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“Ask me a question...as long as it's not maths.” D.C. Alden

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I may have asked this b4 but I am an avid reader and have been busy elsewhere (mostly around the end of the Roman Empire) but I am once again ready 4 a little modern military thriller action. WHERE IS THE SECOND VOLUME of INVASION. Not the accompanying 1 but the 1 that is going 2 tell us how that copper gets back from the concentration camp 2 his girl in the UK and how the invasion of Europe by the good guys goes?
D.C. Alden Hi Stuart. I take it the caps-lock is a sign of your frustration! Never fear, I'm writing the next episode as we speak. Should be out on sale in mid-June. Make sure you sign up to my VIP group so you get the new-release discount.

Thanks for your interest and all the best,
DC

Here's the sign-up link if you haven't signed up already:

https://geni.us/DC-CONNECT
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
D.C. Alden An article, about the US Embassy in Baghdad. A billion dollar facility that has more floors below ground than above. An American outpost, located in the most hostile region in the world for Americans. A facility with perimeter defence systems that are classified Above Top Secret. It's a great place to set my latest thriller.
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How do you get inspired to write?
D.C. Alden I write books that I'd love to read but have never found. I write because I believe I'm a good thriller writer and I want to entertain readers. And getting good reviews/messages from readers telling me they've enjoyed my books makes it all worthwhile.
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What are you currently working on?
D.C. Alden Two projects. The first is the sequel to 'The Angola Deception'. Working title for that one is 'Fortress', a military/horror thriller. The second is a movie script, called Brutus, a thriller about a Special Branch surveillance officer who goes rogue. I'm enjoying writing both.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
D.C. Alden A writer has to love writing. If the thought of hammering out 90k words of quality fiction, then editing it again, and agains, and again, feels like a chore, it's probably not for you. As Ray Bradbury once said "Do what you love and love what you do."
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
D.C. Alden The freedom to create worlds and populate them with whatever characters I think will work. It's definitely not the money :)
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
D.C. Alden Thankfully I don't get this too much. When I write it tends to flow, but sometimes I do get stuck in scenarios, e.g. how can I unite Sunni and Shia to fit the book's worldview? So when that happens I'll take a day off, do something else, go to the cinema, gym, golf range, anything. Normally that does the trick.
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