You Asked

The question I am asked most of all is, “Do you intend to write any more Bill Reyner stories?” Ah, an excellent question with a simple answer. “Yes.” As it happens I have two stories in the works. Bill always seems to find the gold whether he’s looking for it or not. As you may have noticed he gets older with each successive tale. Now he lives in a huge house with his new wife and retired grandmother and of course Newf.

One new story leads Bill into danger (of course) and to hidden gold (of course), but not in the way you would expect. In this one both Bill and Newf deliberately set course to search for long lost treasure. So what’s the complication? Ah! Now that would be telling. Hopefully everyone will know the truth in about a year. The other story? Slightly different. I had hoped it would be the conclusion to the series, though Bill is almost impossible to kill off. What you will find are all the answers you must have asked when you read all the other stories. Why does he seem to find all this gold? How come he never gets killed in the most dangerous of situations? How come Jane Overland has had so many husbands? All these answers and more, but you’ll have to be patient, even Bill didn’t know until someone told him why he’s so lucky.

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Wentworth M Johnson

Canadian Author

For me the name of a character is the most important and difficult part of the whole process. The name for me must tell me about the person and the story. Often I will walk around local cemeteries and read the headstones. What did this person once do and what was he or she like? Making notes I can later apply them to people in my story. For instance Tim Poncenby wouldn’t be a mountain climber, but he could be an accountant or comedian.

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