Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Welcome to Guns, Guts, & God

Welcome to my inaugural post on Guns, Guts, & God, a blog built for the discussion of all things related to action-adventure fiction ... as well as the occasional diversion into the tumultous waters of faith and spirituality.

My full bio is on the About Me tab, but the cut-down version is that I am an action-thriller writer with a fondness for what I call the "guns 'n' guts" genre. In other words, badasses with serious firepower blowing away the bad guys in a wide variety of blood-spurting ways. Of course, readers--well, most readers anyway--cannot live on guts and gore alone, so I do my best to ensure my stories are populated with real people rather than pop-up targets and feature raw, gripping emotion to go along with the bodycount. Yes, I actually believe that action fiction can and should feature characters you care about, not just fodder for the full-auto slaughter.

But don't just take my word for it; links for my books, novellas, and short stories are readily available on this blog, so check 'em out for yourself. Drama to go with the destruction, emotion to go with the eviscerations, beauty to go with the blood ... that's my writing creed.

So what can you expect to see on Guns, Guts, & God? A wide variety of topics ranging from movie reviews, book reviews, commentary, featured authors, writing tips, guest bloggers ... if it relates to the action genre, there's a good chance it will eventully end up on the blog table for dissection.

And as the name implies, you will also find the occasional post about God, faith, and spirituality. Every now and then I intend to put down the bullets and pick up the Bible. But fear not, these won't be your standard-issue, devotional-style dissertations. These segments will be called "Faith Uncensored" and I seriously doubt you've read anything like them before. I'm no Joel Osteen; more like Frederick Buechner crossed with Quentin Tarintino.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope this isn't a one-and-done deal. I'll try to keep the posts interesting, the reviews insightful, and the self-promotion minimal. I'm currently working on a post called "What happened to Woo?" which will take a look at the rise and fall of Hong Kong action director John Woo, and the first part of the Faith Uncensored series, an essay called "The Messiah & the Muskie." So as you can see, this blog is going to give you guns, guts, and God ... everything a growing boy (or girl) needs.