I'm striving to finish the first draft of "Black Gold" by the end of the year. Today I'll be working on Chapter 9, Scene 3; I try to do a scene a day, but that doesn't always work out. My plan is to write a chapter a week and that's about 5000 words. My average chapter is about that many words.
This book is planned for 10 chapter so I should have the draft finished by the end of the year, barring unforeseen circumstances.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Holiday Time
Mary Tweedy's historical novel, which is now titled "Captive Daughter, Enemy Wife" will not be ready for the Christmas market as we had hoped, but it will be out early in the new year.
My novel, Black Gold, is nearly finished but it also should be out early in the new year. It is the story of Peter O'Liam who sees Alberta go from the black gold of coal to the black gold of petroleum in the years between 1925 and 1950.
As editor of Chronicler Publishing we are busy contemplating a number of manuscripts for the new year. As always we are looking for that historical novel that is a cut above the rest.
My novel, Black Gold, is nearly finished but it also should be out early in the new year. It is the story of Peter O'Liam who sees Alberta go from the black gold of coal to the black gold of petroleum in the years between 1925 and 1950.
As editor of Chronicler Publishing we are busy contemplating a number of manuscripts for the new year. As always we are looking for that historical novel that is a cut above the rest.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Busy
As editor at Chronicler Publishing I've been working to get a new book out for the Xmas market. We are working on a historical novel by Mary Tweed, presently titled "Hole in the Night" that is the story of a young Huron girl, White Corn, who is captured by an Iroquois tribe and adopted into it as was the custom in the 16th century.
As well, I'm working on my latest novel, "Black Gold" that is the story of a young Albertan, Peter O'liam who lived in the period from 1925 to 1950, a time of the Great Depression, World War II, and the change from coal to petroleum energy after the war.
I'm hoping to have it ready for the Centennial Home Coming celebration of the hamlet of Evansburg that will take place in August, 2010 as it features that community when it changed from a coal mining town to an agricultural community.
So, I'm very busy between may two jobs--writer and editor.
As well, I'm working on my latest novel, "Black Gold" that is the story of a young Albertan, Peter O'liam who lived in the period from 1925 to 1950, a time of the Great Depression, World War II, and the change from coal to petroleum energy after the war.
I'm hoping to have it ready for the Centennial Home Coming celebration of the hamlet of Evansburg that will take place in August, 2010 as it features that community when it changed from a coal mining town to an agricultural community.
So, I'm very busy between may two jobs--writer and editor.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Christmas
Although Christmas is still a couple months away, it is time to start thinking of gifts for your special people.
I would like to recommend books as an excellent gift for those readers and book lovers that are on you Christmas list.
Of course, the first books that I want to recommend are my own, my historical novels and I have written and have published a few. You can find them on my website: http://www.chucksbook.com
as well as in the Chronicler Publishing bookstore at http://www.chroniclerpublishing.com
My books are not the only ones available. As editor of Chronicler Publishing, I recommend those by our writers.
Rudi Unterthiner's "Faces, Souls, and Painted Crows" is an excellent read though it is not actually a historical novel in the truest sense.
William Hay's "The Originals" is an superb novel based on the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry during World War I.
As well, there are others, so check them out.
Now is the time to order!
I would like to recommend books as an excellent gift for those readers and book lovers that are on you Christmas list.
Of course, the first books that I want to recommend are my own, my historical novels and I have written and have published a few. You can find them on my website: http://www.chucksbook.com
as well as in the Chronicler Publishing bookstore at http://www.chroniclerpublishing.com
My books are not the only ones available. As editor of Chronicler Publishing, I recommend those by our writers.
Rudi Unterthiner's "Faces, Souls, and Painted Crows" is an excellent read though it is not actually a historical novel in the truest sense.
William Hay's "The Originals" is an superb novel based on the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry during World War I.
As well, there are others, so check them out.
Now is the time to order!
Friday, October 09, 2009
Long weekend
It's the beginning of the Thanksgiving long weekend, and I must admit that I haven't progressed very far in the chapter that I'm working on. It's 1945 and Peter is arriving home after being mustered out of the air force.
Anyway, that's where it's at now.
I don't think I'll get much done over the weekend, but who knows!
Anyway, that's where it's at now.
I don't think I'll get much done over the weekend, but who knows!
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Black Gold
Presently, I'm working on the 8th book in the Alberta series, tentatively titled Black Gold. It covers the history of the Province of Alberta from 1925 to 1950 through the eyes of Peter O'liam , a young man from Evansburg, a coal mining town in central Alberta.
It covers the period of time when fossil fuel shifted from coal to gas and oil, and as well it takes in World War II.
Peter goes from the small town to the United Kingdom as a member of the Canadian Army and his participation in the Dieppe raid and later as a pilot in the RCAF to a position in the petroleum industry after the war.
The novel is only half written, but I hope to complete it by the end of the year.
It covers the period of time when fossil fuel shifted from coal to gas and oil, and as well it takes in World War II.
Peter goes from the small town to the United Kingdom as a member of the Canadian Army and his participation in the Dieppe raid and later as a pilot in the RCAF to a position in the petroleum industry after the war.
The novel is only half written, but I hope to complete it by the end of the year.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
What I'm Working On
Since the release of my latest historical novel, The Wanderers, I've been working on my next novel in the series, The Explorers, which is the continuing saga of the family as they are involved in the history of what was to become the Dominion of Canada.
As well, I'm working on a series of short stories about the early pioneers of Western Canada, particularly those of the Prairies of what is now the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Actually they are stories of the cowboys of the 19th and 20th centuries of the western plains.
I expect to publish them in a single volume that is as yet untitled.
As well, I'm working on a series of short stories about the early pioneers of Western Canada, particularly those of the Prairies of what is now the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Actually they are stories of the cowboys of the 19th and 20th centuries of the western plains.
I expect to publish them in a single volume that is as yet untitled.
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