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The writing on Book 5 has just topped 64,000 words. Not sure what the final word count will be but probably over 100,000 again. Not satisfied with a title yet. It was originally meant to be called Vysse: Bestmartin, but I found that I’m writing more about Iskandar Prime than Vysse. Vysse does play aContinue reading “Update on Book 5 of Raven of Iskandar”

Book 5 is under development and rapidly moving along. So it’s time to catch up or join the fun. The team has been through assassination, revolution and even pig-hurling (?) and sometimes even plays a match! The Champions, Iskandar Prime, will be back in action in the new season coming up in Book 5. TheContinue reading “Kindle Book Giveaway — July 4-5-6”

Due to the way my day job figures out vacation time, I usually take the week of July 4th off. So, I’m currently on vacation. Even on vacation I make it a point to get my walking in. Someday I may ‘graduate’ to running. HR at my day job had a one-week program to promoteContinue reading “Vacation, Walking and Plants and Words”

Maybe I do have a knack for finding the bizarre. This is a link to some discussion (and bizarre humor) about the grave of a porpoise found in the ruins of a monastery found on one of the smallest channel islands. The Youtube channel is called ‘Ask a Mortician’ and hosted by Caitlin, who, whenContinue reading “The Grave of the Secret Porpoise”

Now that things are beginning to return to normal, I think back to what I saw right at the beginning of the lockdown. My day job was considered to be a critical business (putting us on the level of a grocery store), so work continued. The first workday after the lockdown, I drove over aContinue reading “Covid-19, Target: Earth, Coming Attraction”