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Michael Stafford
Tommy Black Lance Wanderone squinted, trying to pierce the foggy veil that shimmered and moved across the surface of the Black Bottom Slough. A full blown Moccasin infestation was happening, right then, right now, and his path to Lyla Flay ran directly through it.
Michael Stafford
I would go to heaven and see for myself the catalyst for this incredible fiction novel we here in America call the Bible, which derives a portion of its content from the Sumerian tablets which began to be written in cuneiform in 3500 BCE. This was several thousand years before the Bible was written yet few have expressed to me much in the way of their knowledge concerning the Nefilim.
Michael Stafford
This summer I am reading a few books that have been put aside for too long. One of those is The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn. Another is Mein Kampf, written,of course, by one of history's madmen, Adolf Hitler. I also plan to read A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking and Einstein, The Life and Times by Ronald Clark. Books about changing history intrigue me. Whether or not science can overcome our current crop of illegitimates in charge remains for history, and nature, to decide. M
Michael Stafford
During the middle part of my life I had many different roles, real jobs, that were highly unsatisfying. They paid well but that was about it. The people involved made it tedious at best. This led me to a title about a man who led many different lives, all fictional, of the people he wished he was. Some were famous, he was definitely not. The book will be titled 'By Any Other Name' and will follow 'Oblivion's Reach' which is due out in 2018.
Michael Stafford
I had this friend, a term I use loosely sometimes, who read every paper in sight along with smoking copious amounts of high octane reefer. How he functioned I have no clue but he more or less did. From him I began to understand what Cyrus calls The Process. Change The Process and you will change the Events that result from them. It took several more years, and meeting the right people and books along the way for the philosophy of The Front to tale shape. Once it did, and I got it, I just fervently hoped every day my writing style would be good enough. Just because you do something your entire life is not an automatic on your resume.
Michael Stafford
I couldn't sing or play an instrument and I definitely had something to say. Days of my life did not pass without me thinking about my personal philosophy and how to express it. What a wonderful thing has happened to me. I hope those of you who read my books will be able to see the passion I have for our society of men and how I long for its improvement. We truly live between the walls of our time on earth. In my opinion, this is likely the best life we are going to have. Make the best of it. And, if by some miraculous chance, we are the seedlings of the gods, and they come to collect the crop, give some thought to who you think qualifies.
Michael Stafford
I am deep into Oblivion's Reach which is my second book about Cyrus Kohler and The Front as they become the leading political party in America. The party of thinkers and science, the middle. In this book they achieve majority in a manner never attempted by by their social adversaries. The book also takes an in depth look at the religious tribes and their mythologies which have evolved, ever so slightly over the past seven thousand years, to control society. That control is fading, and not always for the better.
Michael Stafford
Be prepared before entering this battlefield. My publisher told me, and he is has a lifetime of experience, that 5% of all authors make 95% of the revenue.
Is that the type of business environment you want to enter? If the answer is yes, from the very beginning, seek to learn as much as possible about your craft. Write what you know. It is your business now. Set rules and follow them. Do it every day. Have a plan and execute it.
Is that the type of business environment you want to enter? If the answer is yes, from the very beginning, seek to learn as much as possible about your craft. Write what you know. It is your business now. Set rules and follow them. Do it every day. Have a plan and execute it.
Michael Stafford
It was a remarkable feeling when I saw my first Advanced Reading Copy(ARC) come through the post. I just looked at it for a while and realized I had done this. Then not long after, I answered my phone and on the other end was a major retailer asking very pertinent questions about my book and who was distributing it. If this whole process is not emotional then what would be? What a rush when you realize you have pulled this project together and people you don't even know are interested in what you have to say. I never intend to abuse that trust.
Michael Stafford
I go play golf, visit my friend Lee and go fishing, or, not necessarily in this order, make myself a proper bourbon. One of those will get me going again.
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