Randall’s Random Thoughts
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Why does Jack carry that old-school gun?
This was a fun question to get asked. The answer is because the author who writes him is old-school and carries one! My military career spanned the late 80’s and early 90’s. This was a time when the “9mm wars” were taking […]
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Audio Books
Why don’t you have audio books yet? I get this question a LOT. I want to have audio. I need to have audio. But the process of producing audio is a serious one, especially if you have a dozen books out already. […]
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The evolution of the self-published writer.
I’m often asked how I got started in this whole being-an-author thing. The answer involves a lot of reading, a lot of writing, and a lot of luck. I was always a big reader. I carried one with me wherever I went. […]
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Vigilanteism
“What inspired you to write Closure?” This is the question I get the most and I wish I had an incredibly insightful and deeply inspiring answer to offer in return. Something that would just blow the reader’s mind with its awe-inducing wisdom […]
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What kind of reader are you? Your definition is not the same as the publishing houses.
I wrote a version of this essay around ten years ago. It was my answer to the ever-repeated question of authors being better off self-publishing or pursuing a traditional deal through an existing Big Publishing House (BPH). Back then we had a […]
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Where have I been…
That’s a loaded question. In 1994 Tom Clancy published a book titled Debt of Honor. The plot involved the rise of a shadow government in Japan that was intent on returning it to its pre-WWII empire. I’ll skip the first several hundred […]