Travel to Warsaw & Scotland & Progress on Reworking Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening!

Old Town Warsaw, Poland

Inverness, Scotland near the Inverness Castle

While traveling, I’ve continued to rework my sci-fi/fantasy novel, Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening, and will republish it as soon as I’ve completed the work. It’s progressing well!  I’ve finished 11 chapters so far, which means I’m about a third of the way through!

Once I’m done with Merlin & Arthur, I’ll begin writing my next novel—more about that later! :)

Below, I’ve included a paragraph from Chapter 11 of Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening.

Then, unexpectedly, the crowd’s attention was drawn to the dense fog hovering over the lake. It seemed that there were lights deep within it, flickering and dancing. As everyone looked on, the lights became even more agitated and started to rise. Ascending rapidly, they burst into the open air above the thick haze. Their shape and colour became recognizable, and the crowd now saw them for what they were—multiple green and lavender spheres soaring upwards in the direction of St. Michael’s Tower. Halting there, they glittered and swirled around its base, just as the sun’s light touched the horizon. The birth of a new winter was imminent; the crowd let out a collective gasp of wonder, and someone yelled, “Fata Morgana—the Lights of Avalon!” But the vision faded within seconds as the light from the spheres was overtaken by the sunrise. Silence reasserted itself—leaving the onlookers in awe, wondering whether they had actually seen what they thought they had.   

Just Added the 135th Country Reading My Blog & Updated the Other Countries' Category

       

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I want to say hello to everyone around the world reading my blog! Readers from the Lithuania are the latest. They are the 135th country on the list! Welcome!

Great to have all of you along on the journey!

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VORTEX: Book III of the Alban Saga — ANOTHER NEW REVIEW!

      

Image: "Vortex bw" by ahisgett is licensed under CC by 2.0

Here’s another new review from Amazon that I just received from a reader of my new book Vortex!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

Rewarding!

Vortex, book three of the Alban Saga, is such a rewarding read! Surprises, twists, cliff hangers, and unexpected heroes emerge. Bob likes to build, build, build anticipation… and then right when the critical information is to be conveyed from one character to the next… “let’s first eat something, have some tea, get some rest, and talk about all of it in the morning”…  Nooooooooo! Let’s talk about it noooooowwwww! But Bob is right. The crescendo moments ease into logical position before a calculated decision or action takes place. It’s so satisfying! The setting in Scotland couldn’t be more fitting for this mystical, magical Druid story rooted in modern time with flashes to the past. It makes it feel like it could all be real. Many authors use time travel as a crutch to get themselves out of a corner, but Bob is just the opposite. Time travel in Vortex is woven elegantly as an essential part of the characters’ mission and the end game. Bravo Bob. This saga is outstanding.

Just Added the 134th Country Reading My Blog & Updated the Other Countries' Category

      

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I want to say hello to everyone around the world reading my blog! Readers from the Maldives are the latest. They are the 134th country on the list! Welcome!

Great to have all of you along on the journey!

The OTHER category is for all countries not specifically listed in the database for this blog but still counted. I'm giving those a prominent spot at the top of the list with the number of pageviews as of the day I post this entry. Plus, I've included you in the number of countries with the plus sign: 134+.

Here's a complete list of the countries where my blog is being read:

• Other - not listed in the database by name
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• Switzerland
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• Portugal
• Slovenia
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• Israel
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• Puerto Rico
• Iraq
• Latvia
• Serbia
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• Georgia
• Azerbaijan
• Iceland
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• Egypt
• Algeria
• Turkmenistan
• Cyprus
• South Korea
• Ecuador
• Kenya
• Ethiopia
• Kazakhstan
• Armenia
• Morocco
• Uzbekistan
• Madagascar
• Belarus
• Mozambique
• Albania
• Haiti
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• Uruguay
• Fiji
• Afghanistan
• Guinea
• Panama
• Hong Kong
• Venezuela
• Sweden
• Argentina
• Ecuador
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Dominican Republic
• Trininad & Tobago
• Botswana
• Algeria
• Peru
• Tunisia
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Costa Rica
• Kyrgyzstan
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bolivia
• Angola
• Western Sahara
• Gabon
• Oman
• Côte ďlvoire
• Sri Lanka
• Guatemala
• Senegal
• Brunei
• Honduras
• St. Kitts & Nevis
• Congo - Brazzaville
• Côte ďlvoire
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• Nigeria
• Maldives

 

Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening - Reworking the Book!

  

I’m reworking and will be republishing my sci-fi/fantasy novel Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening! I’ve finished 7 chapters so far, only 27 to go!

I’ll be leaving for Europe in a few days and will spend some time over there on that project. Once I’m done redoing Merlin & Arthur, then I’ll begin writing my next novel—more about that later! :)

Below, I’ve included a paragraph from Chapter 7 of Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening. In it, Arthur is having a vision. Enjoy!

He recalled being submerged in a pool of thick, all-consuming blackness. Within that dark place, he moved in and out of consciousness, with snippets of life and moments from a distant past resurfacing. He was utterly alone and knew the gods had abandoned him; yet a lady, whose face he had first seen eons ago, occasionally entered his desolation. When she was there, she provided knowledge and understanding that he would need one day, along with a measure of hope and sustenance amidst the bleakness that enshrouded him. Days, months, and years upon years passed while he floated somewhere between life and death, unable to make a final decision on either. Then, one day—the earth shook.

VORTEX: Book III of the Alban Saga — ANOTHER NEW REVIEW!

     

Image: "Vortex bw" by ahisgett is licensed under CC by 2.0

Here’s a new review that I just received from a reader in Scotland for my new book Vortex! There were some spoilers that I edited out, but there was still enough to show what they thought about it! I enjoyed reading it and chuckled a bit as I did! I loved the sense of humor at the end! :)

“I managed to read Vortex, within my holiday. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as I have done all your books, that I have read. I was a bit worried, that I would not remember all the different characters, but as soon as I started reading, they came back to me. I was trying to think, as I was reading it, how they were going to defeat Una… I was delighted with the way you handled it and then the final twist… My only problem, was the weight of the book. I found it difficult to hold the book, without it hurting my wrists, so I had to rest it on my tummy.😄😂" 

 

Traveling Back to Europe!

I’ll soon be leaving on another trip to Europe to visit friends in Poland and Scotland, travel to some sites in Scotland that are in the Alban Saga, and continue reworking and republishing my book Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening.

It’s been too long since my last trip, although I was having fun finishing my new book Vortex—the last book of the Alban Saga.

I’ll continue to check in with you along the way!