Randall’s Random Thoughts
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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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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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More about Audiobooks and AI
I’ve been asked to elaborate more about audiobooks and how I plan to do them. I’ve also been asked about AI and what my thoughts are about that. I’ll save my thoughts on AI in general for another post and only talk
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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
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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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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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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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Building Half a World
If you’ve ever wondered how a story evolves from a rough idea into a full-blown series, Half a World is exactly that kind of journey. It didn’t start with a perfectly mapped-out plan. Like most things, it started with curiosity… and a
