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Writing and publishing projects:

King of Spades

TRAITOR'S WALK. My Civil War mystery-thriller novel (historical rather than SF). This project, by the way, has its roots in a military science paper on the Battle of Gettysburg I was flunked on back in military school. I'm wading through mountains of research right now and taking names.

Robert E. Lee got the nickname beneath the photo from the men he had digging in at various sites before he became the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Other nicknames: Granny and Evacuation Lee. A note from the grunt's wit department: The soldiers in the Army of Northern Virgina used to refer to themselves as "Lee's Miserables."

Did you know the last Confederate general to surrender was Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, a Cherokee chief who commanded a battalion of Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, and Osages who all fought for the south? Please, folks, no letters about saving your Confederate wampum.

Approach to Black Mountain

TURNING THE GRAIN
10/11/08

Ice age time travel novel intended to be the first of a series following the adventures of Gordon Redcliff and the Black Mountain people into the future they were never supposed to have. So excited by this project I wanted to get right into the second novel of the series, but practicalities . . . Oh, like other project deadlines, getting a publisher to publish the Redcliff series, sealing my driveway before winter sets in, and so on.

Awaiting Stanley Schmidt's decision on publishing a shortened version of Turning The Grain in Analog.

THE SWAP. Ghost story promised to an anthology. What if you really need a vacation but don't have either the money or the days off from your job? What about trading jobs for a few weeks with someone who works in the spot you want to visit? Well, you still have to work, but you have weekends and nights free to explore. That you'd be filling in for a ghost and the ghost would be filling in for you is just something that needs to be worked out.

Finally I get to use all that research I did on Carlsbad Caverns and murder by stealth. Completed and sent off.

The Write Stuff

THE WRITE STUFF. The online seminar in book form. I've gotten good feedback from Stanley Schmidt at Analog and Gordon Van Gelder at F&SF, as well as from my original crop of writers. Manuscript awaiting revisions.

The online writing seminar is still available for those interested in career writing and who don't tremble before a big challenge. Instead of sending in for the free intro, it's now a page in the Webmansion. Hit the Icon and and read "Writing: A Mug's Game."

DARK CORNERS. This is a collection of my very best short stories, including such notables as "Chimaera," "The Calling of Andy Rain," and "The Death Addict." It was yet one more unfortunate foray into the world of electronic publishing which crisped its circuits. The agent has the manuscript and is looking for a print publisher.