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Long and Short Reviews welcomes Scotty Cade who is visiting with us to celebrate the recent release of From a Jack to a King. Answer the author’s question at the end of his post to be entered into a drawing for an e-book of “From a Jack to a King.”

Happy Summer!

Firstly, I’d like to thank Marianne and everyone over at Long and Short Review for allowing me to stop in today and spend a little time with you. I truly appreciate your support and the support of your readers.

I’m going to spend a little time with you today to bring attention to my latest release From a Jack to a King. The blurb and excerpt will pretty much give you an overview of the novel, and coupled with the fact that I’ve done five blog spots about the book so far with four or five more to go, I’d thought I’d use Long and Short Reviews to introduce you to Bay Whitman. Bay is one of the main characters of the novel and although he is a brilliant man, like many of us, he’s also a deeply flawed man.

Without giving away too much of the story, Bay is nothing more than an introverted nerd. Not my words, that’s a direct quote from him, but he would much rather spend fifteen hours a day in a tiny closet writing his “Jack Robbins” mystery novels than do just about anything. Especially venturing out in public. But when Jack Robbins unexpectedly makes it big, Bay is thrust into a world for which he is not the least bit prepared. His schedule used to consist of waking, eating and writing. Now he has press tours, book signings, and personal appearances to conquer. For the normal man that all sounds very exciting, but for a man who rarely left his apartment or interacted with anyone on a regular basis, this is debilitating.

With his first major book tour quickly approaching, Bay has exhausted all possibilities of ways to avoid all of it. With no other solutions at hand, Bay takes a drink. And then another. But as the alcohol settles him down things become a little clearer. He realizes all he really needs to do is be more like Jack Robbins. Jack is handsome, strong, secure and confident. All the things Bay isn’t. But Bay created him. And now Bay knows what he needs to do. He’ll just assume Jack’s identity when he’s in the public eye. Dress like him. Talk like him. Walk with Jack’s swagger, but most importantly be calm, cool, and collected like Jack.

So Bay spent the next couple of weeks doing just that. And when the press tour began, everything fell into place and Bay pulled off the biggest stolen identity in history. By the end of the tour, the press was convinced that Jack Robbins was a character based on Bay Whitman instead of the other way around.

Okay, so Bay and I will leave you here and let you read the excerpt. But before we let you go, I’d like to know if you’ve ever borrowed a piece of someone else’s personality to get through a tough time. Maybe someone with a little more coolness or confidence? If you post, you’ll automatically be entered into a drawing for an e-book of From a Jack to a King.

Thanks for spending the time with me and I wish you and yours a wonderful and relaxed 4th of July weekend.

Now here’s the blurb, excerpt, and lot of other stuff about where to find me and my books, especially From a Jack to a King.

New York Times best-selling mystery writer Bay Whitman leads the life of a celebrity—at least on the surface. In public he’s self-assured and in control. Women hang on his every word, while men envy his confidence and swagger. But in reality, Bay is a loner. He’s shy and introverted, and his life consists of sitting in a dimly lit room writing his famous Jack Robbins mystery novels. His one vice—gambling. Winning an escort in a poker game will change Bay’s life in ways he never imagined.

Matthew “King” Slater is one of the hottest tickets in gay porn. He spends his days in front of the camera and his nights as a highly paid escort to the rich and famous. Deep down, he craves romance and a real connection, but his past makes it hard to separate the needs of his body from those of his heart. For now, it’s easier to think of sex as just a job. But while doing a shoot in Vegas, King is hired for a tryst at a famous hotel and casino, and his handsome client might blur the line between work and play.

Enjoy an Excerpt

“Tell me something,” King asked, “if you’re so uneasy in your role as a well-known author, why do you do it?”

Bay didn’t respond right away. He stirred his drink with his finger while he appeared to be carefully considering his answer. “The short answer—because I have to write,” he said. “It’s not only my creative outlet, but it’s the way someone like me experiences life. The way we’re heard.”

King sipped his drink again. “What did you do before you became so successful? If you don’t mind me asking.”

“I’ve always written,” Bay explained. “But believe it or not, before I became famous I was a copywriter and editor. I worked from home and paid the bills by writing ad copy and marketing materials for an advertising agency and editing newspaper articles.”

“I see,” King said. “When did you start writing fiction?”

“Like I said, I’ve always written fiction. What I thought was okay, I self-published. The rest sat locked away on my computer, never to see the light of day.”

“Did they sell?”

“I sold some copies here and there but never enough to really amount to anything. Until—”

“The Jack Robbins novels?”
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Bay nodded. “Shortly after I released A Tryst in Thailand, my first Robbins novel, someone from Random House read it, loved it, and contacted me to ask if I would be interested in having them rerelease it under their imprint, with new editing and a new cover. Of course I jumped at the chance, never imagining it would be successful. I mean… I couldn’t really imagine so many people reading my work. I simply thought it would sell a few hundred copies and that would be that.”

“Apparently that’s not what happened,” King said.

“Nope,” Bay replied.

“I’m sorry to say I haven’t read any of your work, but I will. I mean… I’ve been sort of caught up in my own tawdry success. Nowhere near your status but not too shabby in my world.”

Bay held up his glass in a toast. “Here’s to our shared success.”

King touched his glass to Bay’s and took a sip. “What do you think makes your work so successful?”

“I’ve been told one of the draws to my work is because I do a thorough job with my research. In my novels it’s important to me that a reader can clearly picture a location by the detailed description of the scene. Using every tool at my disposal, I research images, history books, travel guides, the internet, etc. I piece together the location for a scene in my head as if I’ve actually been there, and then I describe it. Oh hell. I don’t know. You’re probably sorry you asked.”

“No! Please go on,” King said. “I find this very interesting.”

Bay appeared to be gathering his thoughts, and then he spoke. “Well. Each of the Robbins novels takes place in an exotic locale. In my early twenties, when I was finally out of school and my phobias were at their height, I did massive amounts of research for each of my novels. It was good to get facts right, but it was also a way for me to leave my apartment without ever having to actually do it—”

“So that’s what you meant by ‘the way someone like me experiences life,’” King interrupted.

Bay nodded.

“Okay, sorry. Go on.”

“So by the time I’d finished researching a locale,” Bay continued, “I felt like I had actually been there.”

King pointed at Bay’s forehead. “I can’t imagine the amount of knowledge that must be stored away up there.”

Bay smiled weakly. “On the few occasions my father was sober, lucid, and feeling fatherly, he would say, ‘If you know a little something about a lot of things, you’ll always be able to contribute to a conversation.’ The thing is, I never left the confines of my four walls, so I never had a chance to share anything I learned with anyone.”

“Now you share it with the world,” King said.

“I suppose.”

“And you’re here now,” King said, “sharing your story with me, and you seem fine.”

“The truth is I have about 340 days a year to prepare myself for the four weeks a year I have to do promotional work,” Bay explained. “And because I take on Jack Robbins’s personality, I can grin, bear it, and play the part. But once this is over, it’s back home for me until the next book release.”

About the Author:Scotty Cade left Corporate America and twenty-five years of Marketing and Public Relations behind to buy an Inn & Restaurant on the island of Martha’s Vineyard with his partner of over twenty years. He started writing stories as soon as he could read, but just eight years ago for publication. With the Inn and restaurant now sold, you can find him in Greenville, South Carolina, where he and his husband are restoring a hundred-year-old house or in Charleston, South Carolina, on their boat simply hanging out. Being from the south and a lover of commitment and fidelity, all of his characters find their way to long healthy relationships, however long it takes them to get there. He believes that in the end, the boy should always get the boy.

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