Michael Mingin

Gifted and Talented, the first book in the series of the same name, has been extensively revised.  Three new chapters were added to the beginning and the word count went up from 50,000 to 60,000.  Check out the new and improved Version 2.

In a sudden burst of energy, I've posted Love Takes a Turn, Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented series, in its entirety on Wattpad.  You can read the whole thing if you so desire.  Enjoy!

Love Takes a Turn, Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented Series, is now being published on Wattpad.  The first two installments, Prologue and Chapter I, are now live and available for reading.  This volume is illustrated with period photos, from 1947 to 1955.  Check it out.

Love Takes a Turn, Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented Series, is completed in draft and is being finalized.  The chapters that are flashbacks to the era 1947-1955 are illustrated by actual period photographs.  It should be posted in Wattpad by the spring.

Volume 3 of the Gifted and Talented series, Love Takes a Turn, is currently being written.  I'm hoping for it to be posted here on Wattpad several months from now.  In it, we take a little trip via Ray's ancestral memory to the era 1947-1955.  And what a tumultuous trip it is.

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Elephants Race Cars, book two of the Gifted and Talented series, is now published in its entirety in Wattpad.  Hope you enjoy it!
          The third book is in its initial stages of being written.

11/21/25 marks the halfway point of posting chapters of Elephants Race Cars.  Chapter IX will be published shortly after midnight.  There will be a total of 17 chapters, as well as a prologue, epilogue, and maybe a little acknowledgement page.  I should be able to keep the schedule of a new chapter every day until completion.  If you want to read something different -- try Elephants Race Cars.  And don't forget volume 1 of the series, Gifted and Talented.

UPDATE:  The debut of my new book has been moved up a week.  Elephants Race Cars, the second book in the Gifted and Talented Series, will debut in Wattpad on Thursday, November 13th, 2025, at about 12:01 A.M. EDT.  That's about 5:01 A.M. in Ireland, 6:01 A.M. in the Netherlands, and 1:01 P.M. in the Philippines.  The first installment will include a prologue and Chapter I.  Further installments will appear every couple of days, more frequently if I can manage it.  Meet Ray and Gwen's new friends, especially...the Mapagui sisters.

Elephants Race Cars, the second book in the Gifted and Talented series, will debut in Wattpad on Thursday, November 19th, 2025.  The first installment will include a prologue and Chapter I.  Further installments will appear every couple of days until completed; more frequently if I can manage it.  Get ready, it's going to be a wild ride.