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launched Mick & Moira & Brad: A Romantic Comedyabout 2 years ago

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Mick & Moira & Brad: A Romantic Comedy

Gerald Everett Jones

Mick McGraw is an aggressive Hollywood agent who reps famous singers. Moira Halimi-Joubert is a head...

launched Preacher Raises the Dead (Evan Wycliff #3)about 3 years ago

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Preacher Raises the Dead (Evan Wycliff #3)

Gerald Everett Jones

Third in the multiple-award-winning Evan Wycliff Mystery series Guest preacher and part-time in...

left a comment on Preacher Raises the Dead (Evan Wycliff #3)about 3 years ago

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In writing the Evan Wycliff Mystery series, I’ve surprised myself many times over. It will therefore surprise me if readers find anything in the plots predictable. I resolved at the outset to let my subconscious self do most of the work. And after the stage was set and the characters stepped onto it, many times they told me where they wanted to go and said whatever they wanted to say. I haven’t always worked like this. Years ago, when I wrote mainly technical and business nonfiction for publishing houses, I wrote to strict outlines, and I sought approval from in-house editors if ever I chose to depart from the agreed plan. When I set out to write Preacher Raises the Dead, I had the notion of describing both near-death experience (NDE) and coma. In the beginning, I didn’t know who would be stricken or how those subplots would turn out. Many other plot elements were likewise uncertain right up until the words flowed into the manuscript draft, including Evan’s core religious beliefs and consequences of Luke’s schizophrenia and Melissa’s epilepsy. The reappearance of Stuart Shackleton was a complete surprise until Evan saw him again that fateful day in the courtroom. He and I should have known we weren’t done with him yet! Evan’s theology is bound to be controversial. The very thought of a practicing minister who is too often an agnostic will raise eyebrows. But do churchpersons have occasional doubts? I don’t doubt it.

upvoted Investing in Real Estate in Your Self-Directed IRA -- Secrets to Retiring Wealthy and Leaving a Legacyabout 3 years ago

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left a comment on Terriers in the Jungle: A Novelabout 3 years ago

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I freely confess I cannot be at all objective about Terriers in the Jungle. I live with Georja, Roxie, and Romeo, and I spent two years with them in Kenya, which experiences inspired the book. Rumors that I am the model for the character Horace are incorrect. I'm handsomer and younger!

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launched Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner: A Novelalmost 4 years ago

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Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner: A Novel

Gerald Everett Jones

A lonely widower from Los Angeles buys a tour package to East Africa on the promise of hookups and p...

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upvoted The Art and Science of Real Estate Negotiation about 4 years ago

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About me

Gerald Everett Jones lives in Santa Monica, California. Clifford’s Spiral is his ninth novel. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from the College of Letters, Wesleyan University, He is the host of the GetPublished! Radio Show, and his book reviews are published on the Web by Splash Magazines.

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