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Alan Orloff

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http://www.alanorloff.com

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Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult, Horror

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May 2009

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Before Alan stepped off the corporate merry-go-round, he had an eclectic (some might say disjointed) career. As an engineer, he worked on nuclear submarines, supervised assembly workers in factories, facilitated technology transfer from the Star Wars program, and learned to stack washing machines three high in a warehouse with a forklift. He even started his own recycling and waste reduction newsletter business. Now he writes fiction.

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His debut mystery, DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD, was a finalist for the Best First Novel Agatha Award. He writes the Last Laff Mystery Series: KILLER ROUTINE (#1) and DEADLY CAMPAIGN (#2), and has three e-book originals, THE TASTE (horror/thriller), FIRST TIME KILLER (thriller), and RIDE-ALONG (suspense).

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BICFOK!

Are you a “carrot” or “stick” type of writer, with regard to your own motivation? Do you ever reward yourself for finishing a book/chapter/scene/sentence? How? What other types of motivation do you use?

When I’m in the middle of writing a draft, I’m a very disciplined guy. I’ve found that I don’t need much in the way of reward (or punishment). I set my daily word quota, then I sit down and b...

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	Diamonds for the Dead 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killer Routine (A Last Laff Mystery #1) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Time Killer by Alan Orloff (Goodreads Author), Zak Allen 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Campaign (A Last Laff Mystery #2) 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taste by Alan Orloff (Goodreads Author), Zak Allen 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ride-Along by Alan Orloff (Goodreads Author), Zak Allen 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ride-Along 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suspense Magazine September 2010 by John Raab (Editor), Douglas P. Lyle, Shane Gericke 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Last Laff Mystery (2 books)
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Alan Orloff made a comment on What Do You Think?: "Thanks, Angie! Yeah, this one is a bit edgier than DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD. (But not as dark as THE TASTE.) "
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