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Hi all,

Mark and I have finished the time travel we’ve been working on for a year. Back and forth from 2015 to 2027, with things changing, Alex and Jenna uncovering new clues, Alex exhausted from the time travel and living two days on one night’s sleep.

I guess I should give you clue of the story, huh?

Here is a rough cover, not finalized….

The back cover blurb:

Jenna McCowan has learned to live with her precognitive visions. Most she brushes aside, but one will not be ignored: a handwritten list of seven names. One belongs to her friend Daniel Bridges, who has just died.

Then a man appears in her vision.

Alex Burgess is a Boston journalist who practices lucid dreaming. One night, he dreams he is standing in a park, watching a woman hide something behind a loose brick in a wall. When he wakes and goes into that park, he finds a list of seven names, exactly where she tucked it.

The following night, it happens again. He finds himself in the park, but his time he meets Jenna, and they discover an impossible truth: she is living in 2015. He is living in 2026. Alex has somehow traveled eleven years into the past.

Then Alex discovers something even more disturbing. In 2026, five of the seven men on Jenna’s list are dead. They died within two weeks of one another. In 2015.

Jenna and Alex only have a few days to identify the men and prevent their deaths. Their first attempt succeeds. Then Alex wakes in 2026 to learn that the man they saved from an accident died anyway—stabbed later that same day.

As Jenna and Alex work to save the remaining men, they discover that the victims share a secret someone is desperate to keep hidden. The closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous their interference becomes.

Then their investigation puts Jenna in the sights of the killer.

STAY TUNED!

There is so much involved in writing a novel. The actual writing is the easy part. The first draft comes out in a long dribble, or in floods, but then so much editing is required! I’ve actually learned to NOT edit myself in the first draft, because you never know when you might get lucky and write something really good!

Mark and I are in final edits of Dream Traveler, and beta readers have it. That’s when you hear whether its working. And you have various and sundry fingers crossed all the time. So far, so good, people are coming back loving the ride.

Here’s a taste of the story:

Jenna McCowan has spent a lifetime managing the precognitive visions that arrive unbidden. One will not be ignored: a handwritten list of seven names. Her friend Daniel Bridges, who has just died, is on the list.

Then a man appears in her vision.

Alex Burgess is an investigative journalist by day, skilled lucid dreamer by night. He dreams he is standing in his local park, watching a woman hide something behind a loose brick in a wall. The next morning, in the park, he takes a chance, checks the wall, and finds the list of names, exactly where she tucked it.

The following night, the dream recurs. This time, he meets Jenna, and they discover the impossible truth: she is living in 2015. He is living in 2026. Alex has somehow traveled eleven years into the past.

Back in 2026, Alex discovers something even more disturbing. Historical records show that five of the seven men on Jenna’s list died within two weeks of one another.

In 2015.

Eloquent Rascals

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