Hiking and Writing

HIKING & WRITING. We’ve had a pretty good summer of hiking—Maggie’s an absolute machine. I’ve also had fun finishing a novel that I started in 2016 😳and worked on by fits and starts these past nine years. If that sounds like a long time, it is. More on that below. First, here’s where the idea for the book came from:  

Over a thirteen-year period during the 1980s and 1990s, I organized and coached, along with a staff of friends, thirty state select soccer teams of 500 Maine kids. The teams played and toured in England. I’ve taken that remarkable experience and fictionalized one team’s tour in April of 1989. ⚽️

For the past 32 years I’ve been writing education books and articles as well as books and articles for coaches, athletes, and researchers. Writing this novel has been a challenge, but I had help from colleagues and friends along the way, and they’re mentioned in the book’s acknowledgments. It’s a young adult novel for ages 13 and up. I hope Sing On, Maine United! will be out this fall. Stay tuned and thanks.