Stories & Projects
The variety is on purpose.
Not everything Papa builds is for sale. Some projects are stories. Some are history. Some are books. Some are experiments to see if something works.
"What's next?" is part of Papa's Next Project. This page is where those projects live — with room to grow.
Local History — Maury County Phosphate
How phosphate was made in Maury County, Tennessee — from the mines and washing plants to the electric furnaces and fertilizer works. Real places, real workers, real photos with real dates.
What exists now:
Part 1: The Late 1930s & 1940s — How phosphate moved from deposit and mining through washing/concentration into elemental phosphorus or finished fertilizer. Published on Facebook with a full source list.
Part 2: The 1950s — Making More From Leaner Rock — Leaner ore, washing, furnace-feed preparation, electric furnace, elemental phosphorus — with the fertilizer route continuing alongside it.
What is coming: a four-part visual series building toward a documentary. Part 1 is done. Part 2 research and graphic are built. Parts 3–4 are still being researched.
Photos: Only authentic archival photos with real dates, locations, and archive credits. Example: Hoover & Mason washing plant, October 8, 1938, Tennessee State Library and Archives. No AI historical images. No photo presented as something it is not.
If you or your family worked in the phosphate plants, mines, washer operations, rail/truck crews, or labs — or if you have corrections — Papa wants to hear from you.
TEXT Papa a memory or correction — (931) 505-0705
Tycels — Book 1 (In Progress)
A fantasy novel Papa is writing. Book 1 is in progress.
No excerpts here yet. No spoilers. No chapters published on this site. Papa shares chapters privately for reader feedback while the book is being built.
When the book is ready, it will have its own page here. For now, this card is a placeholder that says: it's real, it's being written, and it's coming.
PAPA SHOWS ME — Children's Books
A children's book line in development. How Is a Bicycle Made is currently being reworked for a future edition. No buy link will appear here until the new version is ready.
Animation, Video & Experiments
Short videos, animation tests, and short-drama experiments. Some are polished. Some are Papa trying something to see if it works.
Where to watch:
YouTube: Papa's Next Project — @papasnextproject
TikTok: @papasnextproject
No finished series is promised here. When an animation or short-drama project is ready to show, it will get its own card here.
What's Next
Future builds and experiments will show up here first — or on Facebook.
If Papa's trying it, it'll show up here. If it's ready to sell or share, it'll have a clear link. If it's still being built, this page will say so.
TEXT Papa an idea — (931) 505-0705