Note to Literary Agents

 

Thanks for stopping by. I’m a published writer in search of a literary agent. I’ve had dozens of travel and boating articles published in national magazines in the US and abroad, and my first book, “Ready for Sea!” (Sheridan House) was released in 2002.

I have now completed “Intentional Living,” which I'd like to see published. I’m finishing up a new adventure novel, too, “Dead Reckoning,” about 90% complete at this writing. I have the first draft and beautiful photos for a travelogue (à la Paul Theroux), working title “Roads Less Traveled,“ and a few other books (“Tor’s Tours,” “Tor’s Tips,” “Travels with Rosa”) ready to develop.

The time has come to align myself with a reliable, resourceful literary agent to find publishers for these books. I invite you to contact me to discuss what we can do for each other.

The work I have ready for immediate publication, “Intentional Living,” represents a fresh approach to a subject with which I have considerable experience. For 20 years I’ve studied and practiced what are popularly known as positive thinking techniques, often with remarkable success. I’ve read most of the other books written on the subject and find they invariably dilute the simple, essential techniques of this practice with chapters-full of religious or psychological dogma and endless case histories. It becomes a chore for the reader to find the actual techniques, obscured as they are by so much padding.

What the genre is lacking, and what I have written, is a concise, straightforward presentation of the techniques for practicing and applying the art and science of Intentional Thinking. The result is necessarily a small book. Rather than fatten it with fluff, I chose to augment the page count and soften the presentation by inserting framed, inspirational quotes throughout the book, from Sophocles and Jesus to Henry Ford and Yoda. The layout is reader-friendly and results in a 165-page book that is easy to read and easy to absorb. There is both a market and a need for such a book.

My action novel, “Dead Reckoning,” might be described as a classic Western transmuted into a present-day Caribbean sailing adventure, where the hero rides a cruising sailboat instead of a trusty steed and the bad guys are Columbian drug smugglers rather than Mexican banditos. Still, in the end the beautiful girl has to be saved and the hero must struggle against seemingly insurmountable odds. I haven't reinvented the wheel, but I've surely given it a new spin. The characters are lively, the setting is exotic, and the story is fast-paced, fun and, well, classic.

The raw material for my travelogue can be viewed by clicking here.

Let me know if you would be interested in reviewing a summary of any or all of my books' contents, or the entire texts, with the idea of representing them. I can be reached most readily via email or by phone at (305) 767-4045 (USA). Thank you for your consideration.