Hard a it is to believe, it’s been almost EIGHT YEARS since the release of Eden Hill! And while much has happened in those ninety-six months, my pen has not been idle. I’m learning that once a writer, always a writer. As writers (and readers) we want to know how the story continues. Much is going on, so here are some updates.
While the village of Eden Hill has been left behind (not to worry, Virgil T. Osgood and Cornelius Alexander III are thriving, and yes, Reverend Caudill is doing just fine at the Bible College). Other stories have taken shape in my slightly-warped mind, and have found their way into manuscript form. Hooray!
My current novel, tentatively titled Kinescope, has been tweaked into fighting form and is in the hands of my wonderful agent. Set in 1948 in Ogilvie, a fictional small river town outside Cincinnati, Ohio, the story follows the introduction of television to the area. Told through the eyes of mayor George Easterday, we learn that not everybody is enthusiastic about the newfangled small screen. Specifically, one Reverend Eliphaz Clem, who opposes television and Mayor Easterday — with ever ounce of his being. Can Ogilvie survive?
Kinescope (which, by the way, is the technical term for a television picture tube Remember those?), has the usual quirky characters, joys and sorrows, and hopes and challenges of postwar America. Fun to write, and hopefully, fun to read. As the television announcer would say, “stay tuned!”