It’s a great feeling seeing something that I’ve spent the
last couple of years laboring on so intensely, finally being set free into the
world. It seems that keeping myself sequestered in a small room in front of a computer
monitor for hours on end, living on cashews and coffee, actually paid off! In just
the first couple of days, LILITH reached # 27 in war fiction and #64 in horror.
Not bad.
My love of the fantastic and weird, coupled with my interest
in military black ops, was something I always wanted to get in writing. My
background in the Navy provided the perfect experience to draw from since I had
worked right next door to a SEAL team and watched how they operated. In the Sea
Bees we even had an ex-SEAL as a commander who had us exercising our asses off
every morning. Talk about tough.
Though the book has been released, my work as an author is
just beginning. In just the last week or so, I’ve written several blog posts,
sent out tons of emails, Facebook posts and Tweets, written a post for the International
Thriller Writer’s roundtable, done an interview with The Big Thrill and worked
on edits for my young adult sci-fi thriller, THE GOD PARTICLE. I’ll also be
calling bookstores, doing newspaper and podcast interviews, attending book
signings and working on writing the sequel to LILITH, which will be even more
thrilling!
One thing I know is I could never do all this alone. My wife
and daughter have offered more support than I could ever have asked for, and
the people at DarkFuse, especially Shane, Greg and Dave, have been amazing to
work with. I couldn’t be happier with how well the book turned out, and judging
by the reviews, most people agree.
You can also get more info on my website.
Thanks for reading!
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