A Wrinkle in Time

I'm re-reading A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle; it's the 50th anniversary of the publication! In many ways the story still holds up and L'Engle, with their traveling to Orien's Belt and beyond, certainly was ahead of her time. It precedes Remote Viewing in many ways.

Her creation of the 'indigo' children of Meg and Calvin and Charles Wallace is delightful to watch develop. They are different from my characters (Andy, Roger, and Miranda) in their cultural setting, but their essence and their complete openness to new ideas are very similar.

Some of my favorite lines so far:

"I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be."

"What's a megaparsec?" Calvin asked.

"One of father's nicknames for me," Meg said. "It's also 3.26 million light years."

KUDOS to The Schoolhouse in Vermont!

I read in "Publishers Weekly" about Mark Stein, a teacher at The Schoolhouse in S. Burlington, Vermont. He was incorporating a local bookstore in with his Reading/English class, using the phone to talk to the owner about books and genre and classifying them and simply engaging his class in the interaction of a local business.

I was so impressed, I sent them a copy of IN THE NICK OF TIME. Enjoy!

My New Kickstarter Project

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/454459234/time-travel-and-literacy?ref=live

I started a new project in the hopes of promoting literacy and awareness. Please give it a look!

Both of my novels IN THE NICK OF TIME and THE TIME OF HIS LIFE are now on Smashwords.com for any type of Electronic device.

Some great blogs for Readers.

I found a great new blog: http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/ devoted to books and characters and great book reviews as well. Mostly children's books too, I might add, YA and MG.

There is also another blog online devoted mainly to Time Travel novels, and I like her enthusiasm and excitement when she discusses them. Try http://timetraveltimestwo.wordpress.com/

Thank you!

J. Lee Graham

New Upload Opportunities for IN THE NICK OF TIME!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/117044

IN THE NICK OF TIME, the first of the time travel books about Andy Mackpeace, is now available to upload for the various electronic devices. Amazon can get you into your Kindle, but now you can use Smashwords for Nook, etc. It's a great website and the price of the book is the same as for Kindle.

I'm working on getting the second book THE TIME OF HIS LIFE also ready for the other uploads. Right now, that is available on Kindle too.

Of course, the paper versions of both novels are always available.

Peace,

J. Lee Graham

Winter Solstice

Happy Solstice Everyone!

I always wonder how Andy, Roger, and Miranda celebrate or what they think about during this day. I would like to think all three of them embrace the ritual of it: at least Andy would have been taught something by his Grandmother Geri about this day. He might have even shared that with Roger and Miranda.

Fun to think about.

Some people go out into the woods at sunset, walk through the snow until they are deep into the forest and there light a candle. They stand in a circle and greet the new Light, the new awareness of the light within all of us and the ability to use that light throughout the new year.

I'd like to hope Andy, Miranda and Roger do that in the woods in New Hampshire.

Happy Solstice Everybody!

Another terrific comment from a fan. Mahalo!

‎"I am pleased to support this project. These books are compelling and heartfelt with a strong message of strength, caliber and dignity. A valuable asset for young people. I want to see more books from this author!"

This was a comment submitted by one donor to my Kickstarter project. Thank you Adam!

My novels IN THE NICK OF TIME and THE TIME OF HIS LIFE are both now available on Kindle and Amazon.com