Category Archives: Red Line

The second novel in the Pilot Error series

Red Line is Live

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured image header and continue reading. In September, 2011, I had just published Pilot Error and wanted to get started on the next book in the series. Fresh from all of the previous effort, both in writing Pilot Error and learning everything necessary to produce the book, I approached the task with a level of confidence that in retrospect should have forewarned me of the surprises lying in ambush. I’m a writer-group writer. Over the years of struggling to … Continue reading

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Whassup with Red Line?

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured image header and continue reading. Yesterday I received a comment from Cody McCloud on the post “Red Line – The Backstory” asking when the novel would be published. One year after my predicted publication date, it’s hard to believe how the demands of real life outside the fictional world can interfere with the best of intentions. And although it may seem ridiculous to anyone who hasn’t tried writing a novel, characters and their stories do have minds of … Continue reading

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Best Intentions and Speed Bumps

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header and continue reading. When making the decision to begin a series of mystery-thrillers about a National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident investigator and his metamorphosis into a private crash detective, I had no clue about how hard writing the second book was going to be. During the time that some of my fellow writers have completed more than one novel, I’ve been beating my head against the twin brick walls of plot and characterization in a frustrating … Continue reading

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Red Line – The Backstory

Common advice to writers who are submitting to agents includes emphasis on the importance of having another novel in progress to distract you from your inbox. There’s a joke that will serve as a metaphor, and it goes something like this: “Do you know why farmers and ranchers wear hats with the curled brim? It’s because they spend all their time with their heads stuffed into their mailboxes looking for those welfare checks.” After finishing Pilot Error and polishing it into what I thought at the time was submission quality, I began sending out packages via snail mail to all … Continue reading

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