Debra
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J.B. Turner:
Hello Mr. Turner. I just finished the first three in the John Resnick series. As much as I did enjoy them, I'm curious to understand why he faces so much much pushback when he offers his thoughts on courses of action, even from Martha. I understand why he is not well received from people under her but why bring him on as a consultant when she barely believes any input from him? Thank you
J.B. Turner
Hi Debra,
Thanks for taking the time to contact me. Apologies for taking so long to get back to you.
It's a great point you make. Why does he face so much pushback?
I believe the answer lies in Meyerstein being FBI, and trying to strike a balance between legal considerations, and Reznick's more robust/less concern for legal niceties.
But I believe as I've written it, it seemed natural that there would be conflict between Reznick who has been trained to carry out a mission, and get it done, and ask questions later.
I suppose also it comes from a basic fictional part of what makes a good page turner, and that's having conflict. Primarily, an external conflict with people who are trying to thwart his mission - be that the bad guy or the Feds who have a different agenda to Reznick. And from this conflict will produce the tension to the narrative.
Hope that answers your question!
Best wishes and regards,
J.B. Turner
https://jbturnerauthor.com
Thanks for taking the time to contact me. Apologies for taking so long to get back to you.
It's a great point you make. Why does he face so much pushback?
I believe the answer lies in Meyerstein being FBI, and trying to strike a balance between legal considerations, and Reznick's more robust/less concern for legal niceties.
But I believe as I've written it, it seemed natural that there would be conflict between Reznick who has been trained to carry out a mission, and get it done, and ask questions later.
I suppose also it comes from a basic fictional part of what makes a good page turner, and that's having conflict. Primarily, an external conflict with people who are trying to thwart his mission - be that the bad guy or the Feds who have a different agenda to Reznick. And from this conflict will produce the tension to the narrative.
Hope that answers your question!
Best wishes and regards,
J.B. Turner
https://jbturnerauthor.com
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Margaret
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J.B. Turner:
J. B., I recently won a digital copy of Hard Kill. Couldn't start it until I had read Hard Road. Hard Road was terrific, but Hard Kill totally blew me away. Fantastic book. Looking forward to #3 and #3.5 as well as the Deborah Jones series. I am so fortunate to have won this book as I had not read any of your books before. You can count me as a loyal fan now. Thank you. Are you writing more books?
Mike Blake
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J.B. Turner:
I just read Hard Road, loved it :) and I have already bought the next 2. Like Lee Child, you write really, really well as 'an American'. You only made 1 slip that I noticed; you gave a guy's weight in stones, not xxx lbs. Obviously the US is the biggest market for books in the English Language, but would you never consider 'doing a Rankin' and writing about your own toon ?
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