"KING OF THE WEEK"
CELEBRITY AUTHOR
BOB DOERR
CELEBRITY AUTHOR
BOB DOERR
Welcome! Let me pour you a cup of Earl Grey tea and we'll get started. Please help yourself to a ham sandwich and a current scone with Devonshire cream and strawberry jam. For dessert, we have plum cake!
Where do you live? Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Hi, nice to be here. I live in Garden Ridge, TX, with my wife of 39
years. Before becoming a full time author, I spent nearly thirty years
in the Air Force and retired at the rank of Colonel. I then worked for
eight years with a financial planning company. For the past five years,
I’ve focused on my writing.
Are you a traditionally published or Indie author?
I guess you’d say I’m a traditionally published author, but my
publisher is a small independent publisher. Maybe that makes me a blend
of the two.
What are your hobbies?
Other
than writing which used to be a hobby and now is my profession, I like
to play golf and to travel. Golf may best be described as an
aggravating addiction, if I could ever get good at it, maybe I would
call it something else. I’ve been fortunate to have visited a lot of
different countries during my life, and I still have that desire in me
to get up and go somewhere now and then.
Tell us about your current book. What was your inspiration?
My
current book is an international thriller with my protagonist on the
trail of an international terrorist. My inspiration was to write
something different than my mystery series – which I still enjoy writing
and will get back to writing soon.
How did you become a writer? When did you start?
I
started writing and telling stories when I was much younger than I am
now. I wrote short stories for fun and short stories for each of my
children when they got old enough to read. I always wanted to write
longer stories but knew I needed to get to a point in my life where I
could afford not to work. With my background with AFOSI when I was in
the Air Force, writing crime fiction and thrillers came as a natural
fit.
How long did it take you to finish your first book?
Tough
to answer because I dabbled with my first book for years. I didn’t
have a deadline so it sat around a lot. Once, I did decide it was time
to dedicate myself to writing, my first novel was pretty much done.
Since then, it has taken me about nine months to write each whole
novel.
Where do you like to write?
Away from my house. Usually at a coffee shop or café where I can dedicate myself to an hour of two without interruption.
Favorite author(s)?
I have several to include John D McDonald, Rex Stout, Dick Francis, Agatha Christie – as you can see, I’m pretty old school.
How many books have you written, so far? Do you plan to write more?
My
sixth book will be released by my publisher in Apr/May 2013. Five are
mystery/thrillers in my Jim West series and the one soon to be released
is a fantasy title The Enchanted Coin
targeting middle grade readers that I authored with the assistance of
my granddaughter. I’m working on the seventh, the aforementioned
thriller which hopefully will be out at the end of the year.
Would you like to share a link where we can purchase your books?
All
my books are available through Amazon, several other online book
stores, and at some actual brick and mortar stores, too. The books come
in both paper and online formats.
What about a link to your website?
Thanks a lot for this opportunity to share some time with you and your readers!
It was my pleasure! Best success to you in your writing.
Award
winning author Bob Doerr grew up in a military family, graduated from
the Air Force Academy, and had a career of his own in the Air Force.
Bob specialized in criminal investigations and counterintelligence
gaining significant insight to the worlds of crime, espionage and
terrorism. His work brought him into close coordination with the
security agencies of many different countries and filled his mind with
the fascinating plots and characters found in his books today. His
education credits include a Masters in International Relations from
Creighton University. A full time author, he has published five
mystery/thrillers, the latest, No One Else to Kill, was released in December 2012. Two of his books were selected as finalists for the Eric Hoffer Award, and Loose Ends Kill was awarded the 2011 Silver medal for Fiction/mystery by the Military Writers Society of America. Another Colorado Kill
received the same Silver medal in 2012, and the silver medal for
general fiction at the Branson Stars and Flags national book contest in
2012. He lives in Garden Ridge, Texas, with Leigh, his wife of 39
years.
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