Randy B. Batten is a writer and merchant mariner living on the remote Alaska island of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor with his wife Lindy and their King Charles Cavalier Willow, his writing...view moreRandy B. Batten is a writer and merchant mariner living on the remote Alaska island of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor with his wife Lindy and their King Charles Cavalier Willow, his writing support dog. Randy has been putting pen to paper since the age of thirteen when he bravely wrote and mailed his first manuscript to a publisher to examine. It was a handwritten piece on Egyptian history, complete with drawings to support the words, all stapled into book form. The letter they sent back was very kind.
Though continually writing, be it chapters that would eventually become part of projects or just quotes and pearls of wisdom that he scratched down and stored like winter nuts, the challenges of work, then running businesses, becoming a commercial crab fisherman, and life in general, made it difficult to finish his many works. His desire to publish stories for people to enjoy never wavered, however, and now, nearing retirement, he has adopted a new commitment and desire to share his words with the world. Knight on Time is his first offering, with The Golden Arrow, a novella, to soon follow. He hopes you find these tales were worth your wait.view less