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White Ops 5 Has Released

Space Knight Templars versus Alien MafiaA book that came out while I was on substack only. WHITE OPS #5As most people have figured it out, my space opera White Ops was inspired by fan fiction about a certain TV show about a space station. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night.The name of the place was Anyway, books four

A short biography of a Catholic Author

One of the aspects of the writing profession that I still don’t understand, 10 years into it, is the idea that readers “want to know the writer.”Really? Because I have to tell you, I never cared about James Patterson’s life.I know nothing about Nora Roberts (I’ve read her JD murder mysteries)… or Janet Evanovich or Lee Goldberg.I know little about Lee Child and care less. If I work at it, I

On the Road Again (2022 edition)

Back in October, 2021 I had a wedding to go to in Texas. I arrived a few weeks early so I could visit my friends in the area.In 2022, I did the same thing. That time, Moira Greyland got married. If you don’t know who she is, she’s the daughter of Marion Zimmer Bradley. If you don’t know who that is… You don’t want to know. If you want to know anyway, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Luckily,

Coven: Upping the Ante

One of the fun things about writing Coven was an idea that Hans Schantz suggested. He probably doesn't even recognize his original idea, given what I'd done to it. The idea? Take away Tommy's charisms.Granted, by this point in the series, I’d given Tommy Nolan two other major weapons that increased his chances of survival. Some people think there’s no way I can threaten Tommy

St Tommy Abroad: Writing City of Shadows

 To my knowledge, the NYPD is the only city police force that has its own international intelligence operators. It's getting to the point where the NYPD operates like the Texas Rangers — their jurisdiction is wherever they are.So, when Infernal Affairs ended the way it did, it was obvious that Tommy Nolan had to get the Hell out of town, it was easy enough to transfer ....

Building a Saint

I've gone through a lot of old posts lately as I cut them up and turn them into Twitter threads. It's had some success, and there are people who have never read them before. I might get around to rewriting them here as well. Because there are a lot of things that have changed lately, and some notes I need to stress.But I noticed I put in a LOT of thought into creating Marco and Amanda for Honor

Writing Death Cult

 Death Cult, as a sequel to Hell Spawn, needed to go faster. We didn't need five pages of introduction.Heck, with the current rerelease, everyone can read every book one right after the other. But when I first wrote it, I had to up the ante. I even had to go back and rewrite part of the end to Hell Spawn so I could best segue into it. This is a rewrite I don't even think anyone else

Writing MS-13 as villain

 When I first started writing Hell Spawn, I figured that I wasn't using any controversial bad guys when I threw in MS-13 as a throwaway character. I had heard of them back when I was taking a course on Organized Crime in 2003, and I then tripped over them in Vince Flynn's Consent to Kill.I mean, these were bad guys that were one step away from being on a terrorist watch list

Updates and Cover Reveals

If you follow my substack, you already know this. If you've wondered where I've been the last two years, some updates.I lost my publisher Silver Empire.In the meantime, I’ve picked up others. Maybe three.Let’s go around the books.First things first: Saint Tommy, NYPD is going to be through Tuscany Bay Press. You may remember them as the publisher of my White Ops space opera.Including#1-#8:

Main Street D.O.A.

Due to ... blogger ... I have not posted on this blog for some time. I am making up for it now, however. If you want to see some of these original posts, go to my Substack. You can't miss it. It's Declan Finn's Substack. :)Yup, I’ve been busy.Book three releases all over the place.I had… some fun here.Heh heh heh.Sean Patrick Ryan's White Ops team has survived two wars, pirates, a cannibalistic