You might have noticed that I haven’t paid much attention to my blog lately. . .then again, maybe you haven’t. I’m not sure which is worse.
Most of you know that I have written another book and spent the summer getting it ready to launch. I have had exciting feedback on this new book - and in case you haven’t heard me talk about it ad nauseum, it’s called In The Name Of The Father. This book is 180˚ out from the first book. It was intentional. If I may speak confidentially, may I? I wrote the first book because I knew it would be easy for me. That’s right, I said easy. It’s not tough to comment on the human condition when it comes to the differences in men and women, they smack me in the face every single day. Or, to ruminate on my aging body, and justify why I believe wine should be covered by health insurance (that should be a no-brainer!) or share my mishaps with a bag of pot. So, yeah, in the big picture. . .it was easy. The big question was, would it sell? As a control freak, this looming question mark mocked me at every turn. But, it did. . .and well. I am proud to say it is still in the Amazon top 10 in humor, parenting and marriage - even after a year. I learned a lot writing that book, putting it together, marketing it and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. The one thing I learned was the best thing a writer can do it to write another book. Luckily, I had one on the back burner of my brain with some haphazard starts on my hard drive. People would ask, are you writing another book? I’d answer in the affirmative and they’d just assume it was volume 2 of the first book. They plied me with stories, suggestions, and ideas and I would listen, all the while knowing I wasn’t writing humor this time. They were busy regaling me with funny and I was busy killing people off.
So, on August 10th, a year to the day that I released Is It Just Me? or Is Everyone a Little Nuts!, I released In The Name Of The Father. I am proud of both books, but this one is where my passion has always been and, I am here to tell you, it is a better book. As I said, the feedback has been phenomenal. There’s sex, drugs, language, murder, and even a love story, not your general humorous fare, right? So, imagine my reaction when, among all of the obvious "thriller" comments, I get a reader who commented, “I thought it was a cute story.” Cute?
Huh.
