Chateau Lloyd

Since completing Three Weeks with the Coasties, I've bounced around on what to do next. 

One option was a prequel of the Man of Destiny series.  This would be set well in advance of the events in Man of Destiny and focus on the Deimos War referenced in background conversations.

Another option is to look at a project that has been going on since I was college - a fantasy epic set in the Atlantis of my own imagining.  It's gone through a few incarnations, none of which worked.

I don't know how author authors operate, but I tend to "hoard" my various projects and come back to them.  I have them all listed on a spreadsheet, which I sometimes review for ideas.  So it was while studying this that I picked up another project that had been kicked around for a while:  the Vampires of Michigan.

At some point I'll stop this game of being indecisive and just bludgeon my way through.  Part of what holds me back is the knowledge that the farther afield I roam, the less of a "genre" author I become.  Most authors seem to find a niche and stay there.  If I were doing this as my primary source of income, I guess I would do that, too, but since it's a hobby, I can do what I want.

On the downside, that gives me extra opportunities to waste time.

Plus, it's summer.  Who wants to stay inside and write?

Just a quick update that the paperback version of my latest is now available.

For those who like actual, physical books, here's your chance.  Buy a dozen, just to be safe.

It took almost two full months, but my latest novel is now live on Amazon.

Here's the description:

He's in the game at last...

For eight years Tech. Sergeant Eric March has been preparing for a “real world” operation, training for an overseas deployment that never comes.

Finally, in the spring of 2010, the Air National Guardsman is mobilized – not for a tour in Iraq or Afghanistan, but to assist the Coast Guard with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.

Based on the author's personal experiences, Three Weeks with the Coasties is a brisk and sharply humorous take on the challenges of crisis management, the absurdity of military bureaucracy, and the unique challenges reservists face as they try to balance their civilian jobs, their families' needs and their service obligations.

It also documents the dedicated efforts of thousands of men and women to contain and clean up the worst environmental disaster in American history.

Funny, lighthearted, yet also poignant, Three Weeks with the Coasties presents the human side of the relief effort that the official histories leave out.

I do go on.

Anyhow, grab your copy today and let me know what you think.  The Kindle version is live, and the paperback should be available shortly.