Ghost Writer by Travis Thrasher

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Ghostwriter
FaithWords (May 28, 2009)
by
Travis Thrasher

My two cents: Travis Thrasher is one of my favorite authors. If you like a good, scary story that'll make you think, Ghostwriter is for you. Anything Travis writes is quality stuff and worthy of the time taken to read it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


It was during third grade after a teacher encouraged him in his writing and as he read through The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis that Travis decided he wanted to be a writer. The dream never left him, and allowed him to fulfill that dream of writing fulltime in 2007.

Travis Thrasher is the author of numerous works of fiction, including his most personal and perhaps his deepest work, Sky Blue, that was published in summer of 2007. This year he has to novels published, Out of the Devil’s Mouth, and a supernatural thriller, Isolation.

Travis is married to Sharon and they are the proud parents of Kylie, born in November, 2006, and Hailey, a Shih-Tzu that looks like an Ewok. They live in suburban Chicago.

Stop by and visit Travis at his Blog where you can sign up to follow him on Facebook and Twitter!

Also check out the radio interview with Travis on Monday June 8th at BlogTalkRadio/FaithWords



ABOUT THE BOOK

For years Dennis Shore has thrilled readers with his spooky bestselling novels. Now a widower, Dennis is finally alone in his house, his daughter attending college out of state. When he's stricken by a paralyzing case of writer's block and a looming deadline, Dennis becomes desperate. Against better judgment, he claims someone else's writing as his own, accepting undeserved accolades for the stolen work. He thinks he's gotten away with it . . . until he's greeted by a young man named Cillian Reed--the true author of the stolen manuscript.

What begins as a minor case of harassment quickly spirals out of control. As Cillian's threats escalate, Dennis finds himself on the brink of losing his career, his sanity, and even his life. The horror he's spent years writing about has arrived on his doorstep, and Dennis has nowhere to run.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Ghostwriter, go HERE

Relaxing and Remembering

Just getting off a long weekend celebrating my birthday and our anniversary. We spent Friday and Saturday at my uncle's second home in Secretary, MD. That's on Maryland's eastern shore, a beautiful and peaceful place. Saturday we relaxed the day away at Bethany Beach in Delaware and enjoyed the near perfect weather.

Then Sunday we went to a minor league baseball game here in York, PA. It was Cancer Survivor day. Before the game they had all the cancer survivors (about 500 or so in attendance) walk around the field in a "Parade of Survivors." I did this last year and both times now have proved to be very moving. Like silt gets disturbed on the bottom of a creek, all kinds of feelings and emotions are stirred when I walk with so many other cancer survivors.

It's funny because you think you're getting over things, putting all that behind you and moving on with life, and in a way you are. But then something like this happens and suddenly it's all right there again, so fresh, so vivid, the smells, the feelings, the emotions, the discomfort, the pain . . . the fear. Makes me question whether I'd do it again next year.

Anyway, on to book stuff. For those of you living in the Hanover, PA area, I'll be doing a book signing at the Waldenbooks in the North Hanover Mall Saturday, June 20, 1:00-3:00. Even if you've already got a copy of both my books, come on out and see me and say "Hi." I'd love to chat with you and it will spare me from having to sit there and look awkward. And hey, it's right before Father's Day . . . hint, hint you last-minute shoppers.