The Chronicles of the Man Named Destruction

Today is the day that I completed my first complete draft of the book. The feeling is incredible. As a person who prides themselves on “getting to the F’ing monkey”, I am proud that the 369 pages in this effort do not contain filler. I didn’t have a word or page goal. I wrote the story that I wrote the outline for. I get to go into the first edit phase now and I am excited to do it. I am even more excited to share it when it is complete. I hope it will make you laugh and cry at times and maybe  just a little cared at other times.

The story originates from a recurring nightmare I had as a kid. Now the creature in the story is vastly different than that original creature my childhood mind inserted into the dark corners of my dreams, but ironically, the focus on the book led to several more recent dreams that were also captured and included in the book. Look for one that takes place at the now closed Finches Diner in Raleigh. Real dream a year ago took place in a similar location. Someone holding a newspaper in front of their face was suddenly sitting in the booth with me, in the dream. I was thinking, “Hey bud, I am sitting here,” When I noticed the hands. They were different, too white and the fingernails seemed to be black. Not like nail polish, but sickly black. Then I noticed a leather cowl hat, that poked out over the top of the paper, and I became a little frightened.

I looked around the diner and it was suddenly empty, and the pristine walls were dirty and in disrepair. Roof tiles were hanging down and newspaper covered the inside of the large glass windows.

I looked back at the newspaper and all at once, the creature, slammed it to the table in front of me. The creature there staring me in the eyes was the one from my book. He looked straight into my eyes and said, “Well are you finished with the book yet?!?”

And I woke up. Hand on the Bible 100% true story.

I will keep you up to date on progress and thanks to the many people who have helped me get this far. Melissa, my girl who puts up with my constant story ideas and subject changes. My Ma, who is constantly reading drafts and encouraging. Monica Collier, a Christian Fiction writer, who I am sure my language will probably surprise a little, who has provided me with great mindset and tools I have used throughout this effort. If you are going through Franklin, NC, be sure to stop by Franklin Office Supply. They are a great supporter for local authors.

Finally, Jonathan Maberry. Jonathan provides so much to aspiring writers. In that he is generous with his time and encouragement. The resources he makes available both on his website www.jonathanmaberry.com and in his master class efforts he does pretty much every month on various subjects, are spectacular.