Guest Blogger: Author & ex -cop Johnny Russell.

Interview FIRST BLOOD author, Johnny Russell

What was the first book to interest you?

My mom didn’t believe in salesmen. I saw those guys get slammed on more than a few times. Not so when the encyclopedia salesman came around, man! Somehow she knew the knowledge her children needed was contained in those books.

When did you first start writing?

I’ve been writing every day of my life since I was elected editor of the high school newspaper. Most of the writing has been police reports. I may not look it, but I’ve have had a thirty year career as a San Diego Police Officer. In the interim I have published several articles in the SDPD and SDPOA publications.

Do you still read the encyclopedia?

Yes, the internet version. I read a statistic that says 12.9 million US Families are headed by a single parent, 80% of which are female who are at high risk of losing, or have already lost their child to the streets. While working with street gangs, I found these stats to be self-evident.

Is that when you wrote FIRST BLOOD?

I decided a major work of fiction needed to shock as well as edutain the masses and came up with the award winning novel FIRST BLOOD. It received its honors in the Fiction Unpublished 2008 Public Safety Writer's Association Writing Competition. ISBN 9780595503872, Amazon.

What’s the book about?

FIRST BLOOD starts in Texas in the late 1950’s. It centers around a mother of six who has a cheating husband. With the help of her BFF sister she moves out to California where she finds a job and the man of her dreams, all love but no marriage. In the interim her son turns into a street thug. The meticulous old Detective Lemoore is like the encyclopedia. He has spent many years compiling crime stats on single parent homes to bolster his prophecy. History holds his predictions to be true.

Who is your target group?

I wrote FIRST BLOOD for the single parents with wannabe children. If we are aware that through our children’s development that it’s walking, talking, and looking like a duck, without some intervention, it’s will end up where it’s heading.

Do you have any other ongoing projects?

Yes, I’m excited about two of my most current screenplays. The fantasy, action, adventure BRADLEY ASHE. Here’s the logline: To save the Earth three rookies must go head to head with deadly alien invaders, but only one holds the key to prevent world annihilation. The other is called PARENTAL GUIDANCE, which is an adaptation of  FIRST BLOOD.

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"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein