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Author J. Walt Layne

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My novel Frank Testimony has been reviewed by Rachel Hadley. It is my first professional review.
Please stop by and check it out, you could win a free copy of Frank Testimony!!
Please feel free to read the review here- http://rnhadleybookreviews.blogspot.com
you can purchase the book here- https://www.createspace.com/3352654 for a mere ten bucks.
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

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Dark city

My Interests

I'd like to meet:



Readers… No, Seriously. My fans are everything. I’d love meet you all, you are very important to me. I don’t know the words to thank you for your loyalty and support. It takes courage to indulge the curiosity to pick up something different to read. Just know that you have my deepest gratitude...

I am here for my readers. If you have read my work, or wish to, then please add me!

I tend to add people to my friends list that I find unique and interesting. I don't always send a message when I do, tempes fugit. If you don’t hear from me right away don’t take offense, there are more things going on in both our lives. I do correspond with everyone as time permits.If you don't want me to add you, simply click deny. I won't develop a character with an uncanny likeness to you and then kill it off in my next book.

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION OF MY PROFILE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ADD ME: I AM HERE FOR NETWORKING AND FOR MY READERS...NOT AS A TARGET FOR SPAM. IF YOU ARE ON MY FRIENDS LIST AND I SEND YOU A MESSAGE I EXPECT A REPLY. MY TIME IS JUST AS VALUABLE AS YOURS AND I DON'T TAKE WELL TO BEING IGNORED*.

The following are welcome to add me at anytime...

Anything involving Veteran’s Organizations no matter what organization you fight for. I'm a HUGE supporter of Veteran’s Groups. This includes VFW, AMVETS, DAV, etc. I more than likely won't buy from you or subscribe but you have my support!

Also, any writer or author anywhere, Ohio particularly, and Springfield, preferred.

Comic Book scriptwriters or artists digital or otherwise.

Pulp Fiction enthusiasts.

THE FOLLOWING MYSPACE PROFILE/INDIVIDUALS, ETC SITES NEED NOT BOTHER WASTING MY TIME:

Those with BLANK or PRIVATE profiles. I don't add people I can't see.
Oh yes, and party bots and pornographers and smut peddlers… No thanks I’m married to a beautiful woman who services all bulleted points in this section of Maslow’s hierarchy.
I'm all for networking. If you're not, don't waste my time.

ANTHOLOGY OWNERS/PUBLISHERS DO NOT ADD ME UNLESS I AM IN YOUR ANTHOLOGY OR YOU WISH ME TO BE IN IT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO INCLUDE ME A MESSAGE MUST ACCOMPANY THE ADD OR BE DENIED.

PLEASE NOTE:

I DON'T POST COMMENTS UNLESS THEY ARE RELATED TO ME OR MY WORK. I AM NOT HERE TO PUSH ANYONE'S WORK EXCEPT MY OWN. I PROMOTE, CONDUCT, AND PARTICIPATE IN INDEPENDENT BOOK EVENTS, RENT A SPACE IF YOU WANT TO PUSH YOUR OWN WORK, JUST LIKE I DO.

MY SPACE IS 100% BUSINESS FOR ME. MY ONLY PURPOSES FOR BEING HERE ARE TO MEET MY READERS/ MAKE NEW ONES AND TO NETWORK WITH LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS.

Thanks for understanding...

* In This case I reserve the right to develop a character with an uncanny likeness to you and then kill it off in an undignified manner in my next book.

My Blog

Fascinating Stuff...

I know that I was a soldier on the cusp of the great change over... My boots hit the ground on the ass end of the Cold War, no disputing it- don't deny it. We trained on nato defense to Warsaw Pact ta...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Stepping back...

It has been a while since I've posted a new blog, but I have good reason, so don't shoot the messenger.I've been cooling it since I finished writing Breathless in November. I thought I would cool it f...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:32:00 GMT

A Time for Change.

    You know it doesn't matter where you are politically. Good, bad, indifferent, republican, Democrat, great taste, less filling, cream pie, or fruit, whether you are Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, o...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:23:00 GMT

The day after...

As another Christmas has come and gone and I sit here poised over they keyboard preparing to go to work on the next installment of The Champion City Series, I can't help but look back on the year and ...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:43:00 GMT

7 Days Later

Well here goes... I've been working aat the new story for a week and I am wondering where it's going... For the record I don't usually write a rough draft from an outline, I  sit down and let the...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:27:00 GMT

A Week In Hell

Some days just seem to drag on forever...We've all had her guys... That piece of forbidden fruit that once sampled turned into a poison pill.Girls, we're not alone, you too have met that stud who fill...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:16:00 GMT

A Week in Hell

A Week in Hell- Champion City 1 Well 1 if there really is an order to this, I am inclined at points to say no, though I do argue with my editor when she points out timeline, as if she is clued in to t...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:49:00 GMT

Woo Hoo It is finished.

Hey!!! My latest is finally finished. Breathless is finished in rough draft form. Unlike myself and much like several of the very successful authors I know, I will finish the rough draft of my next bo...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:04:00 GMT

Announcement and archive edition.

Several months ago I made the announcement that I was moving my blog off myspage to a mre onventional blog hosting service. It was just after that when I got so super busy that managing six different ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:48:00 GMT

ANNOUNCEMENT

From this time forward I will only maintain one blog, as my schedule no longer allows me the time to maintain three. You can still contact me here or via my private emai laddress. The consolidated blo...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:58:00 GMT