Where To Go From Here

My first box of books arrived, typically a milestone best shared with the world on social media. I honestly can't see why anyone would want to see someone else open a box of their own things. So I retreated to this very exclusive corner of the internet to share the bits and pieces of my writing life that might be of interest.

The sequel, as our inimitable president likes to say, is a concept of an idea. Gone To Ground is largely a series of set pieces - dam break, Jones making threats, a riot, Javier's field trip to the 28th floor. I enjoyed writing them. And I may have been too generous with these, arguably, outlandish scoops of narrative ice cream in the bowl. The story moves along mostly on account of the action that resides within each chapter. There are multiple POVs which can be confusing. Readers want a "fictive dream," not a cognitive test.

Having had the chance to reflect and read some really great books (in the middle of Sparrow and Peacock by IS Berry and gobsmacked), and the best writers hew toward character and less toward plot to make the most memorable stories. Javier is coming back with a degree in finance and a job as an analyst. Betzaida comes back and has to reckon with her past when one of her friends from the Shoe is found dead.

It's a financial thriller that takes a look at the commodification of water along the Colorado River. Drop me a comment if you have any questions.