Table Talk Tuesday

Hello, welcome to Table Talk Tuesday we are so

very glad to have you with us. Hellfire Publishing

would like to extend a warm welcome to

Brian Johnson

How are you doing today?

Brian: Groovtastic, cleaning up storm damage, lost a tree but everything else is good.  We survived.

Editor Reply: I am so glad that you and your family are alright.

Editor: You have a story with Hellfire Publishing entitled “Hell to Pay” What is that about?

Brian: A man with demons from the past, confronting real demons and realizing he may be the only hope for humanity. Detective Michael Bailey is a recovering alcoholic, investigating a series of murders.  He discovers that his lead suspect may be possessed and that they may be pawns in a battle between ancient gods.

Editor: What made you choose that title? 

 Brian: I want to see if the reader discovers it.

Editor: Where did the idea for your story come from?

Brian: A very dark time in my life where my dreams had crumbled and I decided to rebuild.  I have yet to save the world, but taking slow steps in that direction.

Editor reply: It is very commendable that you used darkness to create something constructive. Some would have just shut down.

Editor: What made you choose Hellfire Publishing?

Brian: I wanted a small publisher with an interest in things that go bump in the night.

Editor Reply: I am so glad that you chose us.

Editor: Please share a particular detail about one of characters, please. 

Brian: The city.  I wrote the book several years ago before the economic downturn and found what happened in the book, beginning to happen where I live.  Still no Hellhounds, unless you look at my own dog.

Ashton is a dying city of 30,000 in southeast Kansas.  Once fueled by a strong economy, the homeless, wretched, and addicted fill the streets.  Now murder occurs with an alarming frequency as the police investigate a series of arsons caused by the homeless.  The homeless sense something is coming, an unending evil, and they must cleanse it with fire.

Editor: Please tell us about any future projects you are planning. 

Brian: I am working on a dark fantasy novel.  “The Story of Aristid” focuses on a half demon child brought up by the church as their ultimate weapon.  I love anti-hero stories.

Editor reply: Awesome

Editor: Are you currently running any contests? What are they?  Not yet. 

Brian: Although pay attention on facebook http://tinyurl.com/3ff3ct8 and my website www.fatherthunder.blogspot.com.  Become one of my faceless ones.

Editor: How many books have you written?

Brian: This is my second.  The first, a young adult novel is about a feral child raised in the wilds of Minnesota by Sasquatch, may be revisited and rewritten soon.

Editor: We have a special place for unpublished writers in our hearts, here at Hellfire Publishing. So what advice would you give to an unpublished writer? 

Brian: Keep trying, never give up.  Writing to publishing takes a lot of time, heart, passion, and focus.  I think of all the changes in my life that have occurred since I wrote the novel and it’s mind boggling.  Without support of friends and family, who knows if it would have made it.

Editor reply: Thank you people laugh when I say that. Writers do need a support system anybody that follows their dreams dies. Well said.

Editor: Are you only with Hellfire Publishing or do write for other publisher’s as well? 

Brian: Since this is my only current novel I’m only with Hellfire.

Editor: Can you share your blurb with us?

Blurb:

A man who thinks he’s losing his soul meets a man who has.

One lucky commenter will win a free e-copy of Hell to Pay. debuting September 15th, 2011 from Hellfire Publishing

You can find William Brian Johnson at:

www.fatherthunder.blogspot.com

Dawn Binkley

Executive Editor

Hellfire Publishing

www.hellfirepublishing.com