Malcolm R. Campbell
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Welcome to my author's site where you can find information about my books, a mountain adventure, "The Sun Singer" (2004) and a comedy/thriller, "Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire" (2009).
Thanks to everyone who voted for "Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire" in the P&E Readers Poll in the "All Other Novels" category. Pending announcement of the official results, the book currently stands at number seven in its category.
Vanilla Heart Publishing has started a Yahoo Group for readers and VHP authors. Stop by and see us. You can learn more here. For a list of contributors for the publisher's upcoming Earth Day anthology "Nature's Gifts," click here.
Guard Cat:
Katy maintains office security while I'm writing.
Available now on Amazon for pre-order, the new 2010 edition of
The Sun Singer
Jefferson, Georgia Reading
I will read excerpts from "Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire" at the Jefferson, Georgia Public Library February 25th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
In addition to the excerpts, expect plenty of trivia and preposterous information about my hard boiled, old style reporter.
Work in Progress
With a new edition of "The Sun Singer" (set in Glacier National Park) coming out this spring, I'm gearing up for sustained work on the sequel "Sarabande."
In "The Sun Singer," protagonist Robert Adams follows the hero path, as outlined by Christopher Vogler, Joseph Campbell and others, as he steps through an unknown mountain portal on a dangerous adventure. In "Sarabande," the protagonist will be following the heroine's journey as described by Maureen Murdock.
I've avoided the sequel for five years because I wasn't sure how well I could write fiction from a female character's point of view. I shall try. I have no choice in the matter actually because the characters aren't inclined to be quiet. Oh, they were quiet for a while, biding their time, waiting until I was distracted by other things to jump out of the wood work and start campaigning for a 100,000 words of my time.
Plus, Sarabande wants her story to be told. She comes from a look-alike alternative universe that's less technology based than ours. But it's just as patriarchal. Like so many women in our society, success for her was defined by male values at the expense of her true self.
It's time for me to start listening to her.
