Ken Hoss is a writer I've gotten to know through Twitter andas a fellow Independent Author Network member. Ken recently interviewed me for his blog and I'm returning the favor andhosting him today on Thrillers R Us.
Doug: Ken, can you share a little about your journey topublishing your thriller, Storm Rising?
Ken: Well, to begin with it was a short trip, relativelyspeaking. It took me just over a year to complete the MS and another six monthsof rewrites. When I thought it was ready, I wrote up the synopsis and a queryletter. After a few tweaks, I began sending it out to agents, who by their blogpost and websites, they represented book like mine. After little or noresponse, I began thinking I would never see my work published. (Yes, I wasbecoming despondent.) It was then that I discovered Smashwords and KindleDirect. The rest, as they say, is history.
Doug: What advice do you have for writers who decide topursue publishing? Traditional or Indie?
Ken: That's a tough question, and only the writer can decidethat for himself or herself. For me it was an easy decision. If I wanted to getmy book out there for others to enjoy, I had to go the Indie/Self-publishroute.
Doug: Are you a plotter or seat of the pants writer? 
Ken: I started this book as a plotter, but quickly saw thatas I went, the story and characters took on a life of their own. As I wrote, Iwas constantly changing the outline to match with the direction of the story.Now I just do a skeletal outline, research, build background for any newcharacters and the rest is by the seat of my pants.
Doug: Where do you do your best writing?
Ken: At home with the television off and some good jazzplaying in the background.
Doug: Have you made any discoveries in marketing yourwriting to readers?
Ken: Just that it isn't easy.
Doug: What's next? Another in the series? Anything else?
Ken: I am currentlyworking on book two in the Kelli Storm series, Storm Warning. After that willbe Eye of the Storm.
Thanks Ken!
Thank you, Doug.
Ways to connect with Ken and his book - Storm Rising: http://kenhoss.blogspot.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Storm-Rising-Kelli-Novel-ebook/dp/B0053GAWYU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1321202053&sr=1-1http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/storm-rising-a-kelli-storm-novel-kenneth-hoss/1103391061?ean=2940011314278&itm=1&usri=storm%252brising%252ba%252bkelli%252bstorm%252bnovelhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/book/storm-rising-a-kelli-storm/id441096129?mt=11http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/61707http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/kenneth-hoss.html
Bio: Kenneth Hoss was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1957. StormRising - A Kelli Storm Novel is a Police Procedural and is the first book in athree book series. Storm Warning, the next book, has a planned release ofSpring 2012.


Kennethis currently single and lives in Irving, Texas.



Blurb for Storm Rising: Whena murder investigation turns Detective Kelli Storm's attention to a drugkingpin, the last thing she expected was to find a link to her father's killerfrom twenty years earlier.

Detectives Kelli Storm and Bill Hayes are investigating multiple homicides inNew York City's Washington Heights neighborhood.

When a young woman is murdered, Kelli tracks the killer to a Gentleman's Clubin Manhattan. There she locates an unwilling witness. When the woman isassaulted and left dying, the investigation takes a new twist. The DEA steps inand takes over, forcing Kelli off the case.

She decides to take a different approach. Working behind the scenes, she pullsout one of her father's old case files and finds a connection between thekiller and his murder.
in other news:
Join me and 9 of my author friends at WoMen's Literary Cafe's Mystery Book Launch Dec 13-15. Ten authors will discount their ebooks to just 99 cents. Buy 3 and get 1 FREE!


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