T.W. Anderson

Interview with author T.W. Anderson of Wichita, Kansas, author of the novel series “A Reluctant White Knight” with Volume 1 “Will It Be Sunny Tomorrow?” copyright 2008, published through Amazon.com self-publishing division CreateSpace.com in 2009 and available through Amazon.com in print and electronically, thanks to the guidance and assistance of Smashwords it is also available as an e-Book for KINDLE, NOOK and most other e-readers.
Volume 2: “Coyote Running”
Volume 3: “Seascape’s Aground !”
Volume 4: “Legacy of the General”
Volume 5: “Splash Landing”
Volume 6: Working Title “Not on MY ranch!”
Volume 7: Hawaiian Interception

Actually, it started out as a stress reliever when I was up against some political pressure in a previous job. While I traveled extensively for that job trying to recruit more business, I spent a lot of nights in hotel rooms. I didn’t want to sit in front of a TV and let my mind grow numb. And whenever I picked up a book to read, because I love suspense thrillers where good triumphs over evil, they were written with what I would call an R or even an X rating. I didn’t need that sort of language or graphic sexual descriptions filling my head. It’s tough enough being a guy and trying not to let others negatively influence how you speak and think. I’m sick and tired of being embarrassed taking my wife someplace and hearing gutter talk. People who want to talk like they are in a locker room or a bar now do it whether they are in a mall or standing in front of their kids. And most mystery books, most action movies, are far too graphic in language, sexual content and violence. I write in a style that isn’t going to embarrass someone if the guy or girl sitting next to you on a bus or a plane starts reading the book over your shoulder.

Rather than sit in a hotel room on those business trips I’d find a nice park, fire up my laptop and just type out a fantasy story. I spent a week in Los Angeles on business and had to work an exhibit booth from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. five days in a row. When I got off work I didn’t want to sit in my hotel room so I drove to Marina Del Rey where I had called upon a prospective customer early in that week. I sat at the marina each night that week until midnight typing on my laptop. By the end of the week, better than half of my first book was in rough draft form.