Dragon's Source is Finished!

It's done! After almost exactly 4 months of work, 94,000 words, 56 chapters, and 317 pages, my first book is finished.

I'm now shopping for agents and publishers, while I continue to edit and refine the manuscript, and this may be the hardest part. I hope not, but since I don't have any other frame of reference, I'll just have to dig in and get it done!

I've already started to outline the second book in the trilogy. The working title will be "Children of the Stones".

I'm also beginning the outline of an historical fiction book that is based on the Bennett family as they moved from the Carolinas, through the Cumberland Gap of the Great Smokey Mountains, and into western Tennessee. The story will add flesh to what our family already knows about their lives as pioneers and will climax with their experiences during the Civil War.

Now onward into publisher land!

Smiles for the Brown Family

Christine and I are more than pleased to announce the engagement of our son Liberty Ronald, to his beautiful high school sweetheart, Andi Piper and her wonderful daughter Eryn!

They will be getting married in Bozeman, sometime this summer.

So with Candi and Charlie's new baby, that means that this summer the Brown Clan will have three more members.

Browns Gu Brath!

Current Projects

Apologies to every one for the lack of postings in the last month. To say that we have been busy is an understatement of epic proportions.

With the Bozeman market officially closed, Chris is now working in Billings, and only coming home on the weekends. Normally, this sucks big time, and it does now as well, but the upside is that, with Chris gone it's giving me more time to work on my book.

That's right! I've been writing a book!

My kids have always tried to encourage me to write my stories and publish them. (The stories, not the kids) and I've always fantasized about writing books for a living. Well, here is book no. 1.

I Can't tell you a lot about it on this very unsecured format, but I can tell you that when it is published, you'll be able to find it in the Fantasy Fiction area of your book stores.

I'm almost done. So far, I've written 75,000 words, on 255 pages, in 39 chapters. This first book, in what is planned to be a trilogy, is in three parts of which I've completed the first two.

Thus far, the reviews have been enthusiastic for the chapters that I've sent out.

Now, as I come to the end of the writing process, I have begun to look for agents and publishers. This part may be more difficult than the writing portion.

Any way, wish me luck, and I'll keep you up to date on the progress.