Over the past year, I have completed seven short
stories, one novella (or novelette,
if you prefer), and one novel. I’ve
published a three-novel compilation of the Justice Security novels, and a
collection of the short stories. I’m
almost done with another novel, and if you’ll look at the New Story Progress
Meters on the front page of my website, you’ll see that I have one short story,
and three more novels in the works.
I’ve been writing like a mad fool, and have
accomplished a lot more in the last year than I ever imagined that I could. And, the more I write, the faster it goes.
The reason that I’ve tallied these up isn’t to
brag.
It’s because of my die-hard fans, especially the
fans of Justice Security.
I get requests for new Justice Security stories,
and questions about when a new one will be coming out, all the time! And I’m so grateful that the group of
characters in these stories are gathering steam and becoming popular.
Reading the reviews of the first full Justice
Security novel, Mama Told Me Not To Come,
people either loved that one or hated it.
There was very little in-between.
Then came the first short story, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, with its
theme of sacrifice and love, and the second full novel, Jackie Blue, that hinted at the depth of Joey’s feelings for doing
the right thing, and the reviews changed.
They became four-and-five-star reviews.
People began responding to these characters.
And, while a lot of the storylines are
over-the-top, as the series progresses, the characters are gradually showing
their true colors. We’re gradually
seeing what they’re really made of, and how much they care for other people,
and how much they care for each other.
And the action, hopefully, is unexpected when it
happens in these stories. They may seem
over-the-top, but I try to base every explosion, every shootout, and every
death in a way that makes it seem that it could
happen…and, often, does happen. Maybe the deaths I write about don’t happen
so much in the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world, where human life is
cheap and disposable. I just place them in the U.S.A., in Justice
Security’s unnamed Southern city, to give you an example of what ordinary
people can do when they have to.
So, to the fans of Justice Security, thank
you. Those stories, and the ones to
come, are for you, and I hope that they bring pleasure to you for years to
come.
And I’m writing as fast as I can, just so you can…
Keep reading!
Michael (T. M. Bilderback)
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