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Jake Needham
I hope so, Bill...
Jake Needham
Hello, Marcella.
The 12th book in the series is MONGKOK STATION and it will be out sometime this year. Since you said you like both Sam Tay and Jack Shepherd, you'll probably be interested to know that in MONGKOK STATION the two of them work together to try to find the daughter of the American Vice-President who is missing in Hong Kong. The fear is that she's been kidnapped, but it turns out that the truth is much worse than that. Much, much worse.
If you want me to notify you when the book will be out, you can add your email address to my readers list. I don't write very often, never more than once a month, but I do let my readers know when something important is going on.
You can do that here: https://www.jakeneedhamnovels.com/let...
Thanks for asking.
Best,
Jake
The 12th book in the series is MONGKOK STATION and it will be out sometime this year. Since you said you like both Sam Tay and Jack Shepherd, you'll probably be interested to know that in MONGKOK STATION the two of them work together to try to find the daughter of the American Vice-President who is missing in Hong Kong. The fear is that she's been kidnapped, but it turns out that the truth is much worse than that. Much, much worse.
If you want me to notify you when the book will be out, you can add your email address to my readers list. I don't write very often, never more than once a month, but I do let my readers know when something important is going on.
You can do that here: https://www.jakeneedhamnovels.com/let...
Thanks for asking.
Best,
Jake
Jake Needham
Karen, quite honestly 'inspiration' is one of those words that (as my grandmother used to say) sets my teeth on edge. Writing is a craft. It's 99% perspiration and, maybe, 1% inspiration. At most. Maybe I'm just not an inspirational type of guy. Maybe it's different for other writers. But I don't think so. At least not the good ones, the ones who put out book after book and do it competently and capably...
Jake Needham
Pat, I recently sent out one of my 'Letters from Asia' that had quite a lot in it about the new book that's coming out September 26. It's online now right here: http://jakeneedham.com/2017/08/public...
Jake Needham
Pat, I've always found that a tough question to answer accurately. The quick answer is that I generally take a little less than a year to get from writing the first sentence of a new book to the day of publication. The more complete answer is that, since I draw all my books from my own experience, most of them have been kicking around inside me somewhere for a lot longer than that. I was on a panel with an author I admire once and somebody asked him that question. He said this: "Ma'am, it took me all my life." A little glib, maybe, but it's truer than you might imagine.
Jake Needham
I've haven't a clue how to answer this. To be perfect honest, I can't think of even a single fictional couple right at the moment. That seems pretty lame, I know, but there you are...
Jake Needham
Shelby, I used to do things like that for a living, but I've pretty much put screenwriting aside now. The last thing I worked on was adapting my own novel, THE BIG MANGO, in collaboration with Jim Gandolpini back when he was finishing up on 'The Sopranos.' We worked on that sucker forever, but then Jim died, and so did the project, and I pretty much swore off screenwriting forever.
Jake Needham
Bruce, I've been trying to teach myself to work from an outline for fifteen years now and I've finally admitted to myself that I just can't do it. My ideas develop from writing them and trying to develop them in outline form first has always been a bust for me.
Jake Needham
If you're a professional, you show up every damn day, you put your butt in a chair, and you do your work. If you whine about not being able to write instead of working, you're not a professional. Simple as that.
Jake Needham
The commute to work is really short...
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