Three Things I Learned Writing My New Book

I just published my latest book: Dead Men Don't Cash Checks
Lessons I learned since writing the first book:

1. Every book has to be about something. A theme.
   Otherwise it's just a bunch of things happening one after the other.
   The theme of this book is: Trust.
   Can one person ever really trust another person?
2. The main character has to have a flaw—or two.
   Serious flaws.
   JR Johnson has a flaw: He doesn't trust anybody.
   He thinks everyone is lying to him, so he has developed what he considers his superpower: He is an excellent, unrepentant liar.
   Something happened to JR when he was a teenager that gave him this attitude. The book begins to explain that, but leaves it open. Maybe the next book will explain it better.
   Oh, and that other flaw? JR has been involved in some violent confrontations in which he triumphed by killing people who were trying to kill him.
   He is coming to terms with this: JR enjoys the violence. The highest stakes game of all.
3. Readers have short attention spans.
   The smartphone has literally changed our brains.
   So, Dead Men Don't Cash Checks is written in an episodic form, like a long-form TV show. It's easy to read.
   The end of the book leads to the beginning of the next book. It's going to be a series.

Reviews, emails, and phone calls are coming in.
People have told me that it's my best book, my funniest book.
If you're into smart liars, moral ambiguity, and a story that moves fast but hits hard—give Dead Men Don’t Cash Checks a read.

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