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Well, Declan, you know, kind of follows Tom's life. It begins, you know, when he's out of high school. That's the, you know, and the book doesn't go chronologically. So the first chapter, he's at his first Northwestern training camp.
So, you know, the book begins with Declan at this training camp and... And his 19- and 20-year-old five-star teammates have never met him before. And then he walks in. And then it goes back and forth chronologically to Tom.
So, you know, the book begins with Declan at this training camp and... And his 19- and 20-year-old five-star teammates have never met him before. And then he walks in. And then it goes back and forth chronologically to Tom.
So, you know, the book begins with Declan at this training camp and... And his 19- and 20-year-old five-star teammates have never met him before. And then he walks in. And then it goes back and forth chronologically to Tom.
going to the MMA gym and Declan going to the MMA gym and going through his first fight and the emotions of that first fight and then back to Navy boot camp, going through that. You know, Declan has... you know, is a cocky, tough kid when he goes into the Navy. In Navy boot camp, three, four days into Navy boot camp, he's like, this is the biggest mistake I ever made in my life.
going to the MMA gym and Declan going to the MMA gym and going through his first fight and the emotions of that first fight and then back to Navy boot camp, going through that. You know, Declan has... you know, is a cocky, tough kid when he goes into the Navy. In Navy boot camp, three, four days into Navy boot camp, he's like, this is the biggest mistake I ever made in my life.
going to the MMA gym and Declan going to the MMA gym and going through his first fight and the emotions of that first fight and then back to Navy boot camp, going through that. You know, Declan has... you know, is a cocky, tough kid when he goes into the Navy. In Navy boot camp, three, four days into Navy boot camp, he's like, this is the biggest mistake I ever made in my life.
I got to get out of here.
I got to get out of here.
I got to get out of here.
I was begging, can you just send me home? Yeah. Um, and you know, you follow, and hopefully the reader gets hooked from chapter one. That's as a novelist, that's the goal. You know, you just, I don't want to put this book down. I want to find out what happens to him.
I was begging, can you just send me home? Yeah. Um, and you know, you follow, and hopefully the reader gets hooked from chapter one. That's as a novelist, that's the goal. You know, you just, I don't want to put this book down. I want to find out what happens to him.
I was begging, can you just send me home? Yeah. Um, and you know, you follow, and hopefully the reader gets hooked from chapter one. That's as a novelist, that's the goal. You know, you just, I don't want to put this book down. I want to find out what happens to him.
Yeah. It's got to be good quick.
Yeah. It's got to be good quick.
Yeah. It's got to be good quick.
And even if you're not hooked... in the beginning and you tough it out and you go, you still have that in your head that you weren't hooked. Yeah. You know, and that affects the way you read a novel. And, you know, as you go through this, you see that this character is accomplishing things that most guys dream about. You know, going through buds, most people dream
And even if you're not hooked... in the beginning and you tough it out and you go, you still have that in your head that you weren't hooked. Yeah. You know, and that affects the way you read a novel. And, you know, as you go through this, you see that this character is accomplishing things that most guys dream about. You know, going through buds, most people dream
And even if you're not hooked... in the beginning and you tough it out and you go, you still have that in your head that you weren't hooked. Yeah. You know, and that affects the way you read a novel. And, you know, as you go through this, you see that this character is accomplishing things that most guys dream about. You know, going through buds, most people dream
There's no way I could make it through one day. And they're probably right. Not with that attitude. Yeah.