𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘

The weather here in the PNW has been fabulous and it’s been tough to keep the writing momentum going. I really need to get an outdoor office set up somehow. I’ve been working (I’d be lying if I said diligently) on the next installment in the Traveler series and I’m about halfway through it at this point. This volume, Book 4, is turning out to be the most challenging so far because it’s a jumping-off point for several storylines that are starting to come together. I have to decide which ones to pursue now and which others to hold for the next book.

It’s an interesting place to find myself. With each book, it becomes more challenging to maintain plot continuity. I’ve been keeping everything – timelines, etc – mostly in my head but that won’t work for much longer. I don’t know how writers like J.K.Rowling or George R.R. Martin do it, but I’m going to have to start using flow charts.

I’ve also been spending time revisiting the quantum mechanics reference materials I’ve collected. I’m particularly interested in string theory and associated vibration theories, along with quantum entanglement. I don’t write hard science fiction, but I’ve used many quantum mechanics theories as the basis for a multitude of “what if” scenarios in my books. Theories that were derided early in quantum mechanics research as being “woo woo territory” (e.g. Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance”) are gradually, incrementally, being confirmed by research.

Astronomers recently found “mysterious cosmic threads” that are five to ten lights years in length and appear to be related to the supermassive black hole centered in our Milky Way galaxy. Is it really beyond consideration that we’ll find the vibration of infinitesimal energy strings holds the universe together? The further scientists can see into the behavior of the smallest elements of the universe, the more we find that some quantum mechanics theories originally considered outrageous aren’t so outlandish after all.