Writing Update

I completed my first draft of my third book, Alien Times - Book 3, Retribution. It took longer than I wanted because of my volunteer work, and I could not decide what path to take to with the aliens in the story. Everything worked out in the end once I settled on a major plot theme that dealt with our West Antarctic Ice Sheet. It seems we are all faced with the possibility of the Thwaites Ice Sheet collapsing in our lifetime due to global warming. My whole series uses the climate crises as major reasons why the aliens are so concerned about what humans are doing to the planet. I hope I brought the climate crises to life in my series and what possible effects it will have on our planet if we continue to ignore the signs.

I plan to release Book 3 as a Preorder in August and release for sale in September. I will have all book formats available as well as an audiobook version. This will complete my fourth trilogy. I will work on spinoff stories going forward unless something special grabs my attention. I started writing in 2001 and am reasonably happy with my writing experience so far. I dreamed of being a writer since I was in middle school sharing stories with a friend in fourth grade. 

As a side project, I decided to learn how to write screenplay scripts and used Final Draft 13 software to convert one of my short stories, G's Story, to a script. I took an online course at my local Community College on screenwriting. I completed the draft and now must edit out all the novel descriptions that are unnecessary for the script. It is a totally different way of writing for a novelist, but I think I can do what is required. My end goal is to convert my full-length story, The Formula, into a script for submission purposes. I hope to work on the script over the winter. Wish me success.