of fiction, and finished John Brunner’s THE SHOCKWAVE RIDER. As writing-productive four-day travel weekends go? 10/10. Would do again.
Happened upon a tumbleweed on my walk earlier, following the rules of the road: staying right and slowing for the intersection.
November 11, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Happened upon a tumbleweed on my walk earlier, following the rules of the road: staying right and slowing for the intersection.
Did I miss a Scribner “silver ticket” contest where five lucky readers got to tour @stephenking.bsky.social ‘s candy factory? #printerror
July 29, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Did I miss a Scribner “silver ticket” contest where five lucky readers got to tour @stephenking.bsky.social ‘s candy factory? #printerror
Fresh Blog Tuesday! This week: photography, family history, geometry, and a little event in Cooperstown in 1974. Come and look for…
A Face In The Crowd
[An alignment of dates and events made it opportune to revisit and expand a piece that originally appeared on Facebook in 2020: the day afte...
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July 9, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Fresh Blog Tuesday! This week: photography, family history, geometry, and a little event in Cooperstown in 1974. Come and look for…
I Am the Architect of My Own Demises, or How Spicy Was My Gumbo - a play in one act in which heartburn invades a dream, and the Tums are elusive in the night.
June 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I Am the Architect of My Own Demises, or How Spicy Was My Gumbo - a play in one act in which heartburn invades a dream, and the Tums are elusive in the night.
Through 260 of 430 manuscript pages, de- and re-constructing the first mystery novel while making mental revision notes for the second and rough-drafting the fourth. #allthewords
March 14, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Through 260 of 430 manuscript pages, de- and re-constructing the first mystery novel while making mental revision notes for the second and rough-drafting the fourth. #allthewords
Spirit animals watching over the north side of the office.
January 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Spirit animals watching over the north side of the office.