The D-Day 70th Anniversary Edition

The D-Day 70th Anniversary Edition of The Juno Letters is now available in all the e-outlets and Print-on-Demand. This is Book 1 of the series; Book 2, Cross of Fire, is going live by week's end. I have the copyright registered and received the Library of Congress number today so I can publish. There are always little thing that hold up completion - tomorrow I have to be out of town all day, so looks like Friday is publishing day.

Publishing Cross of Fire

The agonizing is finally over - the editing done (at least until someone finds another typo!). Cross of Fire is available online for free in iBook ePub format and PDF for a limited time while I complete the process of publishing. I hope to have the newest of The Juno Letters books on Amazon by November 12 and through SMASHWORDS to all electronic outlets by November 15. The Print-on-Demand version is expected by November 20. Cross of Fire was more difficult, mainly in carving down the story to fit within a realistic context. I hope you like the characters, and the story keeps getting a little darker with each new entry in the series. The next in the series, Ariele, will tear back the lid even more on the corruption of the French Holocaust... I hope to have it available by March, 2014. Download a free version for a limtied time at The Juno Letters - click on the CROSS OF FIRE icon.

Cross of Fire - Manuscript Completed

I have finished Cross of Fire (once titled The Money Train) and put the prerelease version out for comments and edits to a select list. Even though I have spent the past month editing, there are ALWAYS some things that slip by - speling erors, missing words that when read fill the blanks, and minor ædjustmënts that need to be mayde. I hope to be able to publish by mid-month. I am also waiting for permission to use one of several photos on the back cover.

Bonjour - Je m'appelle The Juno Letters

I just sent a shipment of The Juno Letters Print Edition to the museum bookstore on Juno Beach - The Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer. It will be on the shelves for the 70th D-Day Anniversay next June. Too cool!

Twitter in the age of Unsocial Media

My Twitter account has been the object of repeated hacker attacks this past month. I have reset my password several times to try and stop it, but I am concerned that this technology is so poorly implemented that it make represent more of a threat than an asset to my book promotions. If it continues I am going to probably drop Twitter altogether.

The Juno Letters on sale at The Juno Beach Center soon

I am pleased to report that I have just received a purchase order for The Juno Letters from The Juno Beach Centre, the Canadian museum honoring the soldiers who invaded Juno Beach on D-Day. I visited the Center last year at this time. It is in the commune of Courseulles-sur-Mer, one of the most delightful places you can visit on the Normandy coast. It also is the location of the climax of The Juno Letters. If you visit Normandy, please stop by The Juno Beach Centre and Courseulles - you will remember your stay always.

The Cross of Fire - First Draft

Draft 1 of Cross of Fire is completed. When you begin to carefully analyze such things as character development, timing, cadence, and continuity often some important truths appear - like the one that says its time to rethink the whole thing! This happenned with this book.

What I realized is that the three stories I have written and planned are really a series - The Juno Letters (book 1), Ariele (book 3), and this one... Cross of Fire. Why you ask? - you have to read it to find out.

I made a minor change in The Juno Letters to set up its Cross of Fire context, but it is one that no one will notice who already read the book. When all three books are completed, they will be republished as a series.

I have redesigned the prerelease cover for Ariele and have posted the prerelease cover for Cross of Fire. When the final draft is completed I will commission the cover artwork from my designer.