Comments on: Safe From the War, chapter 2

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:06:30 +0000

In reply to Nomad26.

Nomad,

Thanks for reading and commenting, and for buying my book. Please drop an honest review on Amazon when you’re done. And if you like it, my next book should be available in September.

Scouts out,

Chris

p.s. If you need any insight into writing or publishing, let me know. There are a million “hardest parts” of writing a book, but the one that most people never overcome is “getting started”.

By: Nomad26

Nomad26 — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 06:51:00 +0000

You’re my new favorite blog, Chris. Found your piece on the French this morning thanks to Breach Bang Clear, read a couple of other articles, and closed out with this for the day. It’s good stuff, brother, you have a talent here. I just got your novel on Kindle, so I’ll kick off reading that tomorrow. I’ve been trying to write a novel for a couple of years, but without much success. Glad there are other Troopers out there who have managed it! Cheers. And Scouts Out, bro.

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:24:00 +0000

In reply to Scot Mantelli. No worries Scot, thanks for the feedback. I actually met Aesop face to face recently and talked about the screenplay thing, it sounds kinda promising.

By: Scot Mantelli

Scot Mantelli — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:43:10 +0000

In reply to chrishernandezauthor.

Chris,
Sorry it took so long for me to check back and leave a reply…I re-read the piece and to me it is much more fluid, i like it alot! Also i’m glad to hear others mentioning how it reads like a screenplay, I agree! I was going to mention it earlier, but wasn’t sure how you’d take that, i know some guys that take that negatively.
Cheers,
Scot

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:56:01 +0000

In reply to Gene.

Gene,

I didn’t interact much with Iraqis, but I got to know the Afghans pretty well. And I did like a lot of them, even though I saw and understood the “problems” they had. And by problems, I don’t mean “things Americans don’t like.” I mean the things they did that hurt their own country and society.

Working with Afghans was definitely one of the most memorable experiences of my life. With Yussuf, I’m trying to do justice to the Afghan people, to show the good side of people who we rarely hear good things about.