Guest post by Nicholas Denmon
Thanks for letting me come to your site and pontificate. I really appreciate the opportunity to get in front of unique readerships and talk about myself. It really feeds my narcissistic nature!
My debut novel, For Nothing, is a mafia thriller and the first in the trilogy: An Upstate New York Mafia Tale. It follows the story of an undercover cop (Alex Vaughn) avenging his friend's death, as well as an assassin (Rafael Rontego) embroiled in a mafia civil war.
The story came out in May of 2011 and here we are in March 2012 releasing the second novel in the series, Buffalo Soldiers. It comes out on the 20th and I am hoping it is greeted as warmly by the reading and blogging community as the first. When For Nothing debuted I was very nervous as it was the first work I ever released for public critique. Fortunately, the reviews have been mostly positive and I owe the bit of success it has had to blogs such as this one.
When you publish a novel it is interesting how you, as the writer, fall in love with certain characters and the view you have during the creation. Even more interesting is how the reader comes to their own conclusions about those characters, regardless of your intentions as a writer. It is very much like being a parent. You think your child is beautiful, but your neighbor is pretty sure you have an ugly baby or vice versa. It is all in the eye of the beholder. When I created the assassin, Rafael Rontego, he was supposed to be an evil, deadly, heartless, assassin. Somewhere along the line though, the audience developed a love affair with this dark character. More often than not I found that my readers were rooting for him as the novel progressed.
That being said, I really enjoyed writing this second installment of the series. I'm a bit nervous to see how the audience adjusts to some risks I took as a writer. Who will they root for, assuming they care at all? Will they be as satisfied with Buffalo Soldiers as they were with For Nothing? Most importantly, will they come back for the final chapter and the third book?
I hope so and I hope you all enjoy it. I love getting feedback and appreciate you letting me have the pulpit for a day at your own special place. You have my sincerest thanks.
ND
His Amazon product link:
http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Upstate-York-Mafia-ebook/dp/B0050WA44K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331523771&sr=8-2
Blog:
http://dratednovelist.blogspot.com
Website:
http://best-fiction-novels.com/
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/authornicholasdenmon
Twitter:
@nicholasdenmon
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4845754.Nicholas_Denmon
My debut novel, For Nothing, is a mafia thriller and the first in the trilogy: An Upstate New York Mafia Tale. It follows the story of an undercover cop (Alex Vaughn) avenging his friend's death, as well as an assassin (Rafael Rontego) embroiled in a mafia civil war.
The story came out in May of 2011 and here we are in March 2012 releasing the second novel in the series, Buffalo Soldiers. It comes out on the 20th and I am hoping it is greeted as warmly by the reading and blogging community as the first. When For Nothing debuted I was very nervous as it was the first work I ever released for public critique. Fortunately, the reviews have been mostly positive and I owe the bit of success it has had to blogs such as this one.
When you publish a novel it is interesting how you, as the writer, fall in love with certain characters and the view you have during the creation. Even more interesting is how the reader comes to their own conclusions about those characters, regardless of your intentions as a writer. It is very much like being a parent. You think your child is beautiful, but your neighbor is pretty sure you have an ugly baby or vice versa. It is all in the eye of the beholder. When I created the assassin, Rafael Rontego, he was supposed to be an evil, deadly, heartless, assassin. Somewhere along the line though, the audience developed a love affair with this dark character. More often than not I found that my readers were rooting for him as the novel progressed.
That being said, I really enjoyed writing this second installment of the series. I'm a bit nervous to see how the audience adjusts to some risks I took as a writer. Who will they root for, assuming they care at all? Will they be as satisfied with Buffalo Soldiers as they were with For Nothing? Most importantly, will they come back for the final chapter and the third book?
I hope so and I hope you all enjoy it. I love getting feedback and appreciate you letting me have the pulpit for a day at your own special place. You have my sincerest thanks.
ND
His Amazon product link:
http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Upstate-York-Mafia-ebook/dp/B0050WA44K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331523771&sr=8-2
Blog:
http://dratednovelist.blogspot.com
Website:
http://best-fiction-novels.com/
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/authornicholasdenmon
Twitter:
@nicholasdenmon
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4845754.Nicholas_Denmon
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