Peter and the Starcatchers

I was in NYC this weekend and saw the plays "Peter and the Starcatchers" and "War Horse" both based on children's novels. Both were wonderful and powerful and the magic of theater shone. I recommend them both. Maybe I'll be able to say the same for a future production of IN THE NICK OF TIME?

"Pity the child who lives in a fact-based world."

Time Travel Mart

Recently, I saw that children's author Mac Barnett is the founder of Time Travel Mart (1714 W. Sunset Blvd, Echo Park, Ca. 90026). It is part of 826 LA, a non-profit writing and tutoring center for Middle Grades and Young Adults.

I loved the idea: it's a convenience store for time travelers. Their slogan reads: "Whenever you are, we're already then."

I hope to be able to send the Center both copies of my novels: IN THE NICK OF TIME and THE TIME OF HIS LIFE to 'help' future time travelers with their journeys.

Mac Barnett, by the way, will be in Decatur, GA soon at The Little Shop of Stories.

Kudos to Mac!

Some nice comments

A 'fan' commented to me after reading THE TIME OF HIS LIFE saying how much she enjoyed the book (she had read the first book IN THE NICK OF TIME) and went on to say, and I quote:

"So this is my favorite part of the book: I absolutely loved the part where the father told about his past history and hitting the kid while driving drunk. Such a great story about second chances and a great dad/son moment."

Both of my novels are now available for e-readers on Smashwords and of course, the book forms can be found on Createspace. (The first novel is also available at iUniverse.com)

I am busy at work researching the third in my Andy Mackpeace time travel novels.

The creating is at times, the best part. Devising plot twists, wondering how Andy will work his way out of a new dilemma, and on and on.

Here's to creativity!

More Wrinkles

The book, A WRINKLE IN TIME, written in 1962, seems very ahead of its time. Apparently, L'Engle had studied the quantum physics connected to Einstein, Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg while she lived in rural Connecticut after leaving a life on the Broadway Stage. The readings inspired the novel and all the others after it.

I found one quote from the book which I loved:

"We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. but the things which are not seen are eternal."

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.