Any More Complicated Than That
Title: Any More Complicated Than That Publisher: ECG Press Publication Date: 1 December 2024 Category: Contemporary Paperback: (216mm x 140mm) ISBN Print: 978-0-6454853-9-4 Ebook: 978-0-6454853-8-7 Skip Lago is a thirty-something bestselling author, a neurotic savant who lives for nothing but his writing and has trouble connecting with the real world. His wife, Sherry Killian, is a brilliant editor, a woman widely respected in the publishing industry, but who feels her personal needs aren’t being met. Jake Rappaport has just realized his dream of opening his own bar, but his true passion has always been his shameless, if not vindictive, womanizing. A chance meeting unlocks a series of events where Skip, Sherry,…
Seven
I inherited my love of reading from one of my older brothers, and naturally – like a lot of boys – gravitated to the allure of fantasy. Reading The Lord of the Rings as a 12-year-old was as close to a divine experience as I’d ever had. It wasn’t just the story, although there’s enough in that to inspire awe and wonder. But what overwhelmed me more was the history this world contained – a history that spanned millennia and was imbued in every bit of geography, motivated every character, and contextualized every event. One of my issues with storytelling is when it feels like the story, or the world…
