The things he did for his country, the things he saw, must never be spoken about. When the people you trusted turn on you, when you are the last one standing, should you take your secrets to the grave? Or make the murderers pay?įormer Marine Recon, Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Jackson has secrets. I may start by writing someone as being an angry person, then as I write him and show why he is angry, I may actually go back and amend my starting point because I simply understand that character more. So the cover models we have chosen between us (Meredith and I) are my inspiration for how my heroes look.Īs to the characters of the men, they tend to evolve as I write. I love to have my cover art ready for when I write, and with all my self published work I can do that. It might be a song, or a news story, or just a place I visit. I have no idea where the ideas for my men or my stories come from, they just happen without me consciously thinking about it. How my heroes deal with it can ultimately be seen in heroes in real life. They may have PTSD, they may be frozen with fear, they may solve crime, or be victims of crime. However, my men are all flawed in some way and they mirror the kinds of things that are happen in this world. It may be that I have inspiration from a news story (All The Kings Men, earthquake, forest fire), or from real life (Bodyguards Inc 1), but when I come to creating my men I don’t base them on anyone in real life. Stephanie Morgan asked where do your ideas come from for your characters? News stories? Friends? Men you have heard about? Or do you just completely make them up?Īll of my men are ‘made up’. I want to post about things that readers want to know and so I asked my FB group what they wanted to know about my new release, Last Marine Standing

Scott (Published by Love Lane Books on October 6th, 2014)Īs is usual with blog posts I get stuck about what to write. Bethany Reviews ‘The Last Marine Standing’ by R.J.

A Reason To Stay by R.J. Scott