Tidings of Victory: Kinkaid in Europe
"Tidings of Victory" was fun to write in that I was able to have Kinkaid meet Benjamin Franklin, something he mentions he might do "someday" in the first volume, "Independent Action." It was also fun to revisit Europe, where I once lived for some years, where much of the action takes place, some of the story inspired by the adventures of John Paul Jones. I only have a rough idea of what will happen or what worries Kinkaid must endure on any of his adventures, leaving plenty of room for the story to play out and allowing characters to appear out of thin air, so to speak, so I especially enjoyed the intrigue that carried from the ship to the shore in the form of a dangerous protagonist who must be dealt with at the end.