Completing the Blake Meyer series, working on my young adult
series, working on the screenplays for The
Serpent’s Grasp and The Letters,
and anything else God allows me to complete. I also have a sequel series
foreshadowed in the Blake Meyer series that will cameo Blake and focus on a
fellow FBI agent, Julee Scarfano.
Tell us a little
about your family.
I’m married to Cindy, my wife of almost 37 years. We have
three daughters. Two of them are married, and we have five grandchildren. We
have a rescue dog named Tiny. We live in the house I grew up in, but we’re
looking to move in the next couple of years. We’ve lived in Florida
twice, Western New York, Jackson , Missippi, Haltom City , Texas , and Des Moines , Iowa .
We’ve never been west of I-35, but want to see the western half of the U.S. soon.
You were almost a
neighbor when you were in Texas .
I live in Hurst .
Has your writing changed your reading habits? If so, how?
Some. I read a great deal more research material than I used
to. But that’s about it.
What are you working
on right now?
I’m completing Book 4 of the Blake Meyer series, titled When the Clock Strikes Fourteen. Should
be done any day now. Plans are for it to be available this fall. In my spare
time, I’m writing a young adult series with the characters starting off in 6th
grade. My writers critique group has told me that it’s the best stuff I’ve
written so far. That’s a good sign.
Yes, it is. What outside
interests do you have?
I play the drums and percussion, love college football, and
like to spend time with family. When I want to relax, my Laz-y-boy and the
remote are my friends.
How do you choose
your settings for each book?
The settings are based on the storyline. So, I guess you
could say the plot drives the setting. When I come up with a story, I spend
some time examining where the best place for it to take place would be. Then, I
take to Google Earth and scour the streets (if I can’t get there myself) to get
to know the town/city. I also look at websites of local places within that town
to get a feel for it.
If you could spend an
evening with one historical person, who would it be and why?
William Shakespeare. He was light years ahead of his time.
We still use so many of his writings, his themes, and writing methods today.
What is the one thing
you wish you had known before you started writing novels?
That all publishers are not created equal. And even though
some publishers have grand ideas, plans, and rhetoric, following through on
those things are more important.
What new lessons is
the Lord teaching you right now?
How to live on less. That all the bells and whistles of
American Dream living is a wasteful way of living. For example, we dropped
cable and use Roku and an HD antenna now. We get almost everything we had
before, and it costs us about $150 a month less. The life of John Wesley has
challenged me. He lived on three percent of his income and gave away the rest.
What are the three
best things you can tell other authors to do to be successful?
First, write. Then, write more. Then, write even more. Most
authors never publish their first work. Usually, their first published work is manuscript
three or more. But you cannot get anything published if you never finish it.
So, write. Second, become a student of the business because that is what you
are becoming, a businessman or businesswoman. Writing is a business, more so
than ever for the writer these days of being as much a marketer as you are a
writer. Third, when you build your brand, be true to who you are. Make sure you
can live with yourself when it becomes that business we talked about earlier.
My first novel was
published, but my second never made it. Tell us about the featured book.
Here’s the Back Cover Copy:
A Perverse Tale. A Precarious Truth. A Personal Tribulation.
Supervisory Special Agent Blake Meyer is at an impasse.
Bound and beaten in a dilapidated warehouse halfway around the world, Blake
finds himself listening to an unbelievable story. Right and wrong warp into a
despicable clash of ideologies. Life quickly becomes neither black nor white.
Nor is it red, white, and blue any longer.
Every second brings the contagion's release closer, promising to drag theUnited States
into the Dark Ages. Tens of millions could be dead within months.
Every moment adds miles and hours to the expanding gulf between him and his family. What is he to believe? Who is he to trust?
Every second brings the contagion's release closer, promising to drag the
Every moment adds miles and hours to the expanding gulf between him and his family. What is he to believe? Who is he to trust?
For in this tide of times, his most trusted allies must be
condemned. His most feared enemies must be trusted. And those he loves must be
found before the world’s generals cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war.
Please give us the
first page of the book.
Highway 116
Greater Arlington Area
Supervisory Special Agent-in-Charge Julee Scarfano and SSA
Williams raced toward Chicopit
Bay from the west. Smoke
spiraled into the sky like a barber’s pole. Scarfano listened in as an
emergency helicopter circled the scene and relayed to first responders on the
ground information from a bird’s eye view. Three local news station choppers
hovered at a safe distance, forming a makeshift triangle of aerial observation
and no doubt streamed the scene live to the world.
Julee’s eyes widened in horror. Oh, my. “It looks like a war
zone.”
“Reminds me of my first combat mission when I was over in Iraq ,”
Williams said. “That didn’t turn out so well.”
Julee turned and gave Williams a look of concern.
With their emergency lights embedded within the grill of the
vehicle, flashing blue and red, Agent Williams slowed their black Ford
Expedition as they approached the now severed bridge. A state trooper’s
cruiser, parked at a forty-five degree angle, blocked the entrance to the crash
site. The officer stood outside his car, holding out his left hand, motioning
for them to stop.
Agent Williams rolled down his window and flipped the SUV
into Park. He retrieved his credentials from his pocket. Julee did the same and
held hers up.
“I’ll need to see some—” The trooper interrupted himself.
“Oh, good. You’ve already got them out.”
Wow. You really left
us hanging there. How can readers find you on the Internet?
They can find me in these locations:
My website: www.ckevinthompson.com
Facebook: C. Kevin Thompson –
Author Fan Page
Twitter: @CKevinThompson
Goodreads: C.
Kevin Thompson
Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/C.-Kevin-Thompson/e/B007ANOEDE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Also, check in soon to my website for the links to my new
Pinterest page and Instagram page!
Thank you, C Kevin,
for sharing this new book with us. I am eager to read it. So are my readers by
now.
Readers,
here are links to the book.
The Tide of Times (the Blake Meyer Thriller series) (Volume 3) - PaperbackThe Tide of Times (the Blake Meyer Thriller series Book 3) - Kindle
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13 comments:
Sounds like a interesting book! Shelia from Mississippi
Shelia, Thanks for stopping by! I think you'd like the series. Wishing you the best!
Shelia, we used to live in MS. In Jackson area. I went to seminary there.
The premise of the book sounds fascinating and scary. I'd love to read it. Here's is hoping I can be the winner.
I'm from the middle of North Carolina but grew up on the wonderful coast of this great state.
I am intrigued by this one. Melanie Backus, TX
Vera, thanks for stopping by. NC is beautiful. Used to vacation up there as a kid in the Western side of the state.
Melanie, thanks for throwing your hat in the ring. Where in TX? We lived in Ft. Worth area for six months when I was in seminary.
Sounds intriguing!
Caryl K in TEXAS
Caryl, good luck!
Thanks for sharing about this intriguing book!
Blessings!
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Thanks for stopping by, Connie from Kentucky!
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Thanks for stopping by, Sharon! Good luck!
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