During the first year of the pandemic, after the draft was over and the NFL basically shut down, I had more free time than I had in years. So I started writing something other than the usual stream of NFL updates and analysis and whatever else popped up on the PFT radar screen.
After I finished My father (ebook is one only 99 cents), I started next, My son (also 99 cents). When he finished, I started another one. Then another. And another one.
After doing the traditional publisher thing with Playmakers (nonfiction, but some would say it’s part fiction), I wanted to control everything about the process – the content, the cover, all of it. Now is the time to try a different approach.
the last, Accessory After the factwill be published next summer by Crooked Lane Books. It’s about a professional football player who goes to law school after his career ends, gets a job at a firm in Pittsburgh, finds a former teammate who escaped from prison hiding in his house after his first day on the job, and is assigned to help with a high-profile murder case the next morning.
It’s potentially the first book in a series, depending on if someone, you know, buys the first one. And there are seven or eight other books (I’ve lost count) that are generally ready to go.
Hopefully, one of the manuscripts already in the hopper will be the second in the two-book deal with Crooked Lane. If not, I have to write another one. Because I will anyway. Finish one, start another. Finish that one, start the next one. After nearly a quarter of a century of updating PFT every day, I can think fast and write fast and put out several books a year. (My wife has suggested that I spend a little more time focusing on quality, not quantity.)
You will hear more about Accessory After the fact in the coming weeks. It will eventually be available for pre-order and I will find other ways to convince you to try it.
Until then, My father, My son, On Our Way HomeAND The great shield are available as e-books for less than a dollar (or at no extra charge if you’re subscribed to Kindle Unlimited).
I also have another potential surprise in the hopper, which may coincide with the upcoming 25th anniversary of PFT’s launch. It will be completely and utterly free if I can figure out how to get it out effectively.
For now, set aside some reading time next summer for Accessory After the fact. It’s good. My editor at Crooked Lane, Sara Henry, has already done it much better. By the time it comes out, it should be in the best possible shape.