Please check out my new novel, The Unlikely Candidate

[HeCannotGo]

Greetings, Sixpackers. I know that selling/self-promotion on the board is frowned upon, but Dawgstudent was kind enough to grant me permission to let you know about my new novel, The Unlikely Candidate.

It's available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions here.
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The book follows a fictional former governor of Mississippi who's bored with retirement and decides to run for president on a whim. I use the presidential campaign as a framework for advancing conservative policy arguments. One of my main goals for the novel is to get beyond soundbites and explain the why behind conservative political positions. Yes, Republicans want lower taxes, but why? Yes, Republicans want to do more to limit illegal immigration, but why? I tried to provide the reader with a page-turning plot that educates as it entertains. Based on the Amazon reviews and other feedback I've received, that goal has been achieved.

A second goal was to provide a defense of Christianity by showing that reasonable, rational people who believe in science can also embrace Christianity without contradiction. My unlikely candidate is a believer who gets mocked for his faith. He provides a calm, rationale dose of Christian apologetics in response.

Finally, the book contains a healthy dose of criticism of the modern media because, well, they deserve it.

I hope you'll get a copy and let me know what you think either here or in the Amazon reviews (unless you hate it, in which case I invite you to skip the feedback step).

Hail State!

 

[dorndawg]

Is this Kirk Fordice fan fiction? And does it include an encounter with Bert Case? If so...

 

[HeCannotGo]

I didn't have any regrets about leaving anything out of the book until I read this post. A Fordice/Case steel cage match would have been epic.

My guy is more of a calm, reasonable type who points and laughs at the media rather than snarling at them.

 

[dorndawg]

Welp, there's your sequel. Glad to help.

Good luck w/ the book.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Anybody that points and laughs at the media is someone I can directly relate to. Buying a copy now.

 

[lanceharbor7]

Great read from a Bulldog Author!

Greetings, Sixpackers. I know that selling/self-promotion on the board is frowned upon, but Dawgstudent was kind enough to grant me permission to let you know about my new novel, The Unlikely Candidate.

It's available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions here.
View attachment 17265
The book follows a fictional former governor of Mississippi who's bored with retirement and decides to run for president on a whim. I use the presidential campaign as a framework for advancing conservative policy arguments. One of my main goals for the novel is to get beyond soundbites and explain the why behind conservative political positions. Yes, Republicans want lower taxes, but why? Yes, Republicans want to do more to limit illegal immigration, but why? I tried to provide the reader with a page-turning plot that educates as it entertains. Based on the Amazon reviews and other feedback I've received, that goal has been achieved.

A second goal was to provide a defense of Christianity by showing that reasonable, rational people who believe in science can also embrace Christianity without contradiction. My unlikely candidate is a believer who gets mocked for his faith. He provides a calm, rationale dose of Christian apologetics in response.

Finally, the book contains a healthy dose of criticism of the modern media because, well, they deserve it.

I hope you'll get a copy and let me know what you think either here or in the Amazon reviews (unless you hate it, in which case I invite you to skip the feedback step).

Hail State!

 

[HotMop]

Board with retirement.

 

[Dawgg]

Is your lead character’s name May Rabus?

ETA: Nevermind. Posted before reading the whole paragraph.

 

[ClintonInHelen]

I’d hit it...

 

[johnson86-1]

Greetings, Sixpackers. I know that selling/self-promotion on the board is frowned upon, but Dawgstudent was kind enough to grant me permission to let you know about my new novel, The Unlikely Candidate.

It's available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions here.
View attachment 17265
The book follows a fictional former governor of Mississippi who's bored with retirement and decides to run for president on a whim. I use the presidential campaign as a framework for advancing conservative policy arguments. One of my main goals for the novel is to get beyond soundbites and explain the why behind conservative political positions. Yes, Republicans want lower taxes, but why? Yes, Republicans want to do more to limit illegal immigration, but why? I tried to provide the reader with a page-turning plot that educates as it entertains. Based on the Amazon reviews and other feedback I've received, that goal has been achieved.

A second goal was to provide a defense of Christianity by showing that reasonable, rational people who believe in science can also embrace Christianity without contradiction. My unlikely candidate is a believer who gets mocked for his faith. He provides a calm, rationale dose of Christian apologetics in response.

Finally, the book contains a healthy dose of criticism of the modern media because, well, they deserve it.

I hope you'll get a copy and let me know what you think either here or in the Amazon reviews (unless you hate it, in which case I invite you to skip the feedback step).

Hail State!

Conservative, pro-christianity, and critical of our garbage media. Don't know if you can write worth a **** but it appears you definitely know your audience, or at least your sixpack audience.

 

[blacklistedbully]

I'll buy it and read. Wish I could get my wife & 2 daughters to read it, but they are so brain-washed by SF Bay Area liberal politics they literally refuse to expose themselves to anything that might cause them to realize they are being lied to.

 

[Dawg1979]

will there be a hardback?

 

[BiscuitEater]

Greetings, Sixpackers. I know that selling/self-promotion on the board is frowned upon, but Dawgstudent was kind enough to grant me permission to let you know about my new novel, The Unlikely Candidate.

It's available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions here.
View attachment 17265
The book follows a fictional former governor of Mississippi who's bored with retirement and decides to run for president on a whim. I use the presidential campaign as a framework for advancing conservative policy arguments. One of my main goals for the novel is to get beyond soundbites and explain the why behind conservative political positions. Yes, Republicans want lower taxes, but why? Yes, Republicans want to do more to limit illegal immigration, but why? I tried to provide the reader with a page-turning plot that educates as it entertains. Based on the Amazon reviews and other feedback I've received, that goal has been achieved.

A second goal was to provide a defense of Christianity by showing that reasonable, rational people who believe in science can also embrace Christianity without contradiction. My unlikely candidate is a believer who gets mocked for his faith. He provides a calm, rationale dose of Christian apologetics in response.

Finally, the book contains a healthy dose of criticism of the modern media because, well, they deserve it.

I hope you'll get a copy and let me know what you think either here or in the Amazon reviews (unless you hate it, in which case I invite you to skip the feedback step).

Hail State!

Congrats on the 'first' book. You should have a "Virtual" Book Signing Party here on SPS. Answer questions. Sign Books. Would definitely pay to have one personalized to .. Biscuit Eater.

 

[ckDOG]

10/10 Username

Nm

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Congrats on the book. Just waiting to see if my last $20.00 should be spent on your book or IMissPlatinum's first full length feature film.... Ball is in your court Platinum.

 

[dorndawg]

Congrats on the book. Just waiting to see if my last $20.00 should be spent on your book or IMissPlatinum's first full length feature film.... Ball is in your court Platinum.

Damn dog, investment strategy THAT bad?*

 

[M R DAWGS]

Just ordered, look forward to reading it.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Damn dog, investment strategy THAT bad?*

Still waiting on that first stimmy check.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Conservative, pro-christianity, and critical of our garbage media. Don't know if you can write worth a **** but it appears you definitely know your audience, or at least your sixpack audience.

This is a good place to mention that the first few chapters are available for free on Amazon. Click on “Look Inside” at the link in my original post. The sample should be enough to get a feel for my writing ability or lack thereof.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Anybody that points and laughs at the media is someone I can directly relate to. Buying a copy now.

Thanks! That will help me afford the new bigscreen TV that I apparently owe Dawgstudent for letting me plug the book on SPS.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Congrats on the 'first' book. You should have a "Virtual" Book Signing Party here on SPS. Answer questions. Sign Books. Would definitely pay to have one personalized to .. Biscuit Eater.

Thanks for the kind words. A virtual book signing would be a blast for me, at least until I realized that I was the only one on the Zoom call. I've signed a few books so far for folks who have asked, but I haven't had the privilege of making one out to Biscuit Eater. Hope I get the chance to one day.

 

[HeCannotGo]

will there be a hardback?

Not likely. I published it through Amazon and they offer only paperback and Kindle options. Now, if SPS works its magic and the book gets picked up by a major publisher, hardbacks for everybody.

 

[preacher_dawg]

Crud, you have just added to my long list of books to read. Thanks a lot.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Great read from a Bulldog Author!

Much appreciated!

 

[HeCannotGo]

Just ordered, look forward to reading it.

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Thanks, ckDOG. Like many here, I was and remain a huge Jack Cristil fan.

I had a childhood dream of hearing Jack refer to me as a "six-tall youngster hailing from Jackson, breaking the huddle with the Bulldogs four yards away from the land of milk and honey and two times out remaining." Unfortunately, there wasn't much demand for 150-pound QBs that would finish third in a two-person race with a pregnant woman.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Board with retirement.

Two by four?

 

[MeridianDog]

Crazy questions. Who did your cover? How did you approach Amazon? Is the book self-published?

Sorry for being Nosy, but inquiring minds want to know.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Crazy questions. Who did your cover? How did you approach Amazon? Is the book self-published?

Sorry for being Nosy, but inquiring minds want to know.

Kristen Ingebretson was my cover designer. She did a fantastic job. She did several different designs and ended up combining what I liked about each of them to get to the final product. Kristen also designed the cover for one of my favorite books, "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" by Eric Metaxas.

The book is self-published through Kindle Direct Publishing, which is owned by Amazon. Happy to give you more details on the process if you want; just shoot me a private message.

 

[MeridianDog]

I have a few other questions, and I will do that. Thanks.

 

[HeCannotGo]

I'll buy it and read. Wish I could get my wife & 2 daughters to read it, but they are so brain-washed by SF Bay Area liberal politics they literally refuse to expose themselves to anything that might cause them to realize they are being lied to.

Thank you sir! Good luck with the wife and daughters. One selling point for your wife might be the husband/wife angle of the book. The unlikely candidate and his wife have several frank conversations that have been a big hit with many readers, particularly women. The wife is the unsung hero of the book.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Just ordered one for my mom & stepdad. Glad to support a fellow Bulldog.

Hail State!

 

[Antonio Brown's Foot]

Congrats on the 'first' book. You should have a "Virtual" Book Signing Party here on SPS. Answer questions. Sign Books. Would definitely pay to have one personalized to .. Biscuit Eater.

Have a book signing party at the first Sixpack tailgate. If you don't know where that is, look for the blue tent.

 

[HeCannotGo]

Have a book signing party at the first Sixpack tailgate. If you don't know where that is, look for the blue tent.

My fear is that it would look strangely similar to the one-man pep rally from Sixpack lore. Maybe I could pay some college kids to stand in line so that I don't end up being that pathetic looking guy sitting alone at a table full of books with no one else in a twenty-yard radius.

 

[RocketDawg]

I'll probably give it a shot since it's available for Kindle. I'm a Kindle convert over the past couple of years - easier on the old eyes.

You have 19 5-star reviews. Are they legitimate (meaning non-family and friends)?

 

[HeCannotGo]

I'll probably give it a shot since it's available for Kindle. I'm a Kindle convert over the past couple of years - easier on the old eyes.

You have 19 5-star reviews. Are they legitimate (meaning non-family and friends)?

I've been very pleased and humbled by the reviews. There are 19 ratings, and 13 of those included written reviews. I don't know who the six are that rated it without a written review.

Of the 13 written reviews, three are close friends. These are guys that reviewed early drafts at my request and gave me feedback. The other ten I would categorize as friends and friends of friends (although some are under pseudonyms or a relative's Amazon account, so I have no idea who they are). As far as I know, none of these ten are close enough to me to feel obligated to review the book at all, much less overstate anything in a review.

Keep in mind that it's been mostly a "friends and family" launch until now. I've put the word out via email, Facebook and Linked In, and so the vast majority of the folks who have read the book so far know me personally. I'm working on changing that by reaching a broader audience.

 

[RocketDawg]

Thanks. I don't know you, but I'll buy and read it. It sounds interesting. I'm sure it's hard to initially develop a readership on Amazon, especially for a new author, then hopefully it'll take off. I can tell just from your posts that you know how to write a complete sentence in English, and you're careful enough to do it even on a sports message board.

 

[uptowndawg]

Username checks out. RIP.

 

[WilCoDawg]

Which do you get paid more for: book or kindle version?

 

[HeCannotGo]

Which do you get paid more for: book or kindle version?

My net is about the same either way. Amazon deducts production and shipping costs from paperback sales, and those don’t apply for Kindle.