Danny January: Blog

One of my readers spotted a couple of continuity issues in The Jack Pierce Chronicles. He mentioned two goofs where I'd mentioned something for the first time, for the second time. The Chronicles are over a million words now so it was bound to happen. I'm sure there are others. If you spot a continuity error, or any other error, please send me an e-mail so I can address it.
There are a few errors that are intentional. Here are a few examples.
GPS on Dane's boat - GPS wasn't commercially available at the time and boaters used Loran-C. I used GPS because everyone knows what it is. Does anyone actually remember Loran-C?
Coney Island, by Van Morrison, was used a few years before it was released simply because the song was just too perfect for the situation.
Restaurants - several of the restaurants mentioned weren't around in the early 80s, but some of the restaurants of the early 80s aren't around today. I used current restaurants simply because they're great restaurants and quite a few of my readers have visited Charleston after reading the stories, been to those restaurants and like them as much as I do.
If the location is someplace I think a visitor would like to see, I make sure to keep it real.
Drop me a note. I always answer.

Some chapters are more fun for me to write than others. Chapter 10 was fun. In this chapter, Kim and Jack have a naming contest. After you read the chapter, message me your entry.

We're about a million words into the Jack Pierce Chronicles. Hard to believe.
If you're still reading, you've read about Jack learning a lot, from how to operate a Bobcat, to dancing, playing baseball, boxing, kung fu, and horseback riding. If one of those struck a chord with you, or you had a particularly interesting lesson when you were that age, I'd love to hear about it.

I appreciate the votes, comments and e-mails. It's a great encouragement. I just submitted chapter 6, which has one of my favorite, humorous stories in it.

I've been working on Lean on Me since finishing Tourist Season. Rough draft, re-write, editing, and proofing. Then, before each chapter is posted, I give it a final run-through. Chapter three introduces a new topic but it is one that had been a constant in my life for the last 40 years. Chapter 3 is one of my favorites and I hope you enjoy it as well.