Exciting news: Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale, my debut novel, is now available as an audiobook! Here I am, “directing” David Boyll on Zoom, as he reads and records the Audiobook of my debut novel, Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale, in his home studio. Mostly David directed himself, deftly acting out the …
In the seven-plus years since my first book came out, it has sold dozens of copies! I published it myself, getting a referral from a colleague who had recently done the same — editing the final manuscript myself, hiring a designer for the cover and interior, acquiring reviews, entering contests, placing ads, taming social media, …
I had the idea for Finding George Washington when I was a kid. I used to challenge myself: how would I explain the workings of modern technology to George Washington, if he were suddenly to appear? Did I understand the basics of photography or the internal combustion engine well enough to explain them to someone …
From the beginning, I knew what elements I wanted on the cover of my debut novel, Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale. It’s not an easy story to characterize. Genre: a fine sci-fi blend, with notes of history, baseball saga, and action thriller. But I had lived with it long enough …
Early in the development of my debut novel, Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale, I knew that I wanted to tell the story in the first person, from Tim’s point of view. I wanted to bring General Washington to the present, and I figured that I could show George’s personality and response to the …
Several years ago, as I was still developing the themes and story arc of Finding George Washington, I had lunch with a friend and told him the plot of my debut novel. He listened to my description of the story, which starts with General Washington disappearing from the winter encampment at Valley Forge on a …
We walk through the gate and approach the main house from the northwest. The first impression, across the broad expanse of the Bowling Green, is of a huge, magnificent, white stone mansion, set on a low hill overlooking the Potomac River. My wife and I are excited to visit Mount Vernon. After years of researching …
I’ve always been drawn to the architecture of Independence Hall, site of so much U. S. history—that familiar old, red-brick-white-trim, Georgian-style façade, complete with iconic bell tower, arched windows, embedded clock, and white steeple. The familiarity is enhanced by the fact that dozens of public buildings mimic the look of Independence Hall. Two of these are …
Here’s a Photo Album from a coast-to-coast research trip I took aboard Amtrak’s California Zephyr from California to Chicago, the Lakeshore Limited from Chicago to New York, and a commuter train from New York to Philadelphia.
Video: Random scenes from the California Zephyr. Nothing much happens in this video, but it will give you a good idea of what it’s like to travel on the Zephyr. Excerpts from Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale • “Besides the two locomotives, the California Zephyr consisted of a baggage car, three coach …