FUTURE PROJECTS
Books and things I'm working on these days
I'm flat out in 2024 on two projects for my little HARBORTOWN PRESS, Robert Squier and I have been hired by the Bunker Hill Monument Association in Boston to create a sequel to PORTSMOUTH TIME MACHINE, our graphic history adventure. We plan to have the colorful work available early in 2025 in time for the 200th anniversary of the day the Marquis de Lafayette blessed the cornerstone at the iconic obelisk in Charlestown, Massachuisetts.
I'm also taking a second shot at fiction. My sequel to POINT OF GRAVES should be ready in time for your holiday gift buying. Levi Woodbury and Claire Caswell take on another "history mystery" in LUCY''s VOICE. The story whirls around the controversial engagement between Lucy Hale of Dover, NH and John Wilkes Booth.
My 1623 book is now available in hardcover.
Don't tell anyone, but I'm also experimenting with ATTICUS software to see if, as promised, we writers can move seamlessly from manuscript to print0on-demand. My test project is one I came up with decades ago, but was impossible without these new tech tools. THE BEDSIDE BREWSTER (Volume 1) will be an abridged and annotated version of RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH by 19th century newspaper columnist Charles W. Brewster.
On the table also is a revised edition of one of my favorites, UNDER THE ISLES OF SHOALS. We're either going with a regional publisher for the reprint or testing the color print capacity of Print on demand presses. But first we need to find a small group of smonsors to underwrite the updated history of Smuttynose Island and the incredible five-year archaeological dig on the most verdant of the islands with artifacts dating back 6,000 years.
Last but definitely not least, I'll keep you posted on plans to fade out SeacoastNH.com and replace my elderly website with a brand new seacoast history website. I expect to adapt at least 1,000 of my published articles into a modern, attractive, lively website rich with content and up-to-date on local history and historic sites.
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I'm also taking a second shot at fiction. My sequel to POINT OF GRAVES should be ready in time for your holiday gift buying. Levi Woodbury and Claire Caswell take on another "history mystery" in LUCY''s VOICE. The story whirls around the controversial engagement between Lucy Hale of Dover, NH and John Wilkes Booth.
My 1623 book is now available in hardcover.
Don't tell anyone, but I'm also experimenting with ATTICUS software to see if, as promised, we writers can move seamlessly from manuscript to print0on-demand. My test project is one I came up with decades ago, but was impossible without these new tech tools. THE BEDSIDE BREWSTER (Volume 1) will be an abridged and annotated version of RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH by 19th century newspaper columnist Charles W. Brewster.
On the table also is a revised edition of one of my favorites, UNDER THE ISLES OF SHOALS. We're either going with a regional publisher for the reprint or testing the color print capacity of Print on demand presses. But first we need to find a small group of smonsors to underwrite the updated history of Smuttynose Island and the incredible five-year archaeological dig on the most verdant of the islands with artifacts dating back 6,000 years.
Last but definitely not least, I'll keep you posted on plans to fade out SeacoastNH.com and replace my elderly website with a brand new seacoast history website. I expect to adapt at least 1,000 of my published articles into a modern, attractive, lively website rich with content and up-to-date on local history and historic sites.
Back to MY BOOKS