Rod Johnson has two passions in life – his family and writing. After years in the Financial Services industry, Rod retired to devote his time to both.

Among the author’s influences are great novelists in the thriller genre such as Clancy, Ludlum, le Carré, and others. Nelson DeMille’s Charm School is an all-time favorite novel and he admires Brad Meltzer for the breadth of his work across multiple genres and media.

Rod’s dad was the first of his family to move away from the family farm to live and work in a city (population 8,000). However, with extended family remaining on farms and ranches, the writer “grew up country” and this upbringing is evident in some of his characters. In particular, Rod captures the sense of roaming free as a youngs ...more

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Rod Johnson Backlash - Brad Thor; The Bugles Are Silent - John R Knaggs

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rod Johnson I have a few favorite ways to deal with it. Sometimes it helps to get away from the novel I'm working on entirely. A number of websites offer writing …moreI have a few favorite ways to deal with it. Sometimes it helps to get away from the novel I'm working on entirely. A number of websites offer writing prompts. I'll pick two or three and write a very short piece for each one. For additional prompts, I just ask my wife or daughter for something they did today and then write my take on it with some attempt at making it funny. Humor usually gets the juices flowing again. If I want to try to hack my way through my current project, I think of some event from my past and start writing it into my novel, and try to make it fit into my current spot in the plot whether it really does or not. That way I don't need to be creative, just descriptive. Once done I try to resume the actual novel as though the addition were a part of it. Then I take out what I'd inserted. (Although once the personal experience I wrote about worked in the context of the story so I left it in.) Thanks for asking!(less)

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Average rating: 4.27 · 11 ratings · 3 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Half of Faith (Josh Morgan Novels #1) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Hell in the Meantime (Josh Morgan Novels #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	SPIRITs of Retribution (Josh Morgan Novels #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Calendar: A story of a boy, his loss, and help from an unexpected source 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Binary Agent 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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