Thanks for the Wild Ride

I've been on a lot of wild rides. Back in my youth I was heavily into street racing, and those unsanctioned (read illegal) rides were exhilarating and wild. Burning rubber and banging gears, yeah, it was fun. I'm also an avid ATV rider, and even at 40 years old I like to get my Suzuki Quad Sport out there ripping up the tracks, pitching it sideways in turns and hanging on for dear life. I also love to ride bicycles, and can often be found leaping my Mongoose off of curbs and carving turns. So, yeah, I've been on many wild rides.

But the one I'm on now is a different kind of ride. Ever since the release of REVENGE OF THE TAKEN (Humble Walker Book 1) with Limitless Publishing, it has been a wild ride. During the weekend, the book hit #7 on the Amazon Best Seller list for SciFi (although it may have briefly hit #4 according to a report I could not substantiate myself). But I won't quibble over a few places. I'm not going to lie, it was pretty cool seeing my book in front of some major heavyweight writers I've idolized for their work.

The reviews have been amazing, and people are just loving the book at every turn. I could not be more excited to hear what people are saying, and reading what they are writing. There is really no better feeling as a writer when people love to get into your story as much as you did while writing it. We writers pour a lot of soul into our work, immersing ourselves in the worlds of our characters all the while hoping when someone reads it that they get it too.

Art is so subjective. Be it movies or music, books or paintings, when the creator is producing such things they never really know if anyone is going to like it. Some people don't really care if people like their work, but I think most of us want someone else to enjoy it. Personally, I write to tell stories, to take readers on journeys and wild rides that might be unexpected or even bizarre. I like to give people an escape from reality even if I'm describing things as if they could (and might be) actually happening right next door.

So I want to say thanks to those who have bought REVENGE OF THE TAKEN and those on social media who have passed on nice words about the book. I'm truly humbled by the support and it makes we want to work that much harder on the next one. After all, wild rides can be addictive in a good way.