My novel Frank Testimony has been reviewed by Rachel Hadley. It is my first professional review.
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Here is what readers are saying about Frank Testimony-
Gripping and engaging- Prof. Thomas Smith
Interesting and evocative, a real page turner- Dr. H. Angus
Bloody Brilliant- S. Wilbye
Mystery suspense writer, J. Walt Layne is the author of the gripping and irresistible novel Frank Testimony and the forthcoming Champion City series of pulp detective novels. His first published work The Coming of T’Loal (Cthulhu Mythos) was penned with long time friend and H.P. Lovecraft aficionado J. T. O’Connor. Born, raised and currently residing in Springfield, Ohio with his wife and three children he attends Urbana University as a full time student of Business and Human Services. He works full time as an Accounting Manager in a firm he founded with his wife. He has been writing stories since a very young age, often spending sixteen hours or more with pen in hand or at the keyboard.
A devoted husband and father of three girls, he enjoys the few stolen moments to read to his two year old, or coach and encourage the two eight year olds- one a budding writer, the other a rather skillful artist. A ten-year veteran of the United States Army, he remains an ardent supporter of all things patriotic, though he occasionally indulges in political satire.
What I write...
Fiction-Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Pulp Detective Stories, Espionage and the occasional Political Satire. In truth, I write in most any style that strikes me at a particular moment. Some projects just don’t lend themselves to my current schedule, but my muse doesn’t see it that way.
When I write...
I’m writing now. Another writer I know- one far more successful than ,I said that to be a writer means that you have to read and write- a lot!! This is very true.
Why I write...
It’s a compulsion really. I am much happier when I am writing. When I finish a big project I experience something akin to post-partum depression and for weeks (or, in the case of Frank Testimony, months) I experience a sort of depressive withdrawals. I do love to write, and I love to read a good story, preferably some epic tale that just draws me in and takes me to a different time and place where I can get absorbed in the lives of the characters. I hope that my writing should do the same for my readers.
My fictional works include the legal thriller Frank Testimony, The Coming of T’Loal -a Cthulhu mythos arc, a trilogy of spy novels, An Ultra Violent Techno-Thriller called Carnage, A Dozen Songs, a fantasy/horror piece called The Land beyond the Mirror.
Also forthcoming:
The Champion City Series of pulp detective novels written in the hard boiled style, starring gumshoe Thurman Dicke.
Hard Up- a Champion City Pulp Serial
The Champion. A neo pulp super hero comic set where else, Champion City...
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Where to find me: www.jwaltlayne.com and www.lulu.com/jwaltlayne
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