The Book is Now Available to All

Okay,  It's official now!  My first book, "The Peaks at the Edge of the World Trilogy"  (actually it's 3 books in one)  is now available for all media.  This includes Paperback--which can be ordered from Amazon.com or Create-Space.  It can also be downloaded for Kindle, Nook, I-Pad, etc.

It is a spiritual odyssey set in the future.  What is the world like 1000 years from now?  What is religion like? Is Christianity obsolete?  Books and written language have become obsolete--ironically I write about a time when writing is obsolete.

Has truth gone the way of relativism?   "When the Son of Man returns, will he find faith on the Earth?"

This book is one person's ideas on this topic, one possible scenario.

And now I'm working on the sequel, "When the World Grows Cold"

Why is the world such a mess?

I've been in a great Bible study by Priscilla Shirer on Jonah, A Life Interrupted. It hits so many areas of my life, and I think the Lord is using it to help me take stock and realize what he has done in my life so far--in spite of my mistakes and lack of faith at times! One line she had yesterday really summed a lot up for me: "Sometimes your message is in your mess!" In other words, the Lord uses good and bad (even if sometimes the bad is our own fault) to get our attention--and help spread His Good News anyway. (I think of St. Paul in prison...)

He has certainly gotten my attention lately, How about any of you?

Thoughts on Sci-fy

Sorry it's been so long since my last blog.  Too much going on at our house.  Looking forward to the Peaks Trilogy being out on Nook and Smashwords in May, though.

Recently I read a book called "The Science in Science Fiction" by Peter Nichols.  Very interesting, as it was written in 1983, so some things that were 'fiction' then are 'fact' now.  And some things that none of us had even imagined are now science fact!  Still, I liked the following quote:

"Science fiction and fantasy help us to form and populate our imaginary worlds, and it is not really so surprising that their content occasionally diffuses into our more fanciful interpretations of reality."

For me lately, the fantasy has provided a helpful escape from reality!

Free Promo of KindleEdition

This is the last chance (for awhile) to get a free copy of Part 3 of "The Peaks Trilogy"  next Saturday, 2/23.  Then I'll be working on getting onto other media--like Nook!

Looking Toward the Sequel

Well, the Trilogy that was always my dream is finally out in "real print' as well as e-books.  It is available from Amazon.com or Create Space.  Title is "The Peaks at the Edge of the World"

I've had lots of constructive and helpful comments on the book already, and want to thank all who have contributed to them.

Now I am in the proof-draft of the sequel that I had never envisioned--it just came off the pen, so to speak.  I had always toyed with the idea of incorporating the Millennium (see Revelation) into the story, but wasn't sure exactly how it would work.   The idea has 'evolved' over the past 30 years.

Pre- post- or a-millennialist--whatever you are--I think you'll find I've put a unique twist on it.  Of course, it's fiction, but it's so much fun to play with ideas...

You know, there is a lot of overlap for a writer, as imagination flows over into past experiences, and back again.  I had forgotten what a joy--and a challenge--fiction writing can be.  For the 20 years we were away from Montana (in Michigan) I was totally engaged in non-fiction.  It's nice to be back to the 'realms of wonder what-if...'

One More Chance!

Well, since the world is still here, you can have one more chance to get Part 3 of "The Peaks Trilogy" for free, for Kindle.

Join Martina and Jon, along with their families as they struggle through a spiritual odyssey set in the distant future.  

Look at religion from a completely different point of view.

Don't have a Kindle?  You can get the complete trilogy in one paperback on Amazon.com!

We Made It!

Well, here it is 2013--sometimes I wondered if we would make it this far.  Between all the talk about the Mayan calendar and the Fiscal Cliff, it makes one wonder.

Still, as I look out at the mountains around me here in northwest Montana's Flathead Valley, they seem to just stand there with some secret knowledge of their own.

I wrote most of my first two books in their shadows--way back in the early 80's.  Then I didn't touch them for 19 years, while we lived on the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan.

Michigan had its own special qualities--and now memories--but no call of the mountains.

It took coming back here to resume working on "The Peaks at the Edge of the World."

I felt a sense of urgency to get it out before the end of 2012--and it is--on Kindle--and as a paperback on Create Space.  Both are currently only available from Amazon.com--or thru me.

Now that 2013 is here, I wonder, what next?  I have drafts of a sequel, and for some reason (probably having to do with the long winters here), it is called "When the World Grows Cold."

But there is more to it than that.  I sense the world growing cold toward the Lord--and his people.  Where is this world headed?

Well, only time will tell.!  So here's to the New Year...