by Bobby Adair
I guess after talking about it with her, I realized I was being kind of a whiny bitch about the whole thing.
Overall, all of my readers have been very generous with praise and criticisms. And I've taken much of it to heart. It's helped me become a better writer of the kinds of stories you want to read. After twenty-five books, including several bestsellers, I feel like I’m a better writer than I’ve ever been. But who am I kidding? We can all become better at our passions if we strive to learn from both our successes and mistakes. My readers have certainly taught me a lot about that.
The truth is, I value the connection I have with you all, and it’s why I keep writing. The overwhelming response about these personal messages has been ‘put it back.’ People are going to be who they're going to be, they're going to behave how they're going to behave, regardless of what I do.
However, all of this does make me wonder about us as a culture.
Many of you have grown up with the Internet and email, social media, constant connection, public platforms in the digital realm both transparent and anonymous. Many of us were raised in a world where all of these things were concepts that existed even beyond the imaginations of our sci-fi writers at the time.
This type of communication has altered the foundation of our culture, how we interact with one another and how we behave in public. I believe it's the fastest, most all-encompassing cultural shift humanity has ever experienced.
Now every single one of us needs to decide how we fit into this new global culture, and not only who we're going to be in this cyber-enhanced world, but in which directions our multi-dimensional civilization is going to evolve.
Are we going to lay the underpinnings for a nasty, vicious dystopia, or will we reach high for a dreamy utopia? Will our culture be a mirror that amplifies our venal instincts, or will it be the light that illuminates a path to our better selves?
I don't know the answers to any of these questions. Perhaps I'll explore them in a book I write one day. Either way, the world will be what we make it. And I’m committed to make it better.
I hope you enjoyed Freedom's Fray. If you have feedback, positive or things that you’d like to see handled differently, please leave a review. Or, if you want to express yourself simply, tick off the number of stars that matches your feelings about the book and hit submit. I appreciate it all.
Thanks, Bobby
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Book 4 Not-So-Silliness
And here we are, another book out the door. Another rent check that won't bounce. Yippee!
Sometimes, writing is straight-up fun. Other times, it's work. Most days, it's both. I'm not sure why, but this book felt more like work. I think it's because I had a lot of things going on tugging me in a hundred directions, keeping me from sitting down to scribble in peace.
As if to underscore that, I'm a long way from home as I write this. Kat and I are renting a room in Emeryville, basically Oakland, California, and I've been camped out in the Berkeley Public Library for four straight days trying to finish editing. We're here because Kat is doing an art thing in a studio next door to, but not affiliated with Pixar and will finish up tomorrow. We should have a few days to bounce around out here and be lazy before we head back to Austin.
I'm hoping to visit Alcatraz, and we want to drive down and spend some time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. And whichever novel things come up in between. Like spending $4.75 on a slice of toast this morning for breakfast. Seriously!
Now, I admit, it was a piece of homemade sourdough dripping with browned butter (whatever that is) and honey. It was pretty good. But on the menu, it did say "Toast - $4.75," and I still ordered it.
Okay, so I've rambled way off the point. Sorry about that. But I'm just getting in character for the next Dusty's Diary book which I need to have wrapped up and sent off to the publishers in the next few weeks. So, please forgive me.
I tried some different things in writing Freedom's Fist, mostly with process, some with story structure. I like experimenting with new things and trying to find the sacred path to the perfect novel. Mostly, it feels like I'm wandering in the woods, tripping over ant mounds, but sometimes, the words hit the page just right, and I feel like I've taken a step closer. Please let me know what you think after you've read this one. Leave a few words in a review, or visit my FB page and tell me there.
Being so deeply involved in the creation of a book, going through round after round of rewrites and edits, it always gets to a point where I don't know anymore if what I've written is good. So, I depend on you. Good or bad. Detailed or sparse. Your feedback truly does help.
Oh, one final note. Kat usually edits my stuff because one thing I'm certain I have a talent for is creating typos. She's in that art thing I mentioned above, so she didn't read over this section. Please forgive me for my grammatical transgressions.
See you at the end of the next book.
Thank You!
Bobby
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I didn’t add anything for books 5 or 6
Amazing people who made this happen…
Cover Design
Alex Saskalidis, a.k.a. 187designz
Cover Illustration
Illustration © Tom Edwards
TomEdwardsDesign.com
Editing, Proofreading, Book Formatting
Kat Kramer Adair
Super Special Thanks
Mike Kramer
More about Bobby’s other writing…
Slow Burn Series (9 books), a best-seller!
Slow Burn is Bobby’s flagship post-apocalyptic zombie series, but so much more than a zombie book. Follow the adventures of Zed as he wakes up one morning to find that something’s a little different in the world. As the world is going to shit, Zed meets up with Murphy, and they try to navigate their new reality through a world of the “slow burns” before they are completely consumed by the virus. Great reviews, with over a million books sold, readers LOVE this one.
The Last Survivors Series (6 books)
A collaborative series with fellow zombie author T.W. Piperbrook, this series has a little more of a Sci-Fi feel, popular with folks who like Game of Thrones. It explores what happens 300 years in the future after the apocalypse, when man has rebuilt and gone back to an almost medieval society.
Ebola K: A Terrorism Thriller (trilogy)
A really great terrorism thriller with awesome reviews. It focuses on the devastating Ebola outbreak and the possibility of weaponized Ebola by terrorist organizations and nationalized resources like blood with Ebola antibodies. A more in-depth and complex observation of the real world. This series follows an American college student teaching in Uganda as the country comes under attack from the deadly virus as he tries to make his way back to the safety of his family back in the United States.
It’s also historically and medically accurate, so you’ll learn a little about the history of the disease as well…did you know that Ebola has been airborne in the US in the past? Or that it can survive in semen for 90 days or more after a person is declared “Ebola-free?” (This is Kat’s favorite!)
Black Rust, Black Virus (first two in a series)
A newer series from Bobby that also deals with a different post-apocalyptic reality. Christian Black is a bounty hunter charged with hunting down the infected…a “Regulator.” When caught in an unsanctioned kill, Christian sets about to clear his name. A fairly deep character, whose flaws are an important backstory to his adventurous life.
Dusty’s Diary: One Frustrated Man’s Zombie Apocalypse Story (first in a series)
Fun and crass…be careful if you’re easily offended! Has some great advice about what to pack in your post-apocalyptic bunker (don’t forget the porn!). Dusty’s Diary has an uncertain future…people like it, so I’ll probably write more in the future. This
is a short story.
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