My Muses and Writing

This site is all about my storytelling and how I let my mind wander

In November of 2019 I was challenged to write a book. I did. Some folks found it interesting. So I kept writing for good or bad. I have created some universes; some in space; some here on good old earth; and some in a fantasy world. There are several real people that I have referenced. I think I have tried to do a good job of painting them as good real people. The rest of the characters have come from my imagination. I have used a few of my relatives and friends names, but I ask first and some found it funny, but okay.

I have used the Royal Family in the UK. What I have seen I like them in general, so the stories they are in are positive and I think adds a little real world tie. The Queen and now King Charles. William, Kate, and their kids add a touch of connection. A few others are referred to but only in passing. I see these people as hard working people that try to do right. They were born into the job. They have two choices in life. Do the job until death or quit. Not many have taken the second choice.

I mentioned the coach at Duke without giving his name. It was his role in the lives of many that I tried to show. Again always in the positive.

I am putting up this website so anyone so inclined can explore the various books and series I have set my muse toward. I am still working on the craft of writing and know I have to work on my editing. I am not doing this as a career but a hobby. I will try to mark each book published, where and the format.

Stories about Space

The first series was about Porter and Mary Kate. ( 7 books) A young couple that were very smart and had been in competition with each other since diapers. Their saga is several books long and was my first attempt back in writing.

All of the books are on Kindle books. They all still need a little editing and will get around to them slowly.

Camp Crash

To Be A Starship Commander

To Be a Doctor

To Design a Starship

To Build a Starship

To Be a Minstrel

To Be a Senator

I have written two standalone books about space and space academies,(2 books finished I have mapped out 10 more in the same universes in the works I am planning on them being associated standalone novels) I found them interesting in a Hornblower kind of way but not exactly.

Space Maid Universe

Space Maid

Space Maid is on Kindle unlimited in ebook. I am editing the author’s proof and as soon as I get through the editing a paperback version available.

Rocket Universe

Rocket’s Story

Rocket’s Story is on Kindle unlimited in ebook. I am editing the author’s proof and as soon as I get through the editing a paperback version available.

Megan (under construction)

A Ship Named Series

A Ship Named Daisy (under construction)

Mary Carson becomes a Galaxy Internal Investigative Agent. Daisy is built and they fight crime. Mary marries Jeff and the two of them and Daisy fight crime all over the galaxy.

A Ship Named Lily (under construction)

Mary and Jeff build Pansy which is a inter galactic ship and travel to the next galaxy put Lily and Orchid in the shuttle bays and head to the next galaxy.

A Ship Named Orchid (In Design)

Mary, Jeff, and little Samantha return to Duncan’s Eden

A Ship Named Red Rose(In Design)

Roger and Kathleen who become agents and help Mary and Jeff

A Ship Named Pansy(In Design)

Mary and Jeff’s children growing up on Eden.

The second series is about a young lady who wanted to archeologist and solve crimes in that arena. (currently 13 finished or near finished books) It was more books and I have nearly finished several spin-offs in the same universe which might wind up being mini series of their own.

Rover Universe

The ROVER series through Battalion are on Kindle unlimited. They are ebook only but the paper back will come on line as I edit books. Be patient this is hobby not a job.

Becoming A Rover

Adventure

Flight

Couples

Heritage

Plants

Fleet

Going Mobile

New Beginnings

The Battalion

Also in the ROVER Universe

Journey Series

Journey Across the Land

Journey into the Canyons (under construction)

Henry and LW’s Children stories

All the children stories Henry and LW wrote about the horses, planes, trucks.

The Rocks Stories

Short stories about the different Rocks that were found

Clover Series

Cyber PI (under construction)

Goals (under construction)

Clover Command Shannon (Under construction)

Condor Series

Around the World (In editing)

On Station (under construction)

To the Moon (under construction)

Faster than Light (under construction)

Next Star(under construction)

In Broad Daylight Series

This series is about a couple of tall kids that loved to play basketball but were very smart. (currently 5 books finished or nearly finished and 3 in the works) I have had one spinoff two book series and have three more mapped out.

The three book series is on Kindle unlimited in ebook. I am editing the author’s proof and as soon as I get through the editing each will have a paperback version available.

Too Tall

Megan was tall, she loved to run and play basketball, but build and tinker on her robot Mickey. They moved to Knoxville and the first day met Hank. He was too old and she was too young. This is their story growing up and starting college.

To Hide

The folks wanted what Mickey was and Megan and Hank were in a war with people trying to steal all the ideas Megan had developed. At Harvard, at Oxford, on the road traveling.

To Work

They kept fighting the organizations that wanted their ideas, knowledge and Mickey. The Queen recognized them for what they did and everything shifted to the UK.

Now series

Not Now

Not Now is on Kindle unlimited in ebook. I am editing the author’s proof and as soon as I get through the editing a paperback version available.

Now (In Edit still have 6 chapters to finish so have patience. The story changes a little with the Passing of Queen Elizabeth. If you read Not Now you understand. She (as a fictional character in the story) follows our young couple. I want to finish the book, but cover King Charles (as a fictional character in the story) coming to the throne)

Fantasy Novels

The Magic Tome

Kat can feel something she is not sure what it is but it is out there. As an only child, her mom’s death, her dad the Count not interested in remarrying. She has to fight to be declared the heir to her dad’s title. But came feel whatever is calling her, somewhere in the state of Somer.

Sam and Smoky

The story of the Boy Sam and his Dragon Smoky and their bond, then two more dragons Baby and Ruby, two girls and three giant Mountain cats. They became the ambassadors for the Queen Dragon.

The Hidden Wizard

His parents were killed by a Duke, they told him to hide until it was safe. This is his story of survival, friendship, and fights against the not so nice people.

The Young Wizard

I have tried my hand at fantasy and a wizard world. (1 book) It is working and nearly finished.

Am I a Wizard? Book 1 in the Am I a Wizard Series (In Edit)

Leo goes to find out if he is a wizard. spoiler he is.

Unlocked Book 2 in the Am I a Wizard Series

Liz (Leo’s little sister) has new powers passed from her 5 greats Grandmother

Hiding Book 3 in the Am I a Wizard Series

Lisa(Leo’s girl friend) has powers but her parents had to keep them a secret for her safety.

Music Universe

Another book is about a kid and his guitar. the music he writes and the friends he makes. (nearly finished 1 book) It is coming to a conclusion not as long as some of the others, but still in the 2/3 the range of the Harry Potter books in word count.

Six Strings and a Pick (in Edit)

The story about Bobby, his guitar, and his songwriting ability and where it takes him.

Can You Rock (in Design)

Garage Rock band of 5 young men in the 1960s and where their lives went

The Chicago Session (In Design)

With a huge Irish community in Chicago, this is the story of a bunch of 2nd and 3rd generation Irish and their music in the sixties. (There is a tie-in with The Five Iron in the Young Men, the Draft, and War

Young Men, the Draft, and the War

I have a series I am working on that has me doing a lot of studying. It is about Young men who are caught up in the draft and the War in Vietnam. They each have their own story and find their direction in life. The series for the most part revolve around they like to play golf. Like I said in the beginning it is a writing journey that I am still working on.

The Putt (In Edit)

Is about golf, engineering, architecture, and the being part of the Army Corp of Engineers and a reserve Army Officer.

The Chip (In Edit)

Is about golf, the evolution of the chip in electronics in the 1960s and 70s, and a Marine Sargent as an aid to the Commandant.

The Driver (Under Construction)

Is about golf,the early development of software, languages, and business applications, then being in the Army, but not on the front lines.

The Three Wood (Under Construction)

Is about golf, the intelligence world as a Naval officer, but they effects of friends killed in Vietnam, a brother who came back messed up. And dealing with all the problems that families faced during that time.

The Five Iron (Under Construction)

Is about love, cancer, golf, the research in the Air Force and the problems that were faced daily in the service.

The Green (house) (Under Construction)

The first book in the series that the main character didn’t play golf, but had a hydroponic greenhouse that he took over when his dad who was a world war II veteran died. Then is mom from cancer. And because he was raising is two younger sisters got a hardship deferment to take care of them. He had friends who served and came home with problems. And worked with others that came home with issues.

Storm Girl Series

To keep from being bored Elizabeth Angela Grimes aka Angie joins a communication club at school and becomes a student disc jockey that loves to study the weather. This series of the initial three books is about her and the weather.

Weather

On the Air Book 1 of the Storm Girl series(In Edit)

is about her getting into the weather, the disc jockey, finding her soul mate with a few problems thrown in the mix.

In the Air Book 2 of the Storm Girl series(In Edit)

Angie learns to fly and is going to UIUC in Physics and her dorm floor becomes the Valkies again with a few problem thrown in the mix.

About the Air Book 3 of the Storm Girl series(In Edit)

About her and Kenny’s time at Oxford, Cambridge, the CIA/FBI Academies and getting married.

The follow on books to this series will be about

Crime

Angie adds a group of ex-FBI agents who specialize in modeling and defining patterns in crimes

In the cloud Book 1 in the Storm Girl Crime Series (In Design)

Katie and crowd work to understand and follow the Phoenix rising of the Committee and Organization

In the crowd Book 2 in the Storm Girl Crime Series (In Design)

The Crime team is scattered out in search of the source of the Phoenix group. the Group has gone deep under the rocks they crawled out from.

In the Lab Book 3 in the the Storm Girl Crime Series (In Design)

The new tools the team is developing is moving the FBI, CIA, Interpol and other further down the road in finding the members of Phoenix.

Military

The Military team lead my Major Ned Weaver is working weather, but many other small projects to help protect our nation.

Finding Ghosts Book 1 in the the Storm Girl Military Series (In Design)

The Russians have a method of stealth weapons the NORAD is having trouble finding especially in weather conditions. The team of smart kids and the Air Force weather team have to solve the problem

Seeing Shadows Book 2 in the the Storm Girl Military Series (In Design)

A couple of middle eastern groups have developed a sub that is not detectable. With the help of Navy Seals and new sensors in the weather buoys the team is able to detect the sub and works to take it down.

Listening Noises Book 3 in the the Storm Girl Military Series (In Design)

Sometimes things get hidden in the noise. The Military team knows it is there, they just have to clear the noise.

Other Ideas I am playing with

I have four others about younger people and their lives around middle school age range. (4 books in the works) I am working on the total story and staying in the language range for that age group.

I have outlined books for several of the supporting characters in the different series. If I write 6 hours a day, I expect I have enough outlined for about three years of writing.

As an example, in the ROVER series the children books that Henry and LW wrote I outlined stories. In the Journey series, Sarah’s backstory and her growing up until she meets Josh, the stories mentioned about the rocks, I have outlined. They will require a good deal of anthropology, archeology, and geophysics study to write them with a good base so several years.

In the In Broad Daylight series, there are several characters I have written pages of backstory for that may turn into their own stories, I expect Robert, Opal and her tea shop, Hampton, maybe a station alone series about the spares who became not spares.

There are around 25 books published on Kindle E-books. I expect I will have another 6 out there by some time in the near future. (I have slipped a little, grand kids and golf got me unfocused, a round of covid, etc.) . I have not turned on many of the paperback versions. I am still going through a bunch of editing. I probably won’t get them perfect but I am enjoying the writing the stories where the editing is too much like work.