Deaths of Houdini, Tibbets and future projects

General Paul Tibbets died yesterday (Hiroshima mission) and one door on history closed. I had written Tibbets in 1995 regarding an invitation to be part of a work I was researching (SOUNDTRACK TO WW III). I received a polite letter that said he had "no interest at all." I have the letter framed.

That enabled me to seek out Lt. Col. Fred Olivi, a co-pilot on the Nagasaki atomic bomb mission. We would go on to work on two AOL cyberchats, the first had an audience of 230 people. (This was when modem speed was 14.4 - and fast!).

Along with research from these pilots and some scientists for SOUNDTRACK, I have worked on a movie script on the days working with Colonel Olivi.

ANNIVERSARY OF HOUDINI DEATH MARKED

Another project I worked on was an online chat on AOL in 1996 was on the 60th Houdini's death. I made some notes for a proposed Houdini musical. More later as it comes...

Novel finished - now the avalanche starts

Hey, I finished my first novel back on Labor Day. The next day I wok and began work on Novel No. 2. I'm researching, but I have a rough idea where No. 2 is going. In the meantime, selections from the first novel POOKOO are being sent out to different 'zines and to agents...we'll see what happens. Novels take time and I am also finishing off a narrative poetry book about World War III provionally titled SOUNDTRACK TO WW III (SW3). Check out YouTube for videos on these projects. I should be putting up other videos soon. And yes, a musical for SW3 is in the works. When I finished the first novel, I unleashed a beast...

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