Book Projects

Books…I love ‘em. And I have several book projects in various stages of completion. To follow along as I research, write and market a book, follow me here.

Plotting a novel

I’ve spent the last several days creating the first round outline of my novel, The City of Black Gold. The process is simple, write out the key plot points and background of the novel in a loose outline form. It’s not the I., II., III. type outline but a rough this-happens-then-this-happens type of outline. My [...]

The City of Black Gold...beginnings

A year ago, I sat in the lobby of a hotel in Cairo and waited for my local contact to show up and take me out for dinner. It had already been a long trip and I was more than a little tired, stressed and overwhelmed. I needed an escape. I didn’t have anything good [...]

Choosing a long-term book project

My main interest in writing is to write books, especially nonfiction books that would fall in the genre of literary journalism or creative nonfiction. Many great works have pr0ceded my efforts in these areas, like The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger or any of the great books by Simon Winchester. These are, in fact, what [...]

Revised on December 14, 2010