After months of painstaking editing and refinements, Saddleback Mine is done and available. By survey even better than Goldrock, this second book gives the reader no breaks at all, picking up literally the very next morning with the same colorful characters led by Buck and Amanda and takes them on a quest to bring a cold-blooded killer to justice. But that is just the beginning. No one suspected where this trail would lead them, because none of them even knew it existed until it was too late–too late to avoid being drawn into the dark depths of Saddleback Mine.

This one was a lot of fun to write because the characters themselves are becoming more active in their own development: “No, James, I wouldn’t say that I would say this! And why ever would you think that I would do that?!” scolds the ever-obstinate Amanda to this badgered author. If that seems a bit harsh on me, you should hear what Fuzzy has to say about his role!

All kidding aside, the problem with short novels like Goldrock is how to fully develop the characters without getting in the way of the fast-paced story. The solution was turning it into a series, so over time those town folks could evolve into their full richness. I freely admit that the reader, after finishing Goldrock, may wish that he or she would have had more time to get to know the town’s characters; by the end of Saddleback Mine, they will be like good friends.

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