Ask the Author: Nick Warren
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Nick Warren
Hey there Scott, Glad you enjoyed part 1 and thanks for the question.
Short answer: “Execution Is Everything: Jon Kaine 1” is the book you need.
Longer answer ;-)
Execution Is Everything was originally written as a three part serial.
1) Execution Is Everything : The Girl
2) Execution Is Everything : The Breach
3) Execution Is Everything : Everything Ends
For the first year anyone subscribed got those parts for free, culminating in the “Full Subscriber Edition” which included everything.
That offer ended after a year and in July 2017 I started selling the full book on Amazon as “Execution Is Everything: Jon Kaine 1.” This includes the 24,000 word book you’ve already read plus parts 2 and 3 (which add another 110,000 words).
I hope that helps clear up the confusion. Let me know if not
Short answer: “Execution Is Everything: Jon Kaine 1” is the book you need.
Longer answer ;-)
Execution Is Everything was originally written as a three part serial.
1) Execution Is Everything : The Girl
2) Execution Is Everything : The Breach
3) Execution Is Everything : Everything Ends
For the first year anyone subscribed got those parts for free, culminating in the “Full Subscriber Edition” which included everything.
That offer ended after a year and in July 2017 I started selling the full book on Amazon as “Execution Is Everything: Jon Kaine 1.” This includes the 24,000 word book you’ve already read plus parts 2 and 3 (which add another 110,000 words).
I hope that helps clear up the confusion. Let me know if not
Nick Warren
Hmmm... need more than one I'm afraid.
I would visit...
... High Fidelity and go to Championship Vinyl to look for rare Marillion picture disks.
.... The Lord of the Rings ... to see Rivendell (but then straight back to The Shire).
... The Vale of Aldur from The Belgariad to learn magic
... The Italy of A Farewell to Arms (to see if people really speak like Hemmingway says... surely not)
... The Chocolate Factory (you know which one) to eat and be amazed
... Treasure Island, but the Famous Five one, not the Long John Silver one (we have to call the books the Famous 6... sorry Enid).
... The Gap Universe by Stephen Donaldson... although actually maybe it's better just to read those stories
... Hogwarts ... erm ... to learn magic (boring Nick trivia, I was reading Harry Potter when there were only 2 books out (feb 2000)
And LASTLY and most importantly... The Chocolate Factory. You know which one!
Stopping now because could easily go on all day :-)
I would visit...
... High Fidelity and go to Championship Vinyl to look for rare Marillion picture disks.
.... The Lord of the Rings ... to see Rivendell (but then straight back to The Shire).
... The Vale of Aldur from The Belgariad to learn magic
... The Italy of A Farewell to Arms (to see if people really speak like Hemmingway says... surely not)
... The Chocolate Factory (you know which one) to eat and be amazed
... Treasure Island, but the Famous Five one, not the Long John Silver one (we have to call the books the Famous 6... sorry Enid).
... The Gap Universe by Stephen Donaldson... although actually maybe it's better just to read those stories
... Hogwarts ... erm ... to learn magic (boring Nick trivia, I was reading Harry Potter when there were only 2 books out (feb 2000)
And LASTLY and most importantly... The Chocolate Factory. You know which one!
Stopping now because could easily go on all day :-)
Nick Warren
Hmmm... need more than one I'm afraid.
I would visit...
... High Fidelity and go to Championship Vinyl to look for rare Marillion picture disks.
.... The Lord of the Rings ... to see Rivendell (but then straight back to The Shire).
... The Vale of Aldur from The Belgariad to learn magic
... The Italy of A Farewell to Arms (to see if people really speak like Hemmingway says... surely not)
... The Chocolate Factory (you know which one) to eat and be amazed
... Treasure Island, but the Famous Five one, not the Long John Silver one (we have to call the books the Famous 6... sorry Enid).
... The Gap Universe by Stephen Donaldson... although actually maybe it's better just to read those stories
... Hogwarts ... erm ... to learn magic (boring Nick trivia, I was reading Harry Potter when there were only 2 books out (feb 2000)
And LASTLY and most importantly... The Chocolate Factory. You know which one!
Stopping now because could easily go on all day :-)
I would visit...
... High Fidelity and go to Championship Vinyl to look for rare Marillion picture disks.
.... The Lord of the Rings ... to see Rivendell (but then straight back to The Shire).
... The Vale of Aldur from The Belgariad to learn magic
... The Italy of A Farewell to Arms (to see if people really speak like Hemmingway says... surely not)
... The Chocolate Factory (you know which one) to eat and be amazed
... Treasure Island, but the Famous Five one, not the Long John Silver one (we have to call the books the Famous 6... sorry Enid).
... The Gap Universe by Stephen Donaldson... although actually maybe it's better just to read those stories
... Hogwarts ... erm ... to learn magic (boring Nick trivia, I was reading Harry Potter when there were only 2 books out (feb 2000)
And LASTLY and most importantly... The Chocolate Factory. You know which one!
Stopping now because could easily go on all day :-)
Nick Warren
In 1993 I was sailing south from the Bahamas when the yacht I was on hit a reef ... at night.
It was the early hours of the morning and I was the only one of the three crew on watch. It was simple enough job, hold to the Captain's course and avoid other shipping where necessary. The second part was easy because there wasn't any.
I soon found out why.
The first sign that we were in the wrong place was a breaking wave... something you never want to see in the middle of the ocean. I thought it was a whale or something at first. I can remember, as I type this, the rush I felt at that breaking water. So loud, so unexpected. I had no idea what it was.
Then the captain exploded up through the hatch screaming "Reef! Reef!" Ten seconds later we hit it, keeling over as the coral ripped into our hull. It was the longest twenty seconds of my life, the sound was terrible, but then we were over sailing normally again. "Thank God," I thought - not knowing that we'd already started taking in water.
But it wasn't over. The captain looked out into the inky blackness and ordered us to turn the yacht around.
"We have to hit it again," he said. "Right now."
At the time I couldn't begin to understand why he wanted to put us back in danger. Not a bad setup for a thriller.
- Nick
It was the early hours of the morning and I was the only one of the three crew on watch. It was simple enough job, hold to the Captain's course and avoid other shipping where necessary. The second part was easy because there wasn't any.
I soon found out why.
The first sign that we were in the wrong place was a breaking wave... something you never want to see in the middle of the ocean. I thought it was a whale or something at first. I can remember, as I type this, the rush I felt at that breaking water. So loud, so unexpected. I had no idea what it was.
Then the captain exploded up through the hatch screaming "Reef! Reef!" Ten seconds later we hit it, keeling over as the coral ripped into our hull. It was the longest twenty seconds of my life, the sound was terrible, but then we were over sailing normally again. "Thank God," I thought - not knowing that we'd already started taking in water.
But it wasn't over. The captain looked out into the inky blackness and ordered us to turn the yacht around.
"We have to hit it again," he said. "Right now."
At the time I couldn't begin to understand why he wanted to put us back in danger. Not a bad setup for a thriller.
- Nick
Nick Warren
I wave at it and get back to work.
Want a more serious answer? Okay.
Sometimes I loose the thread of the story. Usually it's temporary, and like any problem it responds best to focus and hard work. There's no trick, you grind through it.
If I get really really stuck it's usually because I've taken a wrong turn in a previous scene. That means going back and finding the 'mistake'. That's hard because it means changing something that was already "finished" in my head. But it does work, at least for me.
Want a more serious answer? Okay.
Sometimes I loose the thread of the story. Usually it's temporary, and like any problem it responds best to focus and hard work. There's no trick, you grind through it.
If I get really really stuck it's usually because I've taken a wrong turn in a previous scene. That means going back and finding the 'mistake'. That's hard because it means changing something that was already "finished" in my head. But it does work, at least for me.
Nick Warren
Stop aspiring, start writing. I have a sticky note beneath my monitor that reads "THIS is your work."
The more I have treated writing like a job, the better I've gotten.
The more I have treated writing like a job, the better I've gotten.
Nick Warren
I love inspiration, but I don't rely on it being there on any given day. I start writing at around 7am most weekdays. If I'm lucky inspiration will pass by once or twice, but perspiration is more reliable.
Nick Warren
There's lots of great things about being a writer, but the best thing is connecting with readers who genuinely enjoy the work.
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