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Hi. I found this website while looking for tips on self-publishing and such. Let me tell you a little about myself.
I began writing young, mostly short stories. I then wrote my first 'novel' length piece at age 15. It was a written sequel to the 'Cube' movies, and after that, I wrote another horror themed sequel to 'Jason X'.
Some time passed before I decided to try my hand at writing again, but I wanted to do something different. Reading back through those old horror stories I had written, I struggled not to cringe at the grammar errors, spelling mistakes, and poor word choice (as well as the God-awful dialog!). I decided I wanted to write an original piece, a thriller-action style novel. I was inspired by movies once again, but this time, the characters, plot, and story all came out of my head onto the Word Processor. I felt many of the thrillers that I read lacked enough pace for my liking. I wanted my novel to bridge the gap between an organized crime thriller and the old vigilante movies of the 1980s, so I went back and re-watched flicks like 'Cobra', and 'Commando', trying to get the formula just right. I wanted my characters to connect, be well developed, and seem very real. I wanted the violence I wrote about to be gritty, while at the same time hinting (or maybe poking fun at) the cliche action movie formula, with doses of black comedy here and there.
The end result was 'Positively Lethal'. My first novel, of around 350 pages. The response I got from both friends and strangers was very positive, but unfortunately, as I'm sure many have experienced, trying to find an agent to take it on was an impossible task. Email after email was sent, but no luck. I did get close. Two agents actually asked me to send them the full thing by mail before it was shot down as 'not being right for the market at this point in time'. Instead of giving up, I self-published through Createspace, and my book is now available on Amazon in paperback, as well as Kindle.
That's my story. Happy to be here.
I began writing young, mostly short stories. I then wrote my first 'novel' length piece at age 15. It was a written sequel to the 'Cube' movies, and after that, I wrote another horror themed sequel to 'Jason X'.
Some time passed before I decided to try my hand at writing again, but I wanted to do something different. Reading back through those old horror stories I had written, I struggled not to cringe at the grammar errors, spelling mistakes, and poor word choice (as well as the God-awful dialog!). I decided I wanted to write an original piece, a thriller-action style novel. I was inspired by movies once again, but this time, the characters, plot, and story all came out of my head onto the Word Processor. I felt many of the thrillers that I read lacked enough pace for my liking. I wanted my novel to bridge the gap between an organized crime thriller and the old vigilante movies of the 1980s, so I went back and re-watched flicks like 'Cobra', and 'Commando', trying to get the formula just right. I wanted my characters to connect, be well developed, and seem very real. I wanted the violence I wrote about to be gritty, while at the same time hinting (or maybe poking fun at) the cliche action movie formula, with doses of black comedy here and there.
The end result was 'Positively Lethal'. My first novel, of around 350 pages. The response I got from both friends and strangers was very positive, but unfortunately, as I'm sure many have experienced, trying to find an agent to take it on was an impossible task. Email after email was sent, but no luck. I did get close. Two agents actually asked me to send them the full thing by mail before it was shot down as 'not being right for the market at this point in time'. Instead of giving up, I self-published through Createspace, and my book is now available on Amazon in paperback, as well as Kindle.
That's my story. Happy to be here.