MichaelMingin

The entire conclusion of The Queen of Sorrow -- Chapters 19 and 20, Epilogue, and Acknowledgements -- will be published together in one shot tomorrow, July 12th (just after midnight, hopefully).  I want all of the mysteries solved and issues resolved in one shot.  Another book will be forthcoming, but exactly when I'm not sure.  Be patient with me -- I wrote the first four books of this series in one year.  I need a little break to recharge.

My first novel and the first of its eponymic series, Gifted and Talented, has been entered in the 2026 Wattys.  Please cross your fingers for me, folks...

"The Queen of Sorrow," Volume 4 of the Gifted and Talented series, is now being uploaded to Wattpad.  The Prologue and Chapter I are up; and further chapters will follow quickly until the book is complete.  Follow the adventures of Ray, Gwen, and all their friends as they solve one more family mystery -- and then get trapped in another world, with only one way back to their real lives:  find out why the Queen of Sorrow cannot laugh.

Volume 4 of the Gifted and Talented series, "The Queen of Sorrow," is completed in draft and is being edited and re-written.  We learn new details about Gwen's departed Mom, and then travel to another world, where a mystery needs to be solved before our friends can return home.  Can they find out why the Queen of Sorrow cannot laugh?

Gifted and Talented, the first book in the series of the same name, has been extensively revised.  Three new chapters were added to the beginning and the word count went up from 50,000 to 60,000.  Check out the new and improved Version 2.

In a sudden burst of energy, I've posted Love Takes a Turn, Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented series, in its entirety on Wattpad.  You can read the whole thing if you so desire.  Enjoy!

Love Takes a Turn, Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented Series, is now being published on Wattpad.  The first two installments, Prologue and Chapter I, are now live and available for reading.  This volume is illustrated with period photos, from 1947 to 1955.  Check it out.

Love Takes a Turn, Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented Series, is completed in draft and is being finalized.  The chapters that are flashbacks to the era 1947-1955 are illustrated by actual period photographs.  It should be posted in Wattpad by the spring.

Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented series, Love Takes a Turn, is currently being written.  I'm hoping for it to be posted here on Wattpad several months from now.  In it, we take a little trip via Ray's ancestral memory to the era 1947-1955.  And what a tumultuous trip it is.

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