1- Would
you still write if you were never paid for your work?
Shhhh! Please
don’t tell my readers, agent, or foreign and audio publishers: I’d continue to write even if I weren’t
compensated. Not only would I; in many
years, I have. Writing has been my
life since I was a kid. It’s not something I do; it’s what I am.
2- How
much of your day is spent writing, or on the business of writing?
When I’m in the planning stages, probably 4-6 hours.
However, once I’m really “in the zone” and writing the story, the clock and
calendar disappear. I often go 9 to 12 hours. During the final stages, racing to
complete a book, my marathon sessions regularly become all-nighters. I once
worked two-and-a-half days straight while writing my just-published thriller WINNER TAKES ALL. (Yeah, I know: I need
a shrink.)
3- Tell us about your latest Hunter thriller?
WINNER
TAKES ALL is
the third book in my opening Dylan Hunter thriller trilogy. It’s a big,
fast-paced, deviously complex political thriller that touches on just about
everything in today’s headlines.
Dylan
Hunter is a journalist with a hidden past. Secretly, he’s also a justice-seeking
vigilante who targets corrupt, untouchable elites.
In
this one, Hunter has promised Annie Woods, his fiancée, he’ll stop his violent
activities. But an investigative reporter probing the source of illegal campaign
funds is murdered. A visionary presidential candidate is targeted for personal
destruction. Then, unspeakable terrorism rocks Washington, D.C.
On the trail of the culprits, Hunter finds himself the target of a
treasonous, power-hungry billionaire and his hired assassin. He faces an
agonizing choice: a future with the woman he loves—or waging a one-man war
against a deadly conspiracy poised to install its puppet in the White House.
4- In
your writing world, what would you consider success?
a. Making enough money each year to continue to write
full-time. b. Having readers continue to tell me the ways my books have enriched
their lives. That never gets old.
5- What
made you decide to get involved with Thriller Firsts? And what do you hope to
accomplish?
How could I possibly turn down an invitation to have HUNTER share space, within a single
volume, with debut thrillers by iconic authors whom I revere? I hope its place
in this collection introduces many more thriller fans to my bestselling Dylan
Hunter vigilante-justice thrillers. With the opening trilogy in the series—HUNTER, BAD DEEDS, and now WINNER TAKES ALL—finally complete, I’d be
delighted if thousands of readers who love action, suspense, mystery, and
nail-biting thrills will find a new hero to love, and a new author to follow.
