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Tom Tinney

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I'm the Biker-Nerd. I've published numerous Science Fiction (Space Opera, Action, Adventure, Military), Fantasy (High and Urban) and Biker stories.

With the exception of an occasional profile update, I also don't visit Goodreads...at all.

Unfortunately, the platform that had promise to help folks "Find my next book", has now become a destructive, troll-filled hate-factory driven by a crowd more worried about "WHO" wrote the book, than WHAT the book is about and HOW well it is written.

I laugh at the current mantra being thrown at writers. "Why don't you include more/stronger XXXX characters in your writing? Are you XXXX-phobic, or an YYYY-ist?" (XXXX being whatever the Cause Du Jour is in).

Of course, that is followed by "You're not an XXXX, I'm the Biker-Nerd. I've published numerous Science Fiction (Space Opera, Action, Adventure, Military), Fantasy (High and Urban) and Biker stories.

With the exception of an occasional profile update, I also don't visit Goodreads...at all.

Unfortunately, the platform that had promise to help folks "Find my next book", has now become a destructive, troll-filled hate-factory driven by a crowd more worried about "WHO" wrote the book, than WHAT the book is about and HOW well it is written.

I laugh at the current mantra being thrown at writers. "Why don't you include more/stronger XXXX characters in your writing? Are you XXXX-phobic, or an YYYY-ist?" (XXXX being whatever the Cause Du Jour is in).

Of course, that is followed by "You're not an XXXX, so you writing about them is appropriating their culture/lifestyle. YOU MUST stop that now!" The writer's Kobayashi Maru.

My rule#1 for the perpetually offended: I'll never make them happy, so just ignore them. AT every level and for every gripe they have. Not worth the time or effort. Write for the Fans, not the fanatics.

And, of course, there are the obligatory "revenge reviews" by fellow "Authors" that have an ax to grind over other social media commentary (Hey...don't ask me to read your book by soliciting input and criticism, and then get mad when I explain why it's poorly written and filled with "talking points", not plot arcs or decent characters. Maybe stick to writing non-fiction opinion books from now on.)

I've joined, and now left, quite a few Goodreads groups. The activity seems to be oriented to trolling of authors for political reasons, soap boxing "From one side of the aisle only", and a general lack of caring about keeping the group/platform legitimately focused on the works

That's to bad. Potential squandered.

In closing...if you want to read good stories about the WHAT, WHERE, WHY and WHEN...and aren't worried about "WHO" wrote them, come along for a ride with the Biker-Nerd. Want to enjoy more? Come to my Facebook group or subscribe to my website...that's where I hang out. ...more

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Tom Tinney Not so much a mystery, but a great book. I was in a motorcycle accident 17 years ago. Died on the table twice. An interesting story by itself.

Afterwar…moreNot so much a mystery, but a great book. I was in a motorcycle accident 17 years ago. Died on the table twice. An interesting story by itself.

Afterward, they had me in a chemically induced coma for 6 weeks in ICU. Unfortunately, I was sometimes lucid enough to pick up the "Real world". That wouldn't have been so bad, but I was not a good patient and required a baby sitter to keep me from tearing out feeder tubes and IV's. Those baby-sitters in the ICU apparently liked action flicks. What did that mean for me? Well, I grabbed just enough reality to spend 6 weeks fighting a Ninja Wesley snipes, avoiding assassins sent to kill me and escaping from a sinking ship where a evil rich person had trapped me....in my head. All very vivid and all very real to me at the time.

Once I became lucid and they reduced the inducement drugs, I was on the path to healing. But sometimes, when someone came into the room, my heart would take off and I would grab the nearest object to defend myself. My wife would ask me what was wrong and I would tell her the person was “Here to kill me!” and be deadly serious. I wasn’t crazy. See, the person was a nurse, tech or doctor, someone sent to draw blood for tests or physically test my broken parts. They did those tasks while I was in my Semi-comatose state, so I had seen their faces and integrated them into my “other memory” of events. So, when they poked me with a needle, in my Ninja waking-dream, they were trying to kill me. When they cinched down my arm to keep me from screwing up my broken collar bone, I saw a shark chewing my arm. As I came back to reality, those thoughts and experiences (however twisted by the drugs they were) became imbedded as memories, vs dreams. They were real to me, so the threat was real to me.

It took a week or two to stop breaking out a sweat and keep my heart from racing when people would come in that I “recognized”.

I was eventually released, and during physical therapy, I went back to visit the ICU crew and thank them for their work. I did have a discussion with them about my “Dream state/Coma” experience. They had never had someone tell them what was going on with the patient and they talked about seeing me stressing out without knowing why. Now they knew….and hopefully they watch a lot of painting with Bob Ross, and relaxing comedies, rather than action flicks while babysitting. I don’t have any Idea how it would have turned out if they had watched Spanish TV Novellas.

I still need to write a book about the experience because the “adventure” I went on while in the coma is still preserved as memories for me, like it all really happened.(less)

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How do you get inspired to write?

Tom Tinney Life happening. I see stories in just about everything. Human stories of actions, bravery, strife, survival and triumph that I can insert into the uni…moreLife happening. I see stories in just about everything. Human stories of actions, bravery, strife, survival and triumph that I can insert into the universes of my writing, be it SciFi, Fantasy or techno-thriller.

I get bored by any current narrative or forced inclusion based on some sort of preset "Cause of the day". That sort of writing isn't honest and comes of ass condescending and forced to the reader. It is stealing that readers precious time. I let the characters talk and evolve within the writing process, so their story flows through the plot arcs I have designed.(less)

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Average rating: 4.21 · 86 ratings · 29 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Future Is Short by Jot Russell, Paula Friedman, Carrol Fix (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Blood of Invidia by Tom Tinney (Goodreads Author), Morgen Batten really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future is Short: Science Fiction in a Flash - Volume 2 by Jot Russell (Compiled by), Carol Shetler (Editor), J.J. Alleson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visions II: Moons of Saturn by Carrol Fix (Goodreads Author), Tom Olbert, Thaddeus Howze (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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