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I’ve Got to Get This Book Re-Started!

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Behold! isn’t the end of the Bell Mountain series; but COVID screwed things up, and there are another two books waiting to be published–and half a book waiting to be finished.

Oceans of Time–Kirk DouPonce is busy with the cover art, editors are busy with the text, and I hope and pray it comes out this year in time for Christmas.

Ozias, Prince in Peril–Now we’re going back 2,000 years in Obann’s history to tell the story of King Ozias, King Ryons’ ancestor, who wrote many of the Sacred Songs and was Obann’s last anointed king until Ryons came along. The book has been written, but I have no idea when it’ll be published.

The weather around here, this spring, has been cranky–and there sits Ozias, Prince Enthroned, only half-written, waiting to be finished. So what I have is a bunch of notebook pages outlining the rest of the story. Weather permitting, I would very much like to start writing it tomorrow!

What’s with all this stuff about the weather? Well, I write my books outdoors. It helps me visualize what I’m writing about. And the physical therapy sessions chew up a lot of my writing time. Obstacles! I had to write a Newswithviews column today, and go to the supermarket–so no Ozias today, and only four blog posts. As my mother used to say, that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

I hope I can find the bakery tomorrow.

‘My Books Have a Mission’ (2012)

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Gee, there’s a lot of them…

I admit this post sounds a little pompous, twelve years after it was written. But that’s something that can happen to you when you’re serious about your work.

My Books Have a Mission

I have half a book to write–Ozias, Prince Enthroned–and another lined up after that. And it’s nerve-racking to watch what happens to our culture while I feel like I’m only treading water.

Onward, anyway. Work and pray, and leave the outcome up to God.

‘By Request, From “The Theologian and the Assassin,” (Bell Mountain Chapter 13) (2019)

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Every now and then I remember that this blog was set up to tell people about my books and hopefully sell some of them.

Here’s a sample taken from Chapter 13 of Bell Mountain (Vol. 1), requested by Joshua:

By Request: from ‘The Theologian and the Assassin’ (Bell Mountain Chapter 13)

Ah, Lord Reesh! What a wonderful villain he was.

Anyway, you can read up on the whole Bell Mountain series right here on this blog, and order them via amazon.com or http://www.chalcedon.edu/store  .

No, I Haven’t Forgotten My Book

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Behold! (Bell Mountain, 14)

Book No. 14 of the Bell Mountain series

These past few days I’ve been reading and editing that portion of Ozias, Prince Enthroned that I wrote before the cold weather set in–some 30,000 words of it. I guess this must be the acid test: Do I like it, so far?

I do! I wish I had more of it to read. Before very long, the weather will allow me to start writing the rest of it. Meanwhile, we have two finished books to publish: Oceans of Time and Ozias, Prince in Peril. Kirk DuoPonce is on board to create the covers. And of course there are the 14 that are already in print.

I pray I’ll be ready to take up the tale as soon as weather permits.

 

I’m Back (I Hope)

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Well, I’m back from the doctor’s and I think I know now how my iguana felt when he turned 17.

The doctor thinks I’ve developed arthritis. That would explain how I came to have these problems without first getting injured. He’s going to give me some medicine for it and I’m going to keep on walking as much as I can. Please pray for it to work.

Meanwhile, it’s been a few months since I worked in my current novel. I’ll have to go back and read what I’ve written so far. Ozias has to defend his kingdom from an invasion by the Heathen, and it won’t be easy. There are people around him who can’t be trusted.

So let’s dig up the manuscript and get to work! Kirk DouPonce is on board for the cover art and we’ve already got some good ideas for it.

One of My Books

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Every now and then something reminds me that one of the things I’m supposed to be doing on this blog is to drum up readers for my books. I don’t have any celebrity endorsements, no one’s made any of my books into a movie… so it’s up to me to find readers.

The Temple Vol. 8

Look at that wonderful cover art by Kirk DouPonce–does that say “Pick me up and read me!”, or what?

Come on, now–are you really gonna kiss off barbarian hordes, ancient secrets, and fantastic adventures? And best of all, it’s Christian fantasy–none of those annoying neo-pagan cliches that clutter up most fantasy novels, these days.

Click “Books” on the home page and read all about it.

Coping With the Cold

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Yeah, I know: it looks like I’m doing nothing, just some dawdler sitting outside, smoking a cigar.

I’m supposed to be writing a book, Ozias, Prince Enthroned. It’s the story of Ozias’ first year or two as king of Obann. Cold weather stopped me halfway through. I can’t write fiction indoors, too many distractions; but outside, in January, it’s just too cold, the ink won’t come out of the pen.

So what I’ve been doing is telling the story to myself, conjuring up one episode after another. I now know how the story ends, and several of the more important steps toward getting there. I hope to be ready to start writing them down, once Spring is here. I haven’t worked this way before, but it seems to be bearing fruit.

Meanwhile, two books await publication: Oceans of Time, and Ozias, Prince in Peril. My editor, Susan, has recovered from her illness and is back to work (thank you all for your prayers!). Soon we’ll need a cover by artist Kirk DouPonce. And then another cover. Maybe by then the weather will ease up and I can write down what I’ve envisioned for Prince Enthroned.

I’m looking forward to it.

‘Reviews, Anyone?’ (2020)

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Every now and then it crosses my mind that one of this blog’s original functions was to call attention to my books and hopefully sell a few. Books without readers do no one any good.

Reviews, Anybody?

Reviews by readers are terribly important. Well, to the author they are!

Anyway, it’s been a couple of years since I’ve gotten any reader feedback. I would like to think that someone, in all that time, has dipped into Bell Mountain. Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Oceans of Time (No. 15 in the series) will be published, bringing King Ryons and his people to a natural resting-point. From there we’ll be going backward in time to King Ozias’ days.

Any thoughts, anybody?

‘Yes, the Culture Really Does Matter (2015)’ (2019)

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True, it’s only a novel; but there are thousands of them.

I post this now and then because it keeps on being true–and our (ahem!) “conservatives” act like culture doesn’t matter. Which is why they don’t matter, either.

‘Yes, the Culture Really Does Matter’ (2015)

No, Ms/Mr Conservative–you can’t just keep on debasing the culture without it turning around and swallowing you whole. If there’s one thing that history really does teach us, it’s that states, countries, cultures, and whole civilizations are distressingly mortal. They can die. They can destroy themselves.

And it always starts with culture rot.

A Christmas Present from Brazil

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Here we have Ellayne descending into “the Cellar Beneath the Cellar” in Old Obann (Book 2 of my Bell Mountain series)–drawn so beautifully by our friend Katheleen, in Brazil. I couldn’t figure out how to move it to this blog, but Patty successfully jumped the technological hurdles, as you can see.

Not to stoop to commercialism, but every writer wants his work to be read and I’m no exception to that rule. I’m so happy my stories have inspired this girl’s artwork. I think she’s 15 now, and getting better at it all the time. I really like this picture!