I started this blog on August 21, 2012, with the release of my first book, Titan Encounter. Since that time, I’ve updated the website several times and I’m gradually updating the blog format and bringing it into this new journal. Back then, the sole purpose of the blog was to promote my books, but it gradually expanded to new topics. Sometimes I’ve mused about other things that are important to me, such as my family, my farm, rural life, and occasionally about politics and the country. However, I do try to limit politics.
There is something special about the beginning of a new novel. Before the first chapter is written, the world exists only in the imagination. Characters are little more than names and personalities waiting to reveal themselves. Entire civilizations, star systems, and histories are still hidden, waiting to be discovered.
That's where I find myself today.
Read MoreThe first 14 chapters of the novel have been sent to the editor. I’ve written 14 additional chapters and should be working on the climax of the book now. Unless I go crazy with some new subplot Through Many Fires will have 29 chapters and be about 69,500 words long.
Read MoreThrough Many Fires, my third and latest novel, just moved one step closer to release.
I’ve been working with Micah Hansen, the graphic designer who has done all my artwork, since March. He is still working on the back and spine, but yesterday he sent me the cover that you see here.
Read MoreThe old Beatles song, Paperback Writer, keeps running through my mind because Titan Encounter will soon be available in paperback.
Read MoreOften the hardest task for me is deciding the title of a new book.
For nearly a year I’ve been calling my latest writing project TEOTWAWKI “The End Of The World As We Know It.” That was never going to be the final title, but I needed to call it something. I don’t worry about the title of the book until I’m just about done. Well, I’m just about done.
Read MoreHere in Eek, Alaska snow still drifts several feet high and covers the ground as far as one can see. The river is still a frozen trail that zigzags by the village. You can still ice fish up here, but the days are getting longer. However, that doesn’t mean I have enough daylight to get everything done. Each day just seems longer and busier.
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