I came across the most interesting saying the other day. It reads simply: “Time flies. It’s up to us to be the navigator.” The saying is true, especially as it deals with my writing.

It’s been several months since I last posted something on my blog. However, this does not mean I’ve been soaking up the Florida sun and doing nothing. Truth is, I’ve been doing a great deal of navigating my time.

For beginners, I’ve been researching and writing a second book in my “Remembering Not to Forget” series. The main focus of the new book, entitled “Everyone Has a Story: The Vietnam Conflict, One Ohio County, and 11 Untold Stories,” is on the eleven young men from Monroe County, Ohio, who were killed during the conflict in Southeast Asia.

Beyond the fact that these eleven young men were born and raised in the second least populated county in the state, six of the eleven came from one village…Beallsville…population at the time was around 400…that’s nearly 2% of the residents! During the ten months or so I was researching and writing, I also discovered some of the backstories of 58,000 soldiers who died in the conflict. Indeed, everyone has a story, and I’ve included many of those stories in the book. The book is scheduled to come out in mid-October.

And speaking of the book, I will be hosting two “Meet and Greet” nights in November. On Tuesday, November 7, I will give a talk at the New Martinsville (West Virginia) Public Library at 6:30pm. Call the library for more details or to register to attend.

On Friday night, November 10, I am scheduled to speak at the American Legion Post 768 in Beallsville, Ohio. The address is 52651 Broad Street, and my talk there will begin at 6:00pm. As in the case of my talk at the library, I’ll have a limited number of books available for purchase.

Finally, between getting the newest book proofed and published, I have begun researching a new work in the series. Like the first two books, the future book will focus on another event in the region where I was born and raised…the Ohio Valley of West Virginia. Here, I’ll be writing about the cooling tower collapse at Willow Island, West Virginia, in 1978 that claimed the lives of 51 workers, including 10 members of one family!

All for now, but I hope to see you at one of my talks in November. And if you can’t make the talks, remember that you can purchase one of my books by going to my website: drmichaelprice.com.