I guess it's time for one of my sporadic updates for my loyal, but abused, readers.
I have several chapters nearly ready to post to update "Whitewater" I'm not quite to the point I want to be in the story to post an update. The story seems to have become longer than I anticipated, but I think that I can see the end of it now. That said, there's a lot of writing yet to be done.
"Blackmail" also has a couple of chapters almost ready to go. I want to put a bit more polish on them, but expect something (probably fairly short) soon.
"God's Forge" is coming along slowly. I'm coming around to the notion of posting this one in serial, too. As with all my longer tales, it's taking far longer to say what I want to say than I expected.
For anyone that cares, I have a few ideas kicking around for more "Powder City" tales. One involves the founding of the town during WWI, hinging around murder and espionage. Another goes way back to the Revolutionary War era and involves Indian attacks on settlers in the trans-Allegheny regions around 1777.
Finally, the most nebulous one is a sci-fi story set around 75 years in the future in the early years of interstellar travel. I don't expect it to be "canon" for the series, more like a possible future, in a nearby parallel universe. We'll see if this one makes it out of the concept stage. I've always wanted to try my hand at space opera. ;-)
Anyhow, that's the current state of affairs. Real life continues to keep me busier than I'd like, but one makes hay whilst the sun shines.
I wish all my readers a great and safe summer. Carpe Diem!