J O Rienhardt, author blog

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As with any first edition there are things that get missed in the editing. If you have a copy, please note that on pages 45 and 58 the birth year for Ellen Susan Seely is incorrect. Make a note in your copy that it is 1840.

The Life and Times of Joseph Owen Seely: 1796 - 1879 is complete and now available.

I have made the Lewis Swift:Comet Hunter book available. The paperback version has some content that the eBook did not have.

The Marton Grifton Story is done and will soon be available as an eBook on Amazon, B&N, etc.

I have finally gotten back to work on the Marton Grifton story. I should be ready for release by September, depending on how quick I finish it and how soon my editor can get to it.

Chapter 15 is done! One or two more and the story will be finished. I hope to release it in June.

Making progress. 14 Chapters done!

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I have been so involved in the Joseph Owen Seely work that the Raven Squad works have come to a stop. I hope to correct that problem soon and get the Marton Grifton story finished within the next two months. Then on to Sara and Jill Reese, Eli Andrews, Ethan Roberts, and of course I can not leave out Molly McGowan who may have the most interesting story of them all - maybe.

I have worked through the diary of the year 1875 and have written up the information through 1874. I hope to finish the diaries in the next month or so and integrate more of the information in the letters. It has been suggested that once I get this more factual book done, I write a historical fiction based on this. Hmm. I like the idea, but I don't know if I can manage to write everything I have in the works now. If only I didn't have to have a job . . .

I have finished eleven chapters and have a good start on #12. This story will probably run to about 14 chapters or maybe up to 16, but not more. The end is in sight!

The Marton Grifton character from TRS (The Raven Squad) is the first short story in the prequel series. "Should" be released in a couple of months.

There never was an intention to write more after The Raven Squad. Readers, though, were interested in more. Rather than try to create more of a future world I decided to give some background into the people you meet in The Raven Squad story. I am beginning with Marton Grifton. How did he get to be the person he was that you meet in the original story? Well, that, it turns out, is an interesting story with unexpected twists and turns. At this point the story is about three quarters done, I think. Since the writing is an organic and unpredictable process I can not say for sure how long the story will be, or when it will be finished. With any luck it will be ready in less than two months. Stay tuned.