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Michael Blatherwick was born and raised in New Jersey and has spent many years traveling the US as well as work assignments in the United Kingdom and India. A graduate of Villanova University, he resides in Bordentown, New Jersey, with his wife, dog, and their loyal army of cats, permanent, feral, and foster.

Michael is a fan of a wide array of authors and genres, citing his main influences as Michael Lewis, T.C. Boyle, Michael Chabon, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Margaret Atwood. He believes that the best fiction has firm roots in "believability" but pushes the imagination to the fringe between truth and fantasy.
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Michael Blatherwick I don't encounter "writer's block" in terms of staring at a page and holding my hands over the keyboard without any thought of what to do next. Often …moreI don't encounter "writer's block" in terms of staring at a page and holding my hands over the keyboard without any thought of what to do next. Often I find too many ideas, or, a more common and undiagnosed version of writer's block, "what do I do NEXT to connect the dots?"

I have a vivid imagination and often put my characters into situations in my mind that are outside of the story to see how they react. It can be being stuck in the line at a drive thru and their car breaks down, being mugged on a street corner, or receiving an unsolicited letter from an old flame. What would they say? What would they do? In walking through these scenarios, I often find an idea for a new conflict, or resolution.

Specifically, in my sequel to Photograph and the Atomic Juggernaut, I had the "team" sit in a circle for a therapy session, backs to each other, and discuss their biggest pet peeves about someone on the team. I was able to realize new conflict dynamics and how to position two characters to work through an upcoming conflict in a way that will push the plot forward.

If you have no idea where to start and still face the blank page, write about ANYTHING to just keep the juices of your mind flowing. Write about a bad day in elementary school, or your favorite car you've owned. Write a letter to someone you think needs to hear some straight talk (don't send it!). JUST WRITE.(less)
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It's here!

It's been a simultaneously easier and yet more challenging road to get book two out, both from a personal and professional standpoint. I am so thrilled to share the second chapter of Dana Jefferson's journey with you all.

Book three, the final piece of "The Juggernaut Arc", is coming out in 2024. The title?

Photograph: New Wheeled Order

But wait, there's more! There's a teaser for ANOTHER book at the Read more of this blog post »
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Cory is a great essayist and speaker but this fiction is extremely niche. A little too over the top and on the nose as far as social commentary goes.

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“It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight,” he wrote. “There are specific identifiers that are entirely recognizable during the bubble’s inflation. One hallmark of mania is the rapid rise in the incidence and complexity of fraud…. The FBI reports mortgage-related fraud is up fivefold since 2000.” Bad behavior was no longer on the fringes of an otherwise sound economy; it was its central feature.”
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