I don’t know how many Astrid Maxxim adventures I might write in the coming years, but they won’t be limited by the story possibilities or inventions.  I’ve got quite a list of possible story topics.  None of them is particularly brilliant prognostication on my part– as I am neither a futurist or a psychic, but I think they could all make good stories.

Astrid Maxxim and her Rocket Plane

Astrid Maxxim and her Lighter than Air Liner

Astrid Maxxim and her Space Surveyor

Astrid Maxxim and her Electric Rifle (In tribute to Tom Swift, as are they all, really)

Astrid Maxxim and the City of Gold

Astrid Maxxim and the Satellite Destroyer

Astrid Maxxim and her Amazing Hovercar

Astrid Maxxim and her Space-Time Selector

Astrid Maxxim and the Ultimate Weapon

Astrid Maxxim and the Sub-Ocean Rescue

Astrid Maxxim and her Orbital Telescope

Astrid Maxxim and her Floating City

Astrid Maxxim and the Robot Rebellion

Astrid Maxxim and her Orbital Spaceport

Astrid Maxxim and her Fantastic Flying Sub

Astrid Maxxim and her Space Science Lab

Astrid Maxxim and the Return to the Moon

Astrid Maxxim and the Rogue Planetoid

Astrid Maxxim and her Lunar Mega-Crawler

Astrid Maxxim and her Deep Space Probe

Astrid Maxxim and the Asteroid Miners

Astrid Maxxim and her Lunar Space Cutter

Astrid Maxxim and the Race to Mars

Astrid Maxxim and her Interplanetary Space Cruiser

Astrid Maxxim and the Deep Space Rescue

Austin Tretower is the final member of Astrid’s group in the Astrid Maxxim series.  Austin is a lovable screwup– the kid who all the bad things happen to.  There just has to be one in every group and Austin is it.

I toyed with the idea of having Austin come from my own hometown here in Nevada, but in the end, he came from Washington state.  This is a little fantasy of mine too.  I love the rain, and growing up here in the desert I never get it.  This gives me a chance to compare the two through Austin’s eyes.

In book one, Austin gets bitten by a rattlesnake.  In book 2, he gets bitten by a lake monster.