Several times in the last couple weeks I have been asked by people if I’m writing anymore books. Others have asked how many books I have written. To answer the first question let me say that I am in the process of writing a book. This one is nonfiction and requires me to do a great deal of research. It’s one of the big reasons it’s taking a long time to finish this book.
Other reasons are that after completing and publishing the last novel, “After the Last Game”, I took some time to get inspired about what to write next. First I thought of writing another novel. I even had come up with a title that appealed to me thinking I should write a mystery story and call it “Beyond Redemption”. Then the idea of writing a nonfiction book began to appeal to me more. I have not attempted to write one in that genre so far, and I like trying new things. And to be honest, yes, I have had days when writer’s block kept me from the keyboard. It has all added up to no new book for quite some time. But I have finished a good third of this book I’m writing now, and I hope to be able to publish it in late spring. So far I have leaned to title the book “Against All Odds”, but by the time the book is finished I may well settle on some other title.
As to how many books I have written, the number is six. Two are historical adventure stories, two are love stories and two are a combination of detective and love stories. Two condition I have set for myself in writing all novels are: They are to make the stories lifelike and to keep the language clean. Happy endings also appeal to me. Although for the book I had thought of writing before the current one I had tried to imagine a protagonist for whom redemption would be out of the question. I’d love to hear from those of you who have read some of the novels to let me know if I’ve been true to those conditions.
Books and banter by W.H.Manke 