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The Field

Here’s the final cover for The Field.

Field Proto Cover

The first draft of the outline/screenplay for The Field is complete and I’m about 1000 words into the first draft of the novel. Plan on getting it out by the end of the year.

July 16, 2013 Posted by | Books, Creative Process, News, On Writing, Writing, Writing Fiction | , , , | Leave a comment

References for New Novel

My next novel, as yet untitled, will be about The Manhattan Project, Nazi spies, a young physicist, and alternative technology superweapons, all set during World War II. Here are some of the books I’m reading for context and reference:

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – William Shirer

The Manhattan Project – Cynthia Kelly

My Inventions – Nikola Tesla

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” – Richard Feynman

The First Pile – Corbin Allardice

Auschwitz – Miklos Nyiszli

Genius – James Gleick

The Manhattan Project – F.G. Gosling

The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe – Jay Stout

 A Short History of World War II – James Stokesbury

June 18, 2012 Posted by | Books, News | , | Leave a comment