Thank you all for the kind words in response to the conclusion of American Royalty 1: Coming of Age. The current status of the book is that the rewrite is in my line editor's well-washed hands and she is sifting through the story even as I continue to write more.
I am working on making all my books available for free online reading. I think that as we discover the impact of social distancing, we might all need some extra reading material and not have the cash to feed the hopper of our voracious appetites. All but one story in my backlist is now available here on SOL. I will work on converting that book for my readers here as I continue to write new material, both as Devon Layne (aroslav) and as Nathan Everett (Wayzgoose). The final backlist book is a Young Adult collection of "Once Upon a Times" reminiscent of Grimm's Fairy Tales. The title is Steven George & The Dragon. With luck, you'll see this one start in May.
I have been blocked from continuing my anticipated journey across the south to Arizona and then north to Idaho. RV Parks are not admitting any new travelers, so for the next month, I'll be resident in Pharr, TX, just north of Brownsville. I hope that when April 23 comes around, I'll be able to make a run straight north up I-25 to I-90 and home. I have a doctor's appointment in Seattle on May 12.
I am also revamping my two websites during this down time. Hope you will check them out. They are simply nathaneverett and devonlayne. A few broken links and repairs still to be done.
I found myself humming a new tune while I washed my hands yet again. For years, since my daughter was tiny, we used "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" as our hand-washing song. Suddenly I was humming a different tune and had to figure out where it came from. At first, I thought it was the clock music from the old 1950s TV game show, Beat the Clock. It wasn't. I finally located it as the Jeopardy thinking music. Anyway, another perfect 30 second reminder.
I have been working on a humorous story for aroslav called Adams' Apple, but every time I think up some ridiculous situation for the story, I end up reading it the next day in the news. Turning out to be more satire than humor. Maybe I should try a story called "21 Ways to Cook Toilet Paper" with a special section of "5 Delicious Hand Sanitizer Desserts."
Though I need both bread and eggs, I understand people rushing out to stockpile them so the store shelves are empty. What I don't understand is the store being out of pickles and olives! No olives? What am I going to put in my quarantini?
And this news just in: "In an abundance of caution, both the MLA Handbook and Chicago Manual of Style are re-instituting the 'two spaces between sentences' in solidarity with APA. Please be safe out there."
Be well, my friends. Thank you for your continued support, comments, and email!