Gordon Buck:
CLASS OF 1965
St. Martin High SchoolClass of 1965
Ocean springs, MS
Mississippi State UniversityClass of 1970
Starkville, MS
Ocean Springs High SchoolClass of 1966
Ocean springs, MS
Gordon's Story
After getting degrees in engineering from MSU and LSU and having a good career in engineering, in retirement, I’ve been attempting to reinvent myself as a novelist. As an avid reader, I always wanted to write novels, and made various unsuccessful attempts over the years. Finally, I realized that I had better get busy if I were ever to write my novel.
Time travel has always fascinated me and writing my own time travel novel was first on my bucket list. I collected my pieces and snips from long ago and began writing. It was a disaster–too much engineer, bad habits, and ignorance of organization. I signed up for several online novel writing classes and submitted many rough drafts and samples for criticism.
I needed a practice novel for the online classes, so I created “Viking Princess”—a ridiculous Hallmark movie kind of novel in which anything is possible. “Viking Princess” was a lot of fun to write.
I set “Viking Princess” aside incomplete and completed my time travel novel, “Timepath”. It is available on Amazon. Then, encouraged, I completed “Viking Princess” which is also available on Amazon.
So now I have two novels!
“Timepath: Nature Abhors a Paradox”
When Greg learns that his romantic interest, Anne, is actually his sixth great-granddaughter and is susceptible to breast cancer, he joins an experimental time tr...Expand for more
avel project based on the twisted string theory of time. Although his official mission is to be briefly transported to 1810, his personal mission is to remain and administer a cancer preventative. The time travel team is baffled by Greg’s disappearance and attempts to discover the reason. Anne remains in 2022 and defends Greg’s reputation. Greg and Anne devise a method for Greg to save artifacts, letters, and photographs from the early 1800s where he must learn to live. They each make a time capsule to record their lives.
“Viking Princess: College Romance in 1970”
Fiona is an auburn-haired Scottish orphan called ‘Viking Princess’ because of her height, beauty and regal bearing. She is a serious, but shy, fine art student and keeps to herself. Fiona stereotypes football players as dumb bullies. Her new friend, Mary, wants to introduce Fiona to her best friend, Alexander. Alexander is the Big Man on Campus. A handsome engineering student and star football player, his ambition is to become an inventor. Everything is easy for Alexander. Mary describes Fiona to Alexander as ‘having a good personality’—intentionally not mentioning her beauty — and Alexander reluctantly agrees to meet her. As they become acquainted, Fiona and Alexander must overcome cultural differences, jealousy, punishment for PDA, harassment, and family.
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