New Release Today – Latent Image: A Xandra Carrick Novel | About Xandra

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It’s been a couple of years in the making, but the next Xandra Carrick novel (Latent Image) is finally out!

A couple of interesting tidbits about this book.

Xandra Carrick (the protagonist) first appeared my Simon & Schuster thriller DARKROOM. She’s an award winning photojournalist who had worked for the New York Times and garnered international accolades for her piece on Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq (post Saddam era). She discovered that she possesses the remarkable ability of Second Sight, which in her case means that through her photography she is able to discern hidden knowledge and secrets of things past, present and future. This “gift”, however uncovers deadly secrets and plots which only she can help solve.

As you can imagine

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My life in 8 words: “A relentless pursuit to fulfill my life’s calling.”

…with each day that passes it’s becoming clearer to me that everything we face in life–be it victories, defeat, challenges, good news or bad–is an opportunity to reveal our character. In fact, it’s a chance to determine our future by our choices. When I look at the “achievement” of having my book published by a major publisher (Simon & Schuster is considered one of the “Big Six”) I find myself at something of a crossroad…

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Hope, and the “Dear Jane” letter…

  The fact is that most writers face many rejections before they make a sale to a publisher.  It’s par for the course, and if you’re a writer who can’t handle rejection, or take it to heart as a personal evaluation (or devaluation) of your worth, you’d do best to do like they did in […]

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Boldness

Let’s face it. It’s been said, The meek shall inherit the Earth… But the same person (Jesus) who said that also said, Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.   To accomplish anything beyond the ordinary it takes a lot of […]

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