Welcome

Welcome to my blog: Have Words. Will Write. The title is a nod to the old western series Have Gun. Will Travel starring Richard Boone as a wandering gun for hire. I grew up watching tons of western shows like this. I think this is where I got my first taste of storytelling that involved good versus evil. Later I would get into comic books and fantasy novels that traded on the same themes as the westerns shows.

Now I've published my first novel on Amazon called Ryan's Run. It's a science fiction adventure novel for teens but doesn't stray too far from the good versus evil theme. It's about a boy named Ryan who suddenly and mysteriously finds himself being transported to a parallel universe--an exact duplicate of the Chicago he lives in--except this Chicago has been ruled by ruthless aliens for the past twelve years. It's the first book in a trilogy called the Parallel War. Ryan has to escape the aliens, find out why he's the one who is being brought to this world and for what purpose, and maybe even fall in love and help the survivors fight the aliens. It's a lot to do. I hope you take a look at it. Here's the Amazon link if you're interested.

That's it for now. Check back in or subscribe to see what else I'm writing about. Mostly it will be about the writing process. The self-publishing process. And whatever dark corner my mind happens to wander into. Leave a comment or email me if you have any questions. Once again--welcome and thanks for reading!

http://www.amazon.com/Ryans-Run-The-Parallel-ebook/dp/B00AQABIH8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359900134&sr=1-1&keywords=Ryan%27s+Run