Stories and Secrets: November 2007
NY Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson agreed to be the debut authors’ guest to address the issues of (1) writing a series character and (2) building and sustaining a career. It’s amazing that after more than seven million copies of his books in print in the U.S., he still remembers his debut. And remember it he does with humor and a bit of nostalgia.
When asked what one thing in his background would
most surprise his readers, Paul answered that he is still a practicing
physician. “I help stamp out diseases and fight pestilence on Mondays
and Tuesdays, the rest of the week patients are on their own.”
By Julie Kramer
If Allison Brennan liked to brag, she'd have plenty to brag about.
The NYT bestselling author writes three books a year while raising
five kids. Her secret for balancing life and work amid the chaos?
"You have to prioritize your life," the author said. "What is the number one most important thing? For me, it's my kids. Number two is the writing. Everything else has to wait when I'm on deadline, except my kids."
So what if you’re not a scientist? you may be thinking. Hundreds of thousands of people could make the same claim: lawyers, social workers, pastry chefs; stockbrokers, carpenters, newspaper reporters; race car drivers, kindergarten teachers, and on and on.
But I write science thrillers. My debut novel FREEZING POINT, which Berkley Books will be publishing in October ‘08, is about a solar energy company that uses microwaves from orbiting satellites to melt Antarctic icebergs into drinking water while environmental extremists plot to stop them, neither realizing the iceberg water is contaminated with an unknown, deadly disease.My day job is working alongside my husband in our family’s upholstery shop. And aside from the semester I attended the University of Michigan, I never went to college.
Dateline: www.jordandane.com ...In the dead of winter, Jordan served as a checkpoint volunteer on the Iditaski Race in Alaska. JD got flown to a remote no-frills lodge via small floatplane that departed from a frozen lake and landed on the iced-over Yentna River. (Part of this endurance cross-country ski and snowshoe competition follows sections of the Iditarod Trail.) JD checked for mandatory gear, watched for signs of hypothermia, and helped feed the international mix of race participants.
- Jordan once sewed a 6-foot banana—complete with zippered yellow peel and bruises—and camped outside the house of a relative of Mike Nesmith, the wool hatted Monkey. (Mike and Davy Jones were visiting San Antonio at the time.) Wisely, neither Monkey came out of the house that weekend.
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- Jordan created a promotional button that was named Best Slogan of the Year in a national energy magazine. The button was featured on the front cover. The slogan? “Ask me if I have gas” The next year, JD followed that success with another button – “May all your gas be natural”.
- As an architect working on the development of downtown San Antonio, JD’s father named the San Antonio River - the Paseo Del Rio.
NY Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson agreed to be the debut authors’ guest to address the issues of (1) writing a series character and (2) building and sustaining a career. It’s amazing that after more than seven million copies of his books in print in the U.S., he still remembers his debut. And remember it he does with humor and a bit of nostalgia.
When asked what one thing in his background would
most surprise his readers, Paul answered that he is still a practicing
physician. “I help stamp out diseases and fight pestilence on Mondays
and Tuesdays, the rest of the week patients are on their own.”
By Julie Kramer
If Allison Brennan liked to brag, she'd have plenty to brag about.
The NYT bestselling author writes three books a year while raising
five kids. Her secret for balancing life and work amid the chaos?
"You have to prioritize your life," the author said. "What is the number one most important thing? For me, it's my kids. Number two is the writing. Everything else has to wait when I'm on deadline, except my kids."
So what if you’re not a scientist? you may be thinking. Hundreds of thousands of people could make the same claim: lawyers, social workers, pastry chefs; stockbrokers, carpenters, newspaper reporters; race car drivers, kindergarten teachers, and on and on.
But I write science thrillers. My debut novel FREEZING POINT, which Berkley Books will be publishing in October ‘08, is about a solar energy company that uses microwaves from orbiting satellites to melt Antarctic icebergs into drinking water while environmental extremists plot to stop them, neither realizing the iceberg water is contaminated with an unknown, deadly disease.My day job is working alongside my husband in our family’s upholstery shop. And aside from the semester I attended the University of Michigan, I never went to college.
Dateline: www.jordandane.com ...In the dead of winter, Jordan served as a checkpoint volunteer on the Iditaski Race in Alaska. JD got flown to a remote no-frills lodge via small floatplane that departed from a frozen lake and landed on the iced-over Yentna River. (Part of this endurance cross-country ski and snowshoe competition follows sections of the Iditarod Trail.) JD checked for mandatory gear, watched for signs of hypothermia, and helped feed the international mix of race participants.
- Jordan once sewed a 6-foot banana—complete with zippered yellow peel and bruises—and camped outside the house of a relative of Mike Nesmith, the wool hatted Monkey. (Mike and Davy Jones were visiting San Antonio at the time.) Wisely, neither Monkey came out of the house that weekend.
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- Jordan created a promotional button that was named Best Slogan of the Year in a national energy magazine. The button was featured on the front cover. The slogan? “Ask me if I have gas” The next year, JD followed that success with another button – “May all your gas be natural”.
- As an architect working on the development of downtown San Antonio, JD’s father named the San Antonio River - the Paseo Del Rio.
