As many of you already know, I’m working on a new, four-book series called Parallel Ops. This series is a follow-up to my Seeds of Civilization series and begins five years after the conclusion of Triangle, the final book in the Seeds series. The concept of the new series is that there will be a book featuring each of the main characters from Seeds as they each, in their own way, try to make semse of the event that took place in the final pages of Triangle.

Three of the books take place along the exact same timeline (hence the series title Parallel Ops) so I decided to write all three at the same time. I write Chapter 1 of Book 1, then Chapter 1 of Book 2, and so on. When all the Chapter 1s are finished, I go back to Book 1 and start Chapter 2. It’s a ”novel approach” (no pun intended) becasue I have to keep three story lines going in my head but it’s also fun becasue I get to shift characters and geographic locations every few days.

You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t mentioned Book 4 yet – that’s becasue not much is known about Book 4, even by me! I haven’t decided whether Book 4 will chronologically parallel the other three or whether it will overlap and/or follow them. I may even leave that decision up to those who read the first three books! The one thing I do know, is that Book 4 will not be started until the first three are on their way to the printer.

I keep referring to the books of Parallel Ops as Book 1, Book 2, etc. but they do have names, so here’s the run-down, including the Seeds character featured in each:

Book 1 – The Scientists – Jim Barnes
Book 2 – The Informants – Linda McBride
Book 3 – The Guardians – Tony Nicoletti
Book 4 – The Teachers – TBA

If you’ve read the Seeds of Civilization series, you’ve probably already guessed why Frank Morton is the “star” of the mysterious Book 4!

Well, the cup is empty, so that’s it for today. See you again tomorrow?