Works in Progress
Updated: 1 February 2025
In a Place Called Painted Post
In a Place Called Painted Post: A Ryland Creek Story, has begun in earnest. I’m co-authoring this book with Shanne Bowie, who inspired the concept, and the very talented local artist, Lee O’Connell, who will be illustrating this work. We have a deadline of August 2025, when this book heads to world’s greatest copy editor, Joyce Mochrie, for editing.
This story will be seen from the raccoon’s perspective. It takes place around the time of An Exceptional Hound (mid-1980s) and involves some of the characters from Exceptional's storyline, too.
Estimated publication date: Fall 2025.
In a Place Called Painted Post: A Ryland Creek Story, has begun in earnest. I’m co-authoring this book with Shanne Bowie, who inspired the concept, and the very talented local artist, Lee O’Connell, who will be illustrating this work. We have a deadline of August 2025, when this book heads to world’s greatest copy editor, Joyce Mochrie, for editing.
This story will be seen from the raccoon’s perspective. It takes place around the time of An Exceptional Hound (mid-1980s) and involves some of the characters from Exceptional's storyline, too.
Estimated publication date: Fall 2025.
Return to Ryland Creek
Heretofore unannounced, Return to Ryland Creek: Book V of the Ryland Creek Saga is well underway. After a prequel novel (The Forest Ghost) and a companion novel (The Time of the Backroads), the Ryland Creek saga, well, returns to the Ernst family, as we pick up their story in modern times (2023). The draft of novel already stands at 50K+ words, and there’s so much more to tell. (Think ‘halfway point.’)
My beta readers have already completed seven chapters of this story, and I owe them another one soon!
Estimated publication date: Spring 2026.
Heretofore unannounced, Return to Ryland Creek: Book V of the Ryland Creek Saga is well underway. After a prequel novel (The Forest Ghost) and a companion novel (The Time of the Backroads), the Ryland Creek saga, well, returns to the Ernst family, as we pick up their story in modern times (2023). The draft of novel already stands at 50K+ words, and there’s so much more to tell. (Think ‘halfway point.’)
My beta readers have already completed seven chapters of this story, and I owe them another one soon!
Estimated publication date: Spring 2026.