November 2020
Hello from Orlando!
In case you missed it, I released my new thriller THIN BLUE LINE last week. It’s a story I worked on for most of the year, started in January and finished earlier this month. And it’s a story I loved writing. I always get a kick out of reading the reviews that come in and the emails asking when the next one will be out (trust me, I wish it was that easy).
Because what the reader reads is the finished product. They never truly know the story behind the story. Whenever I read a book from one of my favorite authors, whenever I get lost in the story, I have to remind myself that there’s more there between the lines…
Because when you read a book, you’re not just reading a bunch of words…
You’re reading countless hours of errors and rewrites and plotting… second-guessing yourself and trying to find how to tell the best possible story for the reader to enjoy.
You’re reading moments of complete frustration.
And you’re reading moments of pure joy.
You’re reading a book the author is so proud to share with you.
And you’re reading a book the author is terrified to share with you.
You’re reading a piece of their heart, something that took them away from doing other things they deemed to be less important than putting this new story out into the world.
You’re reading a piece of their soul, a part of their life they decided to share.
Accomplishing any big goal you have for yourself is risky. Because when you say you’re done, when you put what you spent time creating out into the world, you realize something you may have never thought about before: it no longer belongs to you.
The story belongs to them now. The reader. It’s theirs to read and live with.
They say stories are never finished, just abandoned. At some point in the writing process, you have to say to yourself, This is the best I’m capable of doing–for now.
Then you have to put it out in the world and see what happens.
Can you be a writer without someone else reading your words?
Yes, of course. But to share what you’ve spent a piece of your life working on with someone else is the ultimate trust-building exercise any writer could ever take on.
To trust yourself enough to let it go, to put it out into the world, and then to start again.
Below are some of the amazing reviews I’ve read on Amazon (thank you so much!). I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and I’m grateful to call you one of my readers. -Ken
Here’s what readers are saying about THIN BLUE LINE…
★★★★★ “Spellbinding.”
★★★★★ “I couldn’t put it down.”
★★★★★ “A nail-biting must-read.”
★★★★★ “Kept me reading long into the night.”
★★★★★ “Unable to put it down. THIN BLUE LINE doesn’t disappoint!”
★★★★★ “This book is worth your time to read.”
★★★★★ “Another great story in a great series.”
★★★★★ “Grabs you from the very first page and never lets up.”
★★★★★ “The best Blake Jordan novel yet.”
★★★★★ “Lots of twists… highly recommended.”
★★★★★ “The story was full of twists that kept me guessing.”
★★★★★ “Another outstanding addition to the Blake Jordan series.”
★★★★★ “I’ve read all in this series and they keep getting better.”
★★★★★ “Action packed and so believable.”
★★★★★ “The twists just kept on coming… great story!”
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