{"id":1115,"date":"2013-09-12T03:59:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T03:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2013-11-06T04:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T04:51:43","slug":"j-alexander-greenwood-man-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/j-alexander-greenwood-man-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"J Alexander Greenwood ~ Man of Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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J Alexander Greenwood<\/p><\/div>\n

Alex Greenwood and I met about 3 years ago, right about the time he published his first novel, Pilate\u2019s Cross<\/em><\/a>. The book chronicles the misadventures of John Pilate, a guy who is unemployed, broke, off his anti-depressants, and desperately in need of a second chance.<\/p>\n

But second chances aren\u2019t what they are cracked up to be when a new job offers the opportunity to start over again. An outsider with no chance of ever fitting in, John Pilate finds himself in deep and will risk his life to uncover the dirt little secrets of one small town in the first book in the John Pilate mystery series.<\/p>\n

Since then, Greenwood has published two more novels about John Pilate under his own imprint, Caroline Press.\u00a0 Alex has much to share about his life as an independent writer and publisher, and the valuable lessons he\u2019s learned along the journey.<\/p>\n

When I asked Alex about the inspiration for his books, he shared about his grandfather, also a published author, and how much of his own life is reflected in the stories. No one\u2019s life is too boring. The people, the places, and the circumstances that surround us are ample inspiration for the stuff that dreams are made of.<\/p>\n

When it comes to getting that first book off the ground, he recommends:<\/p>\n