Ask the Author: Michael A. Ferro
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Michael A. Ferro
Hello, HBalikov. Thanks for your question. I would say that Detroit has shaped my writing mightily. I grew up during a time when the city was falling apart before our eyes. Much of the country was doing well during the Reagan and Clinton presidencies, and yet, Detroit continued to slide. It was heartbreaking to witness and in many ways, that juxtaposition became integral to my storytelling. There always has to be the bad with the good, the dark with the light, and while Detroit is thankfully once again on the rise, there are so many lessons to be learned not only from the city's shifting place within the country itself, but in its resilient citizens who are at the forefront of that massive undertaking.
I hope you enjoy my book and that it helps to illuminate some of Detroit's shadowed history in the Midwest. I would be happy to discuss the novel, Detroit, or whatever thoughts you might have. Feel free to reach out to me again and we can open another channel of communication.
Be well,
Michael
I hope you enjoy my book and that it helps to illuminate some of Detroit's shadowed history in the Midwest. I would be happy to discuss the novel, Detroit, or whatever thoughts you might have. Feel free to reach out to me again and we can open another channel of communication.
Be well,
Michael
Michael A. Ferro
Thanks, Emelia! February will be here sooner than you know (I can't wait), and I hope you'll enjoy reading TITLE 13! It is now available for pre-order on Amazon as an ebook and will be available in paperback on February 1st. Thanks for your support! I'd love to know what you think.
Michael A. Ferro
Thanks for the question and kind words! Sorry about the wait—I hate waiting, too. If there's a Hell, it's gotta be some form of waiting in a long line.
I got the idea for TITLE 13 because I worked in the federal government for a short time and saw just how absurd some of it really is. I wrote the book during the boon times of the Obama administration, and LOVED everything he did, but I sensed something foul festering underneath the surface of our society. I don't consider myself prophetic, but I had a terrible feeling that Trump was going to win, especially after I'd finished writing TITLE 13. Now that it has happened and our country has taken a right turn off the cliff, many who have read the book have told me that it captures the world we now live in so well (which is, unfortunately, so kind of everyone to say). I wrote the novel as a satire, but I'm afraid that not much of it seems like satire anymore... I am hopeful that the book can help us identify these toxins poisoning our culture and get us back on a track away from paranoia, depression, and submission.
As for the title, within the novel, there is a government regulation known as TITLE 13. Some very secretive documents of TITLE 13 information go missing in the first chapter, setting off a chain reaction of absurdity and madness, so it seemed like a fitting title. Plus, TITLE 13 for a title just kind of felt right. I could very easily be wrong about this, though. Ha.
I got the idea for TITLE 13 because I worked in the federal government for a short time and saw just how absurd some of it really is. I wrote the book during the boon times of the Obama administration, and LOVED everything he did, but I sensed something foul festering underneath the surface of our society. I don't consider myself prophetic, but I had a terrible feeling that Trump was going to win, especially after I'd finished writing TITLE 13. Now that it has happened and our country has taken a right turn off the cliff, many who have read the book have told me that it captures the world we now live in so well (which is, unfortunately, so kind of everyone to say). I wrote the novel as a satire, but I'm afraid that not much of it seems like satire anymore... I am hopeful that the book can help us identify these toxins poisoning our culture and get us back on a track away from paranoia, depression, and submission.
As for the title, within the novel, there is a government regulation known as TITLE 13. Some very secretive documents of TITLE 13 information go missing in the first chapter, setting off a chain reaction of absurdity and madness, so it seemed like a fitting title. Plus, TITLE 13 for a title just kind of felt right. I could very easily be wrong about this, though. Ha.
Michael A. Ferro
Yes, I can. And here it is:
"Who's ready for more blood!?" cried the huge, horrible monster trainer with a massive grin as he poured buckets of warm, wet blood in front of the monster trainees' desks. But Richard, a monster-in-training, was in no mood for anymore monster training that day—he was in love."
"Who's ready for more blood!?" cried the huge, horrible monster trainer with a massive grin as he poured buckets of warm, wet blood in front of the monster trainees' desks. But Richard, a monster-in-training, was in no mood for anymore monster training that day—he was in love."
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