Ask the Author: Tom DeGeorge
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Tom DeGeorge
He fell, ever more swiftly, in the grasp of indifferent gravity, the world rushing to him inexorably, accelerating the promise of finality, of death. His screams, his contortions, futile and horrifying, and his mind swallowed by primal panic.
Tom DeGeorge
The Commonwealth, from Silverlock, by John Myers Meyers. I'd live it!
Tom DeGeorge
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fate is the Hunter
A Separate Peace
Fate is the Hunter
A Separate Peace
Tom DeGeorge
Becoming a CIA Officer.
Tom DeGeorge
Haven't hit it. Yet. Tougher for me is plotting - I don't do it, so I must deal with revisions and continuity consistency.
Tom DeGeorge
When my words match my vision - that is satisfying, enormously so.
Tom DeGeorge
For novelists? That it's a tough, tough road. Learn the trade - how to get an agent, where you genre is headed, what that audience is reading. Get on Publishers Marketplace, join Reedsy, signup for QueryManager. For an unknown, debut author, expect it to take months (or more) to land an agent. Truthfully, fiction is no way to earn a living unless you're both extraordinarily lucky and gifted.
Tom DeGeorge
Just finished the second book (BAD CHEMISTRY) in my Patrick Evans CIA thriller series. Taking a breath for a week or so, then starting the third, unnamed as yet, book. Keyboard will start clacking first week of 2024.
Tom DeGeorge
Internal pressure! Often "ah-ha" moments that suggest a plot element, or even an entire story. BAD CHEMISTRY was triggered by a loss.
Tom DeGeorge
From my career at CIA, based on anecdotes from colleagues and personal experience.
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