Johnnie Clark

The Life and Works of an American Author

It's a New Year

January 11, 2018  /  Tori McGee

We start off each year by not drinking for a month or sometimes a few months. This requires great discipline and sacrifice. I am Scotch/Irish with some English thrown in. As a representative of that heritage, I am required to drink. I am a writer, I'm required to drink. As an old Marine, I'm required to drink. You can see the natural dilemma. But I stop and this is good.

It is a new year: I usually look forward to the NFL playoff games but I have not watched a single game this year and don’t miss it one bit. I may never watch another pro game. But still love college football.

It is a new year: I have two finished books, one fiction and one non-fiction. What I do not have is a publisher! We shall see what God does with that.

It is a new year: My buddy John Dahl is now directing a TV series about Navy Seals. John is the guy I wrote the script for Guns Up! with and tried very hard to get it made but no cigar. Because he is a friend I forgive him for working on Navy stuff but I still emailed him to give him a hard time. 

It is a new year: Girl Friday did a PR campaign for one of my books titled SEMPER FIDELIS. Over 21,000 people downloaded it on Kindle in one day! I love Girl Friday (Tori McGee). SEMPER FIDELIS went to the number one book on Amazon for War and Historical Fiction. I did nothing except say “What a great idea!” and the reviews coming in are incredible and humbling. I have been absolutely blown away that so many people love that book because I wrote it a long time ago and just wasn’t sure anyone would like it. If you read it, thank you. If you took the time to read it and leave a review, it means a lot to me. So thank you and praise God it is a new year.

It is a new year: My daughter was chosen for a Federal jury trial again. She was hoping they wouldn’t pick her but I told her that they would and they did. She’s really smart and beautiful and I knew that if they were men lawyers they would want to look at a beautiful girl every day in court. It’s not PC it’s just human. 

It is a new year and I have not changed.