Gordon Lynch

Gordon Lynch asked Brad Taylor:

I enjoy your work immensley.How do you manage to balance your expert military knowledge with fictional story lines in order not to compromise national security?

Brad Taylor Basically, I just don't put anything classified in the books. Usually, such things are concrete - like technical capabilities or the location of a base. If I box myself in by needing something along those lines, I'll just create a fictional capability or location. The Taskforce itself is a good example of that. We don't have anything like it in real life. I definitely needed an organization for Pike to work within, but I didn't want to use a real one, so I created one out of whole cloth. I think my military knowledge helps more with the intangibles of how our government operates, from the strategic to tactical level.

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rick incremona

rick incremona asked Brad Taylor:

I have a multi-part question that I am not sure you want to or can answer. Sorry in advance. Do you ever find it difficult to write new books with fictional presidents with everything that happens with current and past administrations? Do you ever see the news and think, "God Pike would do this, and or President Warren, and Hale would do this?"

rick incremona

rick incremona asked Brad Taylor:

I'm on book 4 now, and I love your writing! I am sorry for the loss of Taz. People like you, Taz, and others like you are irreplaceable and we need more like you. Thank you for all you do. Outside of the people you know and served with as inspiration, which actors could you see playing the parts of Decoy, Knuckles, Blood, Jennifer, Retro, Kurt, and Pike based only on looks? Sorry if you've been asked already.

K asked Brad Taylor:

I just finished reading Daughter of War and enjoyed it immensely. But I was confused throughout the book about the use of two iphones, how that came about, how they were supposed to be used, who was supposed to have them and how they both ended up in the possession of one person, as is supposed to have happened. I see how it helped introduce the girl to to plot, just not the purpose of them. Could you explain?

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