Ask the Author: Chris Tullbane
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Chris Tullbane
Hi, Randy! Thank you so much! The plan is for there to be 3-4 more books in the series, starting with Dead Man's Favor in 2023. I see The Italian Screwjob as kind of the mid-point of the series... a lot of the disparate plot threads that have cropped up over the first four books will start coming together and building towards the series' climax.
Edit: ADMF is out as of Fall 2023. Godswar will follow in 2025!
Thank you for reading!
Edit: ADMF is out as of Fall 2023. Godswar will follow in 2025!
Thank you for reading!
Chris Tullbane
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Chris Tullbane
Just write. If you're anything like me, you'll make every mistake there is when writing that first book, but practice is a hugely important component of improvement (despite what Allen Iverson might think).
There are a lot of people out there who are happy to say what you should or shouldn't do, and I agree that it's important to know the 'rules' of writing before you break them... but the most important thing is to just keep writing.
There are a lot of people out there who are happy to say what you should or shouldn't do, and I agree that it's important to know the 'rules' of writing before you break them... but the most important thing is to just keep writing.
Chris Tullbane
It's not all that hard to get inspired! I have a file folder of ideas that are just waiting to become stories.
Feedback always helps too. My wife reads everything I write, as I write it, and her enthusiasm is invaluable.
Feedback always helps too. My wife reads everything I write, as I write it, and her enthusiasm is invaluable.
Chris Tullbane
Being able to share the fruits of your creativity with the world! There are few things cooler than someone enjoying what you wrote and having their own imagination sparked as a result.
Chris Tullbane
Updated for August, 2023:
I'm currently finishing up A Dead Man's Favor, book 5 of The Many Travails of John Smith, which will be released in September. After that, I will return to the portal fantasy I've been working on this year, as well as starting either the sequel to The Queen of Smiles or the series starter of my other (and third) post-Break series.
I'm currently finishing up A Dead Man's Favor, book 5 of The Many Travails of John Smith, which will be released in September. After that, I will return to the portal fantasy I've been working on this year, as well as starting either the sequel to The Queen of Smiles or the series starter of my other (and third) post-Break series.
Chris Tullbane
For me, writer's block is rarely an issue of not knowing what to write and more an indicator that something I've already written didn't work and is now bothering me. Once I've figured out what that is and addressed it, moving forward is easy.
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