WORKS IN PROGRESS
Three Lives of Larry Siegel
Blue Water, Red Blood Keana-eno-pa-watchee, A Place No One Should Go
Francis’s Flowers The Bully’s Route Home
To Hear the Sound of Wings
Olsyanna’s Song Grains of Wheat
The Spiral In
Novels ready for publication*, in process+, and in the future
Three Lives of Larry
Siegel- * Ever know anyone who went through a rugged divorce, that person being the
"dumpee" not the "dumper?" Losing the single anchor
rope with which they maintained their position in life, they're lost in a sea
that separates their daily existence into different boats. The Three
Lives of Larry Seigel relates the protagonist's tennis ball tale as he
bounces from one facet of his life to another, searching for a new compass and
"true north." Three Lives is 22 chapters of laughs and
two that elicit tears, because life seldom allows us to come to rips with its
purpose without experiencing both.
Larry Seigel's work, loves, and apartment home compete and conflict for
control of his rudder as he sails through life. He's happy with his job as
marketing manager of a commode manufacturer, but his life is complicated by its
eccentric owner and some of its employees. His 3 love interests and his
interfering ex-wife confuse him as he subconsciously asks, "can I find the
right one without repeating my first mistake?" Larry's spare time
provides no relief as he's buffeted by zany neighbors, mischievous pets and
responsibility for an aging uncle.
Blue Water, Red Blood- * The
story of the development of the Amphibious Tractor used to land the Marines on
the islands during World War II told in the form of a novel. The story
chronicles three individuals who played key roles in developing amphibious
warfare. Donald Roebling, Andrew Higgins, and General Holland Smith fight the
system to provide the proper equipment to prevent the slaughter of troops in the
making the most dangerous of all military maneuvers, a landing on a fortified
enemy beach.
Keana-eno-pa-watchee, A Place No One Should Go-
* (Novella) Struggling with his conscience, a twentieth century man faces the
embodiment of seventeenth century evil on a weekend camping trip. He must
determine if the force that threatens him is in his mind or real, before it
destroys him.
Francis’s Flowers- * Two serial killers terrorize a small
Georgia town; one they know about from outside, one that lives among them who is
far more deadly. The clever local serial killer,
selects and murders victims while finding the perfect way to dispose of bodies.
The Police haven’t a clue until a neighbor discovers the secret of Francis’s
Flowers.
The Bully’s Route Home- + A young boy growing up in the
segregated South of the 40’s and 50’s learns the value of accepting those
who are different from him.
To Hear the Sound of Wings- + Two friends face
the lives they have built for themselves as they approach, fear, and fight their
senior years. This story of unconditional friendship places human success and
failure in prospective.
Olsyanna’s Song- a sequel to The Hidden Door -
The life of Olsyanna, the abducted Ukrainian
girl is chronicaled as the Soviet Union recovers from
the disastrous war. With the Battle of Stalingrad as a major setting, it tells of her survival during World War II, in the post-war Soviet
Union, and her rise to prominence.
Grains of Wheat- a sequel to The Hidden Door - This is the story of Aaron and Lilyanna’s escape
from Ukraine, their struggle to adapt, and to establish themselves in the US, and of
their eventual success. Against the backdrop of America in the 50’s and 60’s
the two immigrants find very different paths to fulfillment.
The Spiral In- The story proposes another
theory of the way the earth may have been populated.
"Open
Minds, Open Books"
Hidden Door 
