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November 21, 2012
NEW RELEASE!
After my NYT bestseller "Son of Hamas" and a dozen other nonfiction books, I've finally published my first novel.
Like "Son of Hamas," "Between Two Fires," and "Iraq, My Handiwork," this, too, is set in the turbulent Middle East.
The idea grew out of the notion that, if the whole Garden of Eden/Tree of Life thing was real and not just a myth, it should still be around and presumably accessible. And, if that was so, what would the world be willing to do to get at it? To get its hands on immortality? After all, we already spend billions of dollars freezing ourselves for posterity, and if we're not trying to live forever, we're sticking hypos in our faces to make us look like we're living forever.
But this story isn't about a team of quirky archeologists poking about in the desert sands. It's about espionage and WMDs and genocide and angels and demons and . . . well, there's something for everybody.
But be cautioned: "Nevermore to Die" is fiction, although some of it is true. And some of it is too true to be believed as anything but fiction.
Some of the story is possible. Some is probable. Some is inevitable.
Please be very careful what you believe.
But be even more careful what you refuse to believe.
Like "Son of Hamas," "Between Two Fires," and "Iraq, My Handiwork," this, too, is set in the turbulent Middle East.
The idea grew out of the notion that, if the whole Garden of Eden/Tree of Life thing was real and not just a myth, it should still be around and presumably accessible. And, if that was so, what would the world be willing to do to get at it? To get its hands on immortality? After all, we already spend billions of dollars freezing ourselves for posterity, and if we're not trying to live forever, we're sticking hypos in our faces to make us look like we're living forever.
But this story isn't about a team of quirky archeologists poking about in the desert sands. It's about espionage and WMDs and genocide and angels and demons and . . . well, there's something for everybody.
But be cautioned: "Nevermore to Die" is fiction, although some of it is true. And some of it is too true to be believed as anything but fiction.
Some of the story is possible. Some is probable. Some is inevitable.
Please be very careful what you believe.
But be even more careful what you refuse to believe.
June 7, 2012
First post
My bit of news is that I am at work 10/7 writing my first novel after more than three decades of writing nonfiction, with the brief exception of a novella in the form of a Sherlock Holmes pastiche.
“You ought to use your specialized knowledge of the Middle East, your writing talent, and your prophetic gifting to write a post-apocalyptic novel,” several friends told me.
“Fine,” I said when the third one made the suggestion. This was a Wednesday evening, we were talking on the phone, and we were scheduled to get together at Starbucks on Friday.
“If, between now and the time we meet, I get a solid idea,” I said, "I’ll do it. If not, thou art a false prophet and shall surely be stoned.”
Obviously, I got it.
Writing fiction after a lifetime of nonfiction is like learning to write all over again. And I love it.
Please don’t ask what the book is about. For one thing, the story, as any number of successful fiction authors will tell you, takes on a life of its own and virtually writes itself, and it hasn’t finished yet.
Another piece of advice I've found to be true is, if you want to write a good novel, devote most of your time to creating the main character, then just follow him around.
I did, and I am. And it’s eerie sometimes.
I can tell you that I expect this to be the first of a trilogy, assuming, of course, that it sells.
More later...
“You ought to use your specialized knowledge of the Middle East, your writing talent, and your prophetic gifting to write a post-apocalyptic novel,” several friends told me.
“Fine,” I said when the third one made the suggestion. This was a Wednesday evening, we were talking on the phone, and we were scheduled to get together at Starbucks on Friday.
“If, between now and the time we meet, I get a solid idea,” I said, "I’ll do it. If not, thou art a false prophet and shall surely be stoned.”
Obviously, I got it.
Writing fiction after a lifetime of nonfiction is like learning to write all over again. And I love it.
Please don’t ask what the book is about. For one thing, the story, as any number of successful fiction authors will tell you, takes on a life of its own and virtually writes itself, and it hasn’t finished yet.
Another piece of advice I've found to be true is, if you want to write a good novel, devote most of your time to creating the main character, then just follow him around.
I did, and I am. And it’s eerie sometimes.
I can tell you that I expect this to be the first of a trilogy, assuming, of course, that it sells.
More later...
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