“Sean had no one left in his life to impress, least of all himself.” Below is an exclusive excerpt from chapter four of John A. Daly’s upcoming novel, “Safeguard (A Sean Coleman Thriller).” Safeguard is the fourth book in the Sean Coleman Thriller series, due out October 1, 2019. It’s now available for pre-order. The […]
A revived scene from life and earlier work From a Dead Sleep may have been my first published book, but it wasn’t my first attempt at writing a novel. On one of my old computers is an unfinished manuscript for ‘Distant Mileage,’ a story loosely inspired by a college road trip I took during spring […]
Not just clowning around… Dustin Bouche (aka Dusty the Clown) is perhaps the most bizarre character I’ve ever created for the Sean Coleman Thriller series (and there are many weirdos to choose from). My editor told me multiple times, throughout the first round of editing Broken Slate, just how unique and surprisingly complex she found […]
Where did the Hanson family’s “Cochise!” game come from? Excerpt from Broken Slate: He remembered a game called Cochise that he, his sister, and his father sometimes played. It wasn’t so much a game, in the traditional sense, as it was a call to arms. When Sean or his father would discover a mischievous Diana […]
Sometimes a sight is so odd and curious that a writer can’t help but identify the perfect metaphor There’s a river trail not all that far from my house that I like to ride my bike along during the summer and fall. Because of a nearby field, grasshoppers often end up on that trail…where they’re […]