Current Projects

I am currently working on the second book in ‘The Summer Set ’ series. The working title is ‘ The Arrivalist ’. Readers will understand the title’s meaning in the opening chapter. ‘The Arrivalist ’ is a darker story than its predecessor. Mike, Jo, Karen and Chumbucket return as a set – but if ‘The Summer Set ’ was a Song of Innocence, ‘The Arrivalist ’ is a Song of Experience.

The mood, tone and setting will have changed dramatically from the placid 1950′s. The military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned against in his farewell speech will have come to fruition in a future not too distant from our present day. An old friend (Grease) propels the intrepid foursome into the 21st century where they must confront their own futures and past, and survive their present to complete their mission.

I am outlining and fleshing in two other projects – a horse racing story set against the desert southwest and the story of a merchant seaman helping the revolutionary cause in colonial America.

Other ideas bouncing around in my head are novellas set in Pompeii’s early Christian era and that of a peculiar female student who enrolls in a seaside town’s high school.

I will post excerpts as the projects near publication or I particularly like a scene and want to share it with my readers.

Material Concerns

Recently I pulled out my dream notebooks after several years of neglect. I still get a lot of inspiration from my dreams, but I find that all too often the intrusions of waking life keep me from retrieving the power and wisdom dreams have to offer.