What I'm currently writing...
I'm in the middle of reading more than one book. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun is one of them. The Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead Omnibus by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is another one. There are a couple more.
I return to these when I take a break from working on my third Pharaoh Farrow adventure, tentatively named, "The Log of the Hilda."
A friend, John Patin, (who writes great sci-fi, by the way, that can be found on Amazon.com) suggested the plot for this, the story of how Pharaoh found his ship, the Hilda. I thought it was a great idea.
The name Hilda was once upon a time the name of an old fishing vessel on the Chesapeake Bay. The boat is long since gone, I'm sure. It was very old when I saw it, although still afloat and cared for tenderly by its elderly owner, a man named Love. (I'm not making this up.)
I always liked the idea of a vessel named Hilda, and therefore gave the name to Pharaoh's spaceship. Later on, I gave a little more thought to the name. It's an old name with various meanings such as warrior or battle maiden. And even more than that.
I do not explore the mystical in my Pharaoh Farrow books. They are entirely sci-fi adventure with a fair amount of humor mixed in. However, I recognize that when life reaches a certain level of self-awareness, it will begin to recognize something called death, and wonder what comes after. I believe that other animals on our planet may even wonder about it, although without the benefit of eons of literature and culture to draw on. The elephants, for instance. And the primates.
Therefore, so must Pharaoh. He will make rare (very rare) reference, just in passing, to what might be his own beliefs. Because his ship is named Hilda, I decided that it was a short form for the name of one of the valkyries, the women of Norse mythology that carry slain warriors to Valhalla. It seemed an appropriate name for the ship of my protagonist. And so he has called on Valhalla once or twice, and even mentions the Eye of Odin (an interesting myth.) But that's it. He's a man of action and not otherwise into navel-gazing.
This third adventure will not be exploring Hilda's mystical connection to the valkyries, either. This whole subject is just background for the character of Pharaoh. He's a likeable guy. If you haven't met him yet, introduce yourself to his adventures. The ebook editions are cheap and are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and iTunes.
I return to these when I take a break from working on my third Pharaoh Farrow adventure, tentatively named, "The Log of the Hilda."
A friend, John Patin, (who writes great sci-fi, by the way, that can be found on Amazon.com) suggested the plot for this, the story of how Pharaoh found his ship, the Hilda. I thought it was a great idea.
The name Hilda was once upon a time the name of an old fishing vessel on the Chesapeake Bay. The boat is long since gone, I'm sure. It was very old when I saw it, although still afloat and cared for tenderly by its elderly owner, a man named Love. (I'm not making this up.)
I always liked the idea of a vessel named Hilda, and therefore gave the name to Pharaoh's spaceship. Later on, I gave a little more thought to the name. It's an old name with various meanings such as warrior or battle maiden. And even more than that.
I do not explore the mystical in my Pharaoh Farrow books. They are entirely sci-fi adventure with a fair amount of humor mixed in. However, I recognize that when life reaches a certain level of self-awareness, it will begin to recognize something called death, and wonder what comes after. I believe that other animals on our planet may even wonder about it, although without the benefit of eons of literature and culture to draw on. The elephants, for instance. And the primates.
Therefore, so must Pharaoh. He will make rare (very rare) reference, just in passing, to what might be his own beliefs. Because his ship is named Hilda, I decided that it was a short form for the name of one of the valkyries, the women of Norse mythology that carry slain warriors to Valhalla. It seemed an appropriate name for the ship of my protagonist. And so he has called on Valhalla once or twice, and even mentions the Eye of Odin (an interesting myth.) But that's it. He's a man of action and not otherwise into navel-gazing.
This third adventure will not be exploring Hilda's mystical connection to the valkyries, either. This whole subject is just background for the character of Pharaoh. He's a likeable guy. If you haven't met him yet, introduce yourself to his adventures. The ebook editions are cheap and are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and iTunes.
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