A Look at an Author's Next Work...

Chapter 1

In early 20th Century Africa a professional hunter stood a fifty-fifty chance of being mauled by a lion or leopard, impaled and trampled by a bull elephant, or gored by a buffalo or rhino. These dangers shattered the romance and mystical image of going on a hunting safari….But did nothing to stop people from all over the world to venture here.

Africa, 1953

The three white men sat around the fire in the middle of camp, smoking their pipes and letting their food digest. Dinner consisted of eland, potatoes, carrots, and champagne. The Englishman would have preferred his favorite bottle of cabernet sauvignon, but wine did not fare well on safaris, so the champagne would suffice.

Author's note: This is the beginning of the first chapter of the manuscript I am currently working on. I last worked on this in 2004 before shelving it to continue work on THE SANDMAN (my first novel). After my son read this manuscript I decided to go back to it and update it. I've been reading plenty of books on this sort of subject, and the story will take the reader to the farthest corners of Africa during a time everyone dreamed of an African safari.

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Words of Wisdom by S. King

One rule of the road not directly stated elsewhere in this book: "The editor is always right." The corollary is that no writer will take all of his or her editor's advice; for all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection. Put another way, to write is human, to edit is divine. Chuck Verrill edited this book, as he has so many of my novels. And as usual, Chuck, you were Divine.

     Stephen King

My sister in-law bought me a copy of Stephen King's On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft, and I have to say it was one of the most enjoyable books I've read. Mr. King happens to be my wife's favorite author, but that's okay by me. At least I can still lay claim to being husband to the woman who has tolerated and loved me for twenty-something years.
What I found most enjoyable about Stephen King's book was that all these years I have been doing precisely what he, and many other authors, have been doing as we endeavor to get our books out there for readers. I found it refreshing to learn how he played the same game of coming up with stories, finding time to write, finding time to be a family man, getting books rejected time and again. After 30 years of writing it was good to know I'd been doing something right after all these years.

Keep on reading!

David

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