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(group member since Aug 07, 2012)
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from the Q&A with Matthew Akers group.
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Talk about your hot-button topics!Man alive! I know what a pinball feels like, but thank God for the bumpers. :)
Yes. I removed the link. I caught a few librarians doing nasty stuff, but that is their problem. Sufficed to say, be aware politics and religious accusations/persecutions are alive and well on GR. I enjoyed reading your blog. It encompassed the feelings I know all too well of the draining act of letting go of your writing that you've held and poured yourself into for so long.
Make sure you never go against the political or religious beliefs of GR Librarians.http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Michael,You are a wise man. That is exactly the conclusion I came to.
Of course 20 years ago, I would have thought we were both heartless, but when you see a real monster as we have, not some TV drama, the answer is clear.
Mix in what could happen to children by an evil person, and the answer is indeed scary.
I knew a man that was in a prison riot and he was a prisioner. People were killed by the evil ones for nothing - just because they had the chance.
Thank you for your post.
Matthew
How Can Anyone Be Pro-Life and Pro-Death Penalty?
From Chapter 9...Like father, like son, Joshua Toole, II was fearless and loved thrill rides. His father had taught him how to ride and he was riding a motorcycle across America when his draft card number was called for a one year tour of duty in Vietnam.
His tough German-Irish steel blue eyes begged for danger and at the same time adventure. The U.S. Army’s First Calvary Division was hand picking characters just like him for a new position the world of war had never seen before: Attack Helicopter Machine Gunner. Be very careful for what you ask.
Fortunately for him, psychogenic drugs and alcohol were readily available in Vietnam in those days. Perhaps they are today, but back there then, to complete those missions one needed a very short memory. There were memories of other missions back home that were lost in the same fog.
Yes, sir!
Yes. Joshua's character is really expanded in the sequel. It's going to be great!
Vivian is a staple.
You are correct. Family and friends were the hardest hurdle. Did you ever think they would string you up, tar and feather you or something?Yes! Thanks for asking. It's finished, but needs editing. The next book is called "Victory Together."
What's on the radar for Tower Lowe?
After flunking his second exam, he couldn’t face the shame of letting his employer know how much he was struggling. Plus, he felt he was wasting the college money he earned in Vietnam for someone else. He felt like quitting but his German-Irish work ethic wouldn’t allow it; instead he called in a tutor.To his surprise, a female voice answered with a New York accent. Coming from South Jersey and surrounded by Southerners, the voice felt like home. They made arrangements to meet at her small apartment an hour every day before class. He was shocked when the lady he was watching in the parking lot months earlier opened the door. He smiled because behind her was a little black boy holding onto her thigh, hiding and protecting his momma all at the same time.
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Matthew Akers
Silence lasts for years, and yet speaks every day to our souls. The problem is patience is the key that unlocks the mystery. But it seems when we start talking, the revelations end. Cal didn’t know the revelation was about to begin.His forgotten past came out when he least expected. Golf shirts and khakis got replaced with camouflage uniforms and a KevlarTM vest and helmet. He assumed Iraq or Afghanistan, but he wound up in Kosovo instead. An infantry man on a peace keeping mission sounded like the most boring thing in the world to him, especially during the war, but he wasn’t ready for what he found over there.
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Matthew Akers
Vivian sighed at his response. The way he was immaturely facing his part in the affair made her blood began to boil, and so she took a deep breath. She couldn’t help but make a point, “Hmm…really?” She sarcastically asked with venom in her tone. She paused again and exhaled, “Why? Cal, why does she keep callin’?”
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Matthew Akers
There were perks. They paid well, and the culture was more comfortable than Detroit. The best part was each of their prototypes were made in Germany, so with each new BMW, Cal spent three months in Bavaria. The timing worked out very well. The prototype builds were usually in the fall - during Oktoberfest. Still, there was work to be done.
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Tower,Thank you. Enjoy!
Matthew
PS: I enjoyed the conversations in your latest novel:
In Roswell, Re-Abducted
Amy,That was a great question, and great questions stretch us.
Thanks for stretching me.
Matthew
The Bavarian capitol is the site for the transformation of Cal.The cross-Atlantic plane rides reveal a hidden memory.
The protagonist of protagonists...A successful CPA going through a senate investigation, Vivian Toole stops what she's doing to tend to the most important issue.
Her words of wisdom shower Cal throughout the story.
The protagonist with an internal conflict...
Joshua sets the reality and the background in Son Of Adam. He is a white man married to a black woman, Vivian Toole.This character is big in the next book.
