Why Credibility?

I am writing books on such arcane topics as The Meaning of Life, Predicting the Future, The Ghost of Socrates (Philosophical Issues in Information Systems), How to Write a Story to Explore Possible Worlds (Generally the Ethics of Technology, Forthcoming), and In Search of Clarity (The Problem of Universals, Forthcoming).

But, that isn't enough. I would also like to write a book on the TV Series LOST, something on Jane Austen and/or Kurt Vonnegut, both of whom I believe are not fully understood.

But, that still isn't enough. I have 3 1/2 detective novels with the goal of five. The first Identity is already out. The second Along Came a Spider will be out next year. And the remaining ones will be out each of the following years.

I am toying with the idea of creating a new detective Sam Slogo who is a retired academic that adopted being a Private Investigator as his encore career. I thought it would be fun to have a character who is slowing down but still gets the job done. Yes, this is a little close to home.

I am also toying with an extremely ambitious idea for a series called The Metaphysicals. In classical mythology metaphysical forces were anthropomorphized into Gods and Goddesses to help people understand the world. Today, we have all manner of metaphysical forces that we do not understand such as the political system, or the economy, even the weather, for that matter. I thought it would be fun to anthropomorphize them and see what I could come up with.

I have more ideas, but will spare you the details.

You might say that I am all over the map and should really focus in order to get anything done, not to mention getting it done well. I hear you and have heard this all my life. Some of you may have similar experiences. But, the challenge goes to my credibility as a writer. So, I thought I would provide some evidence that I have gotten things done in the past, that I have always been all over the map, and that you should give me the benefit of the doubt that I will accomplish something (perhaps not everything) as I embark on my new encore career as a writer. After all, it costs you nothing other than a willing suspension of disbelief and the burden is entirely on me.