Luke Murphy’s ”Finders Keepers” Book Interview!

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in a few seconds when I introduce. Anyway, I

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my only word today. Maybe, maybe not. Anyway,

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I want to introduce my guest, who's an international

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best -selling author, a New York Times best -selling

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author, and he has, I think, over five books

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now, and he's a... truly inspirational person

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and he is very funny on Twitter and Facebook

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and Instagram and I'm so glad he's able to come

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back because I interviewed him in an episode

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previously before and he was one of my first

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guests and his name is Luke Murphy and so let's

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welcome him out. Hey, Luke. Hey, Jimmy. How are

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you? Good. How are you? I'm good. Thanks. Just

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one kind of correction. I'm not a New York Times

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bestselling author. I wish I was, but I'm not

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quite there yet. Maybe someday. Okay. Soon to

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be a New York Times bestselling author. I'd love

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to be. Somebody definitely needs to get you on

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that New York Times bestselling author's list

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because you definitely deserve it. I appreciate

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that. Thank you. Move over, James Patterson.

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New guy. Though I think, to be honest, I really

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think James Patterson has become some kind of

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a robot because I don't think he sleeps. There's

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always some book coming out overnight. Yeah,

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I don't, honestly, I don't even think he writes

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them anymore. I think he has a whole team that

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kind of just writes them and he puts his name

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on it. And, you know, he's created quite a company

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for himself there. unbelievably how successful

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he has been. I still enjoy reading his books.

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So do I. Sometimes it makes me wonder, does he

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even sleep? Is he even human or something? Every

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morning he's like, hey, new book from James Patterson

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came out. I was like, oh really? That just came

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with like a book a month. It's incredible, yeah.

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It's not that I'm saying I don't enjoy it, but

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anyway, so could you talk a little bit about

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what you do and how you got started? Yeah, sure.

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Well, my full -time job, I'm a high school teacher.

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I have several part -time jobs on the side. I

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tutor math and English, and I ref hockey a couple

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times a week in the winter, and I write books.

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So on my spare time, I enjoy writing. I've just

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published my sixth book, so I have six out now.

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um how'd i get involved in writing i've always

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been an avid reader so i loved i've loved reading

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my whole life even when i was a kid my mom was

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a librarian so i kind of grew up around books

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and that probably got me involved with reading

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um you know i was i was playing hockey because

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i'm a former hockey player i was playing hockey

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down in oklahoma city and i ended up getting

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hurt and i had all this free time on my hands

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because you know i couldn't practice i couldn't

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go on road trips Couldn't do anything really.

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And, you know, my wife at the time, she was my

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girlfriend. She was attending university. And

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she asked me if I'd help her create this short

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story for one of her classes. And so I did that.

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And I really enjoyed helping her with that, you

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know, creating plots and characters and things.

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And once we were done, I kind of took one of

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our characters and just... wrote my own story

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with it and that's when i that's where i started

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it was just kind of like a pastime just for fun

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type thing i wasn't thinking of publishing it

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it was just kind of a hobby and um you know i

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really enjoyed it i let my sister read it and

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she thought it was really good uh so you know

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that's i just kept writing and eventually i started

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publishing books And I have to say, whoever hasn't

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read any of his books yet, you're missing out

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a lot of fun. I read all of his books up until

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the recent one that just came out. And he leaves

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so many cliffhangers and so many twists and turns

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that I don't even know. Even if I thought I saw

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what's coming next, I honestly didn't. I didn't

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even think that character could possibly do it.

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Like, I'm reading this current book that a crooked

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cop was involved in some kind of a cover -up

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case and everything from, like, previous books.

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And it's like, I would never have known. And

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so Luke Murphy, he does this pretty much, I wouldn't

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say he does the same exact thing, but he keeps

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you guessing until the very end. And when you

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think you really know who did the murder, nope.

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It's always that one person you kind of glance

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over, it's like, hmm. Yeah, well, those are always

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the books I liked to read when I was younger.

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And even now, it's the whodunits. You're trying

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to figure out who's the bad guy, who's the murderer,

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who's the antagonist. And I think it's fun as

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a reader to try to read through all the evidence

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and all the hints and clues and stuff to try

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to figure out. And it's kind of satisfying as

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a reader when you find out who it is actually

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before. it's revealed in the book. So that's

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kind of fun. So that's why I kind of write like

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I'm a reader because I kind of know what I like

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to read. So I kind of write with that in mind

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of what my readers are looking for. And obviously

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I can tell in your books because... you put your

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sense of humor into it as well. And the characters

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have a great sense of humor in the book. And

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it just shows. And it's funny, I was writing

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a piece the other day just for my website. And

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just reading the back of some of the things I

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said in there, I was like, that's all me right

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there. I was like, everything that I write on

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my website, it's all me. It's all my personality.

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And so you can definitely tell. It's not even

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forced. Yeah. And, you know, I'm obviously not

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a big -name author like some of these, you know,

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Stephen Kings and James Patterson mentioned.

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You know, they all have these personal assistants

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who are writing all their material on their social

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media. So it's not personal like them, right?

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like hours, right? When we know, like when I

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post something on social media, it's me doing

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it. It's, you know, it's not an assistant or

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anyone I'm, I'm posting all that and everything

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I write in my books, you know, the whole thing

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in my book is me. So I think that, I think readers

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like that, you know, I think they want genuine

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people to follow who they know that it's actually

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them talking. I'm not going to promote something

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that I'm not really passionate about. And like

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you said, I'm on social media for the humor.

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I'm just there to make jokes. sell books, obviously,

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but I tell people in advance, you know, don't

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take anything I say seriously because, you know,

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I like to goof around on social media and joke

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with people and meet new people and, you know,

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just communicate with readers and stuff. And

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so I'm on there to have a good time. I get enough

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reality in my life every day. I just want to

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have some fun on social media. So, yeah, and

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through my characters, I always try to have a

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character in there who has a good sense of humor

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and I like to tell jokes and stuff. So, you know,

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it's fun. That's what I try to do on social media.

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Even though I have a queue that's built up with

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curated articles I think people like to read

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and not just written by me, but written by other

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people and other writers. I like to share it

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just to keep my feeds going so it's not just

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like... He only posts once a day. Sounds boring.

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I mean, I'm not saying like some people do that,

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but, you know, the amazing social media algorithms

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are kind of not in your favor. Well, yes. And,

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you know, for myself, writing is a part -time

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gig. So I don't have as much time as I'd like

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to go on social media and things like that. you

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know, especially in the winter time when I'm

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teaching all day and then tutor in the evening.

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And then at night you're trying to, once everyone

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goes to bed, you're trying to write. So, so to

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have time for social media, it's, there's definitely

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not as much as I'd like. I try to post as often

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as I can, but you know, of course life gets in

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the way sometimes and you have to make priorities.

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But like I said, social media is just, it's a

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whole lot of fun for me. I definitely could tell

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because And that's what I like to try to do to

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have fun. The other day I was posting in my VIP,

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so to speak, Facebook group. I was getting a

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spice jar off the shelf. And this shelf is above

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the microwave in my house at the shore because

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there's not a lot of cabinets and space to put

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all this stuff. So we put it above the microwave.

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And so I needed a ladder, of course, and I'm

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on the second step. And, of course, the shelf

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was missing one of those things that it rests

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on. I don't know what they're called, but it

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was missing one. So by accident, I didn't know

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about that. So then I put too much weight on

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my hand, pressing down on the shelf, and all

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the stuff tumbled, all the spices tumbled off.

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And I was like, well, if I knew that was going

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to happen, I wouldn't need a ladder. I could

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have saved all myself the trouble. All I just

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wanted was the oregano, but no. And my mom puts

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it in alphabetical order, so that didn't help

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either. So my point was, I just had to post that

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and just was laughing. I was like, well, if I

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knew that was going to happen, I wouldn't need

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the ladder after all. Yeah, and people like to

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hear about that everyday stuff, right? Yeah.

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They like the gossip. Well, I don't know if you

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call it gossip, but maybe they can relate to

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just everyday person that's just like, oh, so

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this didn't just happen to me. Or, oh, it's like,

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oh, that didn't just happen to me. I thought

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it only happened to me because I was special

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or something. That probably didn't make any sense,

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but I'm just going to go with it. So talk a little

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bit about your new book without giving any spoilers

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away. Yeah, sure. So Finders Keepers, which is

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book number four in my Calvin Waters mystery

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series, it was released last Friday. The e -book

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was released last Friday and the paperback this

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week. So for those people who are aware of my

00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:37.440
Calvin Waters character, he's kind of like, well,

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:40.200
in book one, Dead Man's Hand, he was a leg breaker.

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So he collected for bookies, Vegas bookies, and

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kind of a bad guy. Wasn't happy with his life,

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wasn't happy with himself, wanted to change things,

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:54.240
become a better person. So he kind of left that

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lifestyle. to become a private investigator and

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better his life. In this book, Four Finders Keepers,

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he's kind of drawn back into that world of, you

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know, the red light Vegas district, the underground

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world, the back streets type thing. So he's following

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a case of murdered escorts in Vegas. And the

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Vegas police have asked him to kind of help in

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the investigation because he was once a part

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of that world and he'd still have contacts there.

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So he has to try to hunt down who is killing

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these escorts for the cops before, you know,

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it gets kind of out of control. And then there's

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kind of like a subplot as well. We have this

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group of hired assassins who have been after

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Calvin in the first three books. There's a new

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assassin in town now to try to take him out,

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so Calvin has to also deal with that problem.

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So he's kind of got two problems to deal with

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at once, so he certainly has to multitask in

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this book. Jeez, sounds brutal. So I have a question,

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and I haven't read the book, but as a writer,

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do you know... in your mind writing all this

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stuff do you know who at when you get towards

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the end of the book do you know hang on a second

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jimmy i gotta cut you off there's someone at

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my door here i'm sorry maybe once you get back

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i'll tell her to give you a call okay thanks

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Sorry about that. Someone was here to play with

00:18:50.029 --> 00:18:53.609
my daughter, but she's not here. Sorry about

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that. Go ahead with your question, Jimmy. As

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a writer, when you're getting towards finishing

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a book, all the writing and whatnot, do you know

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in your head who the bad person is in your book?

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That's a good question. Sometimes I'm a plotter.

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Sometimes I plot ahead of time and I know who's

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going to be, you know, who's going to do what,

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who's going to be the killer, how it's going

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to end and things like that. But some books I

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don't, right? So this book kind of, I just didn't

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:36.599
plot out. I just kind of wrote. And I had a couple

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of different scenarios for the ending that I

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thought about using, who could be the killer.

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And the book I'm working on now is the same thing

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I have. You know, I'm maybe halfway through and

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there's three or four options I could use still

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of who the killer is going to be that I haven't

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decided on yet. So and I think that's fun as

00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:01.000
both a writer and a reader when there's multiple

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notes. Now let's get back to the show. You have

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to try to figure out who it was. Yeah, so it's

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interesting for me because, yeah, these last

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couple of books, I've had no idea who the killer

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:03.829
was, but my first few books I did know. I did

00:21:03.829 --> 00:21:06.549
know who the killer was going to be and how I

00:21:06.549 --> 00:21:09.470
was going to end it. But the last couple, it's

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just kind of been, you know, just start writing

00:21:12.450 --> 00:21:14.430
and see where the characters and the plot takes

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me. And have you ever thought of ever doing a

00:21:21.670 --> 00:21:27.549
book where, like, everything is... Heading towards

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the end, but the detectives couldn't find who

00:21:35.230 --> 00:21:40.430
did it and just left it for a part two. Yeah,

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I had actually the first book in my Charlene

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Taylor series I had written and that she didn't

00:21:49.609 --> 00:21:51.569
find out who the serial killer was because I

00:21:51.569 --> 00:21:54.269
wanted to continue it to the next book. But my

00:21:54.269 --> 00:21:58.450
agent. told me not to do that she told me that

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my readers would be unsatisfied and you you have

00:22:02.549 --> 00:22:05.890
to leave them with a satisfaction that there

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was an ending that you know there was closure

00:22:08.869 --> 00:22:12.269
in the case or something but yeah because i had

00:22:12.269 --> 00:22:14.250
i had wanted to leave it kind of open -ended

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and my agent suggested that i don't do that so

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um ever since that time i've i've never done

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that um what is What I do at the end of every

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:28.839
book, though, is leave some sort of cliffhanger

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that kind of lets the reader know that something

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:35.839
more is happening, either with that case or an

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:39.200
ongoing case or a new case. But I always leave

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something at the end of the book to let readers

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know that there's more coming. Yeah, because

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I think the last time when we talked... last

00:22:51.509 --> 00:22:54.750
year when you were my first guest on the podcast

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and now the I remember we were talking about

00:23:01.349 --> 00:23:05.009
one of the books I just finished reading and

00:23:05.009 --> 00:23:11.990
my mind was blown because you left it like I

00:23:11.990 --> 00:23:14.910
think you just like kind of just like I mean

00:23:14.910 --> 00:23:17.490
it wasn't like a bad way but my mind was blown

00:23:17.490 --> 00:23:20.619
because it's like Holy moly, I didn't see all

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:23.200
these twists and turns. Even when they finished

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.319
up the case, it was just like, oh, two more twists.

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:32.460
It just winds up being an up -down. And, you

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:35.099
know, sometimes... there can be too many twists,

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:38.319
right? Sometimes there can be too many characters.

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:42.259
And, you know, I've received a couple of comments

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:44.380
from readers about Kiss and Tell, how there were

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:47.539
just too many characters to kind of remember,

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:51.440
or, you know, they got the names mixed up. Because

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:54.559
I think I had, you know, seven to nine suspects

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:58.380
in Kiss and Tell. It was just like, you know,

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I had a lot of suspects that had... you know,

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:05.119
the potential of being the killer. So, you know,

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:08.460
there's always a risk of having too many twists

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:12.539
and turns and too many characters. But I think

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:15.140
I'm kind of just walking that line, that line

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:17.440
that, you know, and I haven't really gone over

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.740
it yet. Yeah, it's funny. I'm going to be totally

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:26.140
honest with everyone is that I am totally biased.

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:30.509
I don't think I've ever had one complaint. Luke

00:24:30.509 --> 00:24:34.289
Murphy's books. Oh, thank you. I like hearing

00:24:34.289 --> 00:24:38.309
that. I mean, it doesn't disappoint. I'm like

00:24:38.309 --> 00:24:45.529
40 pages done for the current book I'm reading,

00:24:45.710 --> 00:24:48.549
which is going to be my sixth book I read this

00:24:48.549 --> 00:24:50.809
year. I'm kind of behind on my book reading.

00:24:51.009 --> 00:24:54.029
Hopefully I can catch up. You're almost one a

00:24:54.029 --> 00:24:57.230
month, so you're doing okay. Yeah. My goal is

00:24:57.230 --> 00:25:02.680
to get to 25. Oh, wow. Yeah. So according to

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:07.740
the book reading app that I keep track of, of

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:11.059
my reading goals, it says, I was like, you're

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:14.700
nine books behind. It's like, thank you. This

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:20.519
doesn't help. There's no motivation. No. It was

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.980
like, you might as well just like hold up a sign

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:24.960
that's like, you're being lazy. You're being

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:32.730
lazy. Thanks. So how did you get inspired to

00:25:32.730 --> 00:25:37.630
write this book? So this one, this is actually

00:25:37.630 --> 00:25:40.309
an interesting story. I've been doing interviews

00:25:40.309 --> 00:25:44.069
all week to promote this new release, and so

00:25:44.069 --> 00:25:49.450
I've told the story a few times. The plot behind

00:25:49.450 --> 00:25:51.609
Finders Keepers actually came from my doctor.

00:25:53.809 --> 00:25:56.670
I'm very close with my family doctor. He's been

00:25:56.670 --> 00:25:58.690
my doctor my whole life. He's been, you know,

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our family doctor for as long as I can remember,

00:26:01.309 --> 00:26:03.470
you know, as long as my parents can remember.

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And a lot of times when I go for a checkup, I'll

00:26:08.089 --> 00:26:10.230
kind of just sit and chat with him. And, you

00:26:10.230 --> 00:26:12.670
know, he loves talking to me. We love talking

00:26:12.670 --> 00:26:15.759
about death. We love talking about, you know,

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.160
how could you kill somebody and get away with

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:20.859
it? And, you know, it's funny, if two strangers

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:23.680
were ever walking by us and overheard our conversation,

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:27.299
they'd probably call the cops. But, you know,

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.759
it's all in good fun. And he was telling me about

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.599
a case he had heard from the 70s and 80s about

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:39.039
this American Harris who her second husband attempted

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:44.970
to kill her by insulin shots. So I thought it

00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:47.069
was, you know, quite a remarkable story when

00:26:47.069 --> 00:26:49.289
he told me. So that day, as soon as I got home

00:26:49.289 --> 00:26:51.390
from the doctor's office, I looked the case up

00:26:51.390 --> 00:26:53.529
and read through it and it was an absolutely

00:26:53.529 --> 00:26:58.670
fascinating case. And so I kind of used, pulled

00:26:58.670 --> 00:27:03.390
some of that as an inspiration for the plot for

00:27:03.390 --> 00:27:08.400
Finders Keepers. So just out of curiosity, and

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:11.480
I think people will like to know this, has anyone

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:18.099
ever called the cops on you? No, they haven't.

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:20.519
But if the FBI ever went through my computer

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.619
and looked up some of the things I've looked

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:25.559
up about murder, there'd be a lot of questions

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:29.339
that would have to be answered. You know, we

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:33.109
always have a joke in my family. My mom likes

00:27:33.109 --> 00:27:37.069
to watch a lot of murder mystery shows like NCIS.

00:27:37.509 --> 00:27:40.990
She doesn't like to watch the very gruesome ones,

00:27:41.069 --> 00:27:43.390
like the very, very dark ones. She likes to watch

00:27:43.390 --> 00:27:46.490
the ones that have some kind of humor in it to

00:27:46.490 --> 00:27:49.670
lighten up the moment, if that makes any sense.

00:27:50.130 --> 00:27:55.490
And we always kid with one another in my family.

00:27:57.069 --> 00:28:02.670
Well, if Dad goes anytime soon, we know who did

00:28:02.670 --> 00:28:06.849
it. That's right. She's doing research. Yeah.

00:28:07.609 --> 00:28:10.329
She's like, oh, I know how to get away with it.

00:28:10.849 --> 00:28:14.390
Yeah, that's my guilty. And I think there was

00:28:14.390 --> 00:28:16.609
a show that came out actually called How to Get

00:28:16.609 --> 00:28:19.150
Away with Murder, and it became really popular.

00:28:19.690 --> 00:28:21.789
I've never seen it, but I remember it was on

00:28:21.789 --> 00:28:24.990
Netflix, I think. I think my mom binge watched

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I do like NCIS, though. Yeah, it's a good show.

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:52.680
Have you ever watched it? Yeah. Okay. Before

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:55.119
we get back to your book, who's your favorite

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:58.240
character on NCIS? Oh, gosh. I haven't watched

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.640
it enough to even know the names. I've only watched

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.000
a couple episodes, and just as I was flicking

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:07.079
through the channels, I've never really focused

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:10.579
much on it, so I wouldn't even know. the character's

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:18.440
names on it. Okay. What is, have you, what is

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:21.960
your favorite thing to watch on TV slash movie

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:25.359
list? My favorite show or movie or anything?

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:29.180
Both. You know, I like action movies. You know,

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:32.579
I like no brainers. I could just sit there and

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:36.140
just watch explosions and, you know, things like

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:39.019
that. And you don't even have to think. it just

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:41.180
kind of takes my mind off things and lets me

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:44.400
relax and stuff. So, you know, I liked, I liked

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:46.440
all those Rambo movies and things like that.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:51.140
It's just kind of entertainment, right? If my

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:53.980
wife and I were watching it together, there'd

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:56.759
be, it'd be like suspense thrillers type thing.

00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:01.420
A lot of. Kind of like what I write, you know,

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:04.759
detective shows. And, you know, we watched a

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:08.819
lot of CSI. We watched a lot of Criminal Minds,

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:11.519
shows like that. And we like our sitcoms too.

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:15.160
I mean, probably my favorite sitcom of all time

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:18.559
was maybe The Office. I loved The Office. You

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.240
know, Seinfeld was a classic. Curb Your Enthusiasm

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:25.359
we really like. You know, things like that. Just

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:31.460
something not too serious. you know, we get enough

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:33.940
seriousness in our life. So when we sit down

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:36.420
to watch it, but to be honest, Jimmy, I don't

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:41.059
watch much TV. Fair enough. My days are just,

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:46.200
we're so busy that again, when I have free time,

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:50.140
I try to use it by writing. So, you know, a lot

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:53.799
of times I don't watch a whole lot of TV. I couldn't

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:57.819
even tell you. I guess The Office was probably

00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:03.319
the last series I watched, you know, religiously,

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:05.740
I guess you'd say. And how long has it been since

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:08.839
that show's been on? So, you know, the last few

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:13.000
years I haven't watched much TV at all. So, yeah,

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:15.359
I do like sports. I mean, I love following sports,

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:18.839
any of the major sports, basketball, baseball,

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:22.859
football, hockey. I do watch the odd sports game

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:26.619
on TV. But, yeah, I don't. watch a whole lot

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:30.299
of TV anyways. I think the only time when I watch

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:35.000
TV is literally on the weekend, and that's totally

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:41.980
it. But in the summer months, I give myself one

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:45.500
day out of the whole week to watch one show,

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:48.200
America's Got Talent, because I just like to

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:51.880
watch all the talented people in the world perform

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:55.200
on stage. and the judges are pretty funny on

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:58.359
the show so uh i look forward to that once a

00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:02.819
summer so uh yeah since it's not on every single

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:08.860
fall and it wouldn't be special so um but uh

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:14.260
uh you know speaking of which like i uh one of

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:17.920
the things that my dad uh took us to was one

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:22.010
of this play in the um in New York City, and

00:34:22.010 --> 00:34:24.510
this was before the whole pandemic. I think it

00:34:24.510 --> 00:34:29.989
was like 2018 -ish. And he took us to this play.

00:34:30.090 --> 00:34:35.230
It was called The Perfect Murder. And I think

00:34:35.230 --> 00:34:38.389
I absolutely hated the play because at the end

00:34:38.389 --> 00:34:42.170
of it, nobody knows who did it. We couldn't figure

00:34:42.170 --> 00:34:44.489
it out. And even when we thought about it, it

00:34:44.489 --> 00:34:47.489
was like, who did it? We still didn't even know.

00:34:47.530 --> 00:34:49.889
And even though when we looked it up on Google,

00:34:50.010 --> 00:34:53.309
and because it was based off of a real story,

00:34:54.130 --> 00:34:56.510
we still didn't even, just reading from Google,

00:34:56.610 --> 00:34:59.389
still didn't even answer the question. Yeah,

00:34:59.409 --> 00:35:01.610
that's weird. And it gets back to what we were

00:35:01.610 --> 00:35:04.050
talking about, how the, you know, people need

00:35:04.050 --> 00:35:06.969
closure on something. They watch, if you watch

00:35:06.969 --> 00:35:09.469
something for two hours, you want to be able

00:35:09.469 --> 00:35:13.210
to have an answer at the end of who it was. Yeah,

00:35:13.230 --> 00:35:15.349
that gets back to the same thing. You want to

00:35:15.349 --> 00:35:20.550
have an outcome at the end. Definitely. And so

00:35:20.550 --> 00:35:31.190
do you have some inspiration for people who are

00:35:31.190 --> 00:35:36.889
wanting to be writers, et cetera? Yeah, for anyone

00:35:36.889 --> 00:35:40.480
who wants to be a writer. Get a part -time job?

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:47.280
No, but seriously, you know, for anyone to follow

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:51.360
their passion, I certainly encourage it. You

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:54.039
know, life's short. And if you're not doing something

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.880
you really enjoy, you're truly passionate about,

00:35:56.920 --> 00:36:00.539
you're missing out. If you want to be a writer,

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:03.880
just make sure you write every day. Make sure

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:06.530
you're... You work with an editor. That's very

00:36:06.530 --> 00:36:08.949
important, work with an editor. You can learn

00:36:08.949 --> 00:36:12.090
a lot from an editor. And, you know, there's

00:36:12.090 --> 00:36:14.110
different pathways for everyone. So, you know,

00:36:14.150 --> 00:36:18.369
there's self -publishing, traditional publishing.

00:36:18.590 --> 00:36:20.349
There's print -on -demand. There's all sorts

00:36:20.349 --> 00:36:24.849
of different methods of getting published. There

00:36:24.849 --> 00:36:31.030
are so many ads these days wherever you go. There

00:36:31.030 --> 00:36:34.449
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00:36:34.449 --> 00:36:37.090
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Podcast link in the show notes. Now let's get

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:13.739
back to the show. What's good for one person

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:15.199
isn't necessarily good for the other. Everyone

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:18.840
has their own path they have to take. But yeah,

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.500
make sure you're writing a little bit every day.

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:26.059
Don't rush into things. You know, don't just

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:28.280
be so excited you want to get published that

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.400
you're just writing something and publishing

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:33.219
it just for the sake of publishing. Like I said,

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:36.579
make sure you have an editor and not your mom

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:38.900
or your dad or someone. Make sure it's, you know,

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:41.659
someone neutral, someone who's a professional

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:43.219
in the business who knows what they're doing

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.699
because that's very important. That's always

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:49.940
my biggest piece of advice for writers is make

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:58.500
sure you work with an editor. Makes sense. Like

00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:09.340
when I edit my blog posts, I use a tool called

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:12.420
Grammarly. And no, this is not an advertisement

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:16.300
for them, promise. I get nothing from them saying

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:21.460
this. But I use it because... I think it's like

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:28.440
97 % accurate. And even if I... Yeah, I say 97

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:33.360
% because at least it's... It's not professional,

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:40.380
but it gets the job done. I might miss a word

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:44.280
here and there, but it's not like it's terribly

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:47.719
written to a... point to a point where no one

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:49.900
gets a gist of the idea of what the article is

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:53.940
about uh and i always make sure that it's nothing

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:57.340
that bad if it's horribly written i'm scrapping

00:38:57.340 --> 00:39:03.460
it i have a rule and i have morals it was bad

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:08.659
scrapping like i i have a like 2000 i had posts

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:12.079
from 2017 that was terribly written and i'm scrapping

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:15.769
i'm just going back rewriting the whole thing,

00:39:15.929 --> 00:39:19.630
writing new content to add to it, getting rid

00:39:19.630 --> 00:39:23.469
of the old one. Yeah, makes sense. Then are you

00:39:23.469 --> 00:39:31.289
going to exist anymore? But, yeah. Who are your

00:39:31.289 --> 00:39:34.789
favorite authors? Oh, gosh, I have many of them.

00:39:36.969 --> 00:39:42.210
Let's see. Greg Isles, Michael Conley. Of course,

00:39:42.210 --> 00:39:44.750
I read James Patterson, David Baldacci, Harlan

00:39:44.750 --> 00:39:50.170
Coben. I know I'm going to miss a bunch. Linwood

00:39:50.170 --> 00:39:55.690
Barclay is good. You know, I don't really pick

00:39:55.690 --> 00:39:58.989
one author and just read all their stuff. You

00:39:58.989 --> 00:40:03.789
know, I read a mix. Lisa Gardner, I read a mix

00:40:03.789 --> 00:40:07.340
of authors. Yeah, I'm always looking for books

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:09.940
when my local library, you know, they sell used

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:12.860
books. So I have, you know, I also have a library

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:17.480
card that I get library books out. So, yeah,

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:19.780
I'm always looking for different authors that

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:23.400
I can support and new authors that, you know,

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:26.079
that need our support. So I'm always looking

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:30.579
for new and different authors for sure. So one

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:36.949
of the questions that I thought of, when I wanted

00:40:36.949 --> 00:40:40.349
to ask. And just out of curiosity, and if you

00:40:40.349 --> 00:40:44.329
don't know, that's fine. Just out of curiosity,

00:40:44.510 --> 00:40:47.190
how does one get on the New York Times bestselling

00:40:47.190 --> 00:40:52.150
author list? Jeez, I wish I knew. I don't know.

00:40:52.230 --> 00:40:57.469
It has to do with how many books of yours are

00:40:57.469 --> 00:41:00.150
sold within a certain amount of time. I don't

00:41:00.150 --> 00:41:03.579
know the exact number. He might be able to Google

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:06.000
and figure it out, but I don't know how they

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.639
figure out the exact number you have to sell

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:14.460
in a certain amount of time. So, you know, if

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:23.019
you sell, you know, a thousand books, it depends.

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:24.940
If you do that in a day, you probably get on

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:26.679
the bestseller. But if you do it within a week,

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.920
you probably wouldn't. Right. Even though it's

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:31.670
the same amount of books. So it goes by how many

00:41:31.670 --> 00:41:35.090
books in a certain amount of time. I don't know

00:41:35.090 --> 00:41:40.630
the exact numbers though. So here's what it says.

00:41:41.369 --> 00:41:46.769
According to Google, you need 5 ,000 copies during

00:41:46.769 --> 00:41:50.769
any one week period is the minimum. But they

00:41:50.769 --> 00:41:53.070
said that they would recommend 10 ,000 to be

00:41:53.070 --> 00:41:56.389
sure. 10 ,000 in a week. That's a lot of votes.

00:41:57.989 --> 00:42:01.230
Come on, New York Times. Come on, you got a lot

00:42:01.230 --> 00:42:08.329
of that expectation. At least Luke Murphy doesn't

00:42:08.329 --> 00:42:12.909
seem to be a robot. That's what makes it such

00:42:12.909 --> 00:42:17.710
a prestigious honor, right? It shows what level

00:42:17.710 --> 00:42:21.050
you're at to make that list. I think one day

00:42:21.050 --> 00:42:23.030
you're going to be on that list. Well, thank

00:42:23.030 --> 00:42:26.909
you, Jimmy. I hope you're right. You know, maybe

00:42:26.909 --> 00:42:29.590
I can start tweeting to the New York Times and

00:42:29.590 --> 00:42:33.309
tell them. Perfect. I'm good at being pain in

00:42:33.309 --> 00:42:38.250
the butt. Come on. No, I don't think I would

00:42:38.250 --> 00:42:42.369
want that engraved on my tombstone. No. Jimmy

00:42:42.369 --> 00:42:44.570
Clear, pain in the butt. Also known as Crazy

00:42:44.570 --> 00:42:50.409
Fitness Guy. No, I don't like it. But you can

00:42:50.409 --> 00:42:54.469
put the Crazy Fitness Guy part there. That I'll

00:42:54.469 --> 00:43:09.070
go with. Does your family support you and your

00:43:09.070 --> 00:43:14.789
books? My dad's a big reader, so him and his

00:43:14.789 --> 00:43:16.489
wife, they always buy my books when they come

00:43:16.489 --> 00:43:23.119
out. My wife is not a reader. But, you know,

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:25.639
they support in other ways, right? So, you know,

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:27.519
they'll give me free time to write, and she'll

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:31.380
take the kids and do stuff with them. And, you

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:34.860
know, she promotes my books on social media,

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:37.039
and she sells them. She has her own clothing

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:40.539
store, and she sells my books in her store. Yeah,

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:44.079
so my whole community, actually, I'm in a small

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:47.199
town of about 1 ,200 people, and they're just

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:50.909
very supportive. You know, whether it's through

00:43:50.909 --> 00:43:53.809
social media or through selling my books in stores

00:43:53.809 --> 00:43:57.650
or, you know, local newspapers, local radio,

00:43:57.789 --> 00:44:00.329
they're always quick to give me a shout out,

00:44:00.349 --> 00:44:02.889
you know, as an announcement or whatever. But

00:44:02.889 --> 00:44:05.730
yeah, so I'm very fortunate to be surrounded

00:44:05.730 --> 00:44:09.070
by a lot of very supportive people. That's amazing.

00:44:09.969 --> 00:44:14.860
I'm definitely hoping, sorry. I'm definitely

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:17.840
hoping that this interview will help you along

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:23.840
the way as well. I do have 73 YouTube subscribers.

00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:28.179
I don't know how active they are in viewing this,

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:35.000
but taking a look at the analytics, I saw one

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:38.579
episode that they watched all the way through,

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.219
and it's like... Gee, I can't even watch myself

00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:44.119
that long. I can't even listen to my voice that

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:47.360
long. Yeah, well, all publicity is good publicity,

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:51.360
right? So I'm grateful for anyone who takes the

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:54.079
time to interview me or have me on their show

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:57.039
or take the time to talk about my books. I'm

00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:00.579
certainly grateful for you too, Jimmy, to do

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:04.340
this for me. Definitely. And like I said to you

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:09.699
on Twitter yesterday, You're always welcome on

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:16.380
the show whenever, wherever, and whatnot. I'm

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:20.619
always grateful to have you on and meeting you

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:23.699
on. I think every time I speak to you, I feel

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:25.699
like I'm being a celebrity for the first time.

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:29.900
Well, I'm definitely not a celebrity, that's

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:33.219
for sure. You should be a celebrity. Oh, thank

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:38.739
you. Because you're enjoyable to talk to. I don't

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:43.420
think I've ever met an official celebrity, but

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:47.960
you're very close to it. Well, thank you. I don't

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:50.400
think I've ever met a real celebrity either.

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:54.059
Well, maybe I'll become one one day. There you

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:58.199
go. And then I can say I know a celebrity. I

00:45:58.199 --> 00:46:03.480
buy all the books from you. Keep you in business.

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:10.590
There you go. So just out of curiosity, is there

00:46:10.590 --> 00:46:12.550
going to be another Charlene Taylor novel coming

00:46:12.550 --> 00:46:20.550
out? I don't really know in terms of future books.

00:46:20.789 --> 00:46:24.750
I just kind of go with the flow. I usually kind

00:46:24.750 --> 00:46:28.010
of let my readers decide. I usually send a survey

00:46:28.010 --> 00:46:32.250
out after my book's published. So in a couple

00:46:32.250 --> 00:46:33.750
of weeks, I'll probably send out a survey to

00:46:33.750 --> 00:46:38.360
see what... readers want to read right so it's

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:40.559
only fair that they're paying for my book so

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:43.239
it's fair that they get a say in what you know

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:46.320
they read or what they want to see um so i usually

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:48.320
send that out and see what they say i always

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:51.659
have a few ideas in mind of you know what i want

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:54.280
for charlene or calvin or maybe something new

00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:59.260
um but i do do the survey and and see kind of

00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:02.599
gauge what my readers would like to see in the

00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:07.760
future Yeah, every time I picture, somehow when

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:11.599
you come up with ideas, I can only see you having

00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:17.280
a stack of paper somewhere, maybe in a secret

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:21.880
vault in a wall. And it's like, no one's going

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:27.019
to find the stash of ideas that I have. Oh, yes.

00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:29.860
I wish I had a stack in a secret vault like that.

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:37.389
Yeah. So do I. The only thing I'll spoil on my

00:47:37.389 --> 00:47:41.269
end, I do have a list of blog posts and podcast

00:47:41.269 --> 00:47:45.090
topics that I never ever used for the podcast

00:47:45.090 --> 00:47:48.449
topics because I have so many guests on. But

00:47:48.449 --> 00:47:51.750
for my blog posts, I do have just a list of topics.

00:47:51.829 --> 00:47:54.050
It's not even just, it's not even like fully

00:47:54.050 --> 00:47:57.230
written. It's just like a checklist just to check

00:47:57.230 --> 00:48:01.269
it off when I'm done. It's like done or crossed

00:48:01.269 --> 00:48:05.280
off. Don't even want to do it. That's the only

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:11.159
thing I'll admit. I mean, there's not even much

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:14.239
to go on. It's just an idea that I just had,

00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:18.300
or I saw someone else's idea on that topic, but

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:20.920
then I came up with some different angle. It's

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:23.539
like some absurd different angle. And it's like,

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:27.860
this is the bad, I don't know. I didn't have

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:35.070
a good idea for it. So where can people find

00:48:35.070 --> 00:48:40.929
your new book? So the new book so far is available

00:48:40.929 --> 00:48:45.489
in e -book and paperback and eventually in the

00:48:45.489 --> 00:48:48.550
next couple weeks, audio. And they can be found

00:48:48.550 --> 00:48:53.079
on Amazon. the ebook paperback and the auto book

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:56.219
on Amazon. And you know what? I don't know what

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:58.719
bookstores carry them. I have no say in what

00:48:58.719 --> 00:49:00.960
they carry. So they'll order in whatever books

00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:02.800
they want. So you'd have to check your local

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:05.219
bookstore, but they can always order them in

00:49:05.219 --> 00:49:08.820
if they don't have copies. So yeah, Amazon is

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:12.860
always your best bet. Yeah. Gosh, darn bookstores.

00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:16.159
Yeah. They need to make a special shelf for you.

00:49:16.849 --> 00:49:18.989
Well, you know, they have limited shelf space,

00:49:19.030 --> 00:49:21.230
so they want to make sure they bring in books

00:49:21.230 --> 00:49:23.050
they know will sell. So they usually bring in,

00:49:23.090 --> 00:49:25.030
you know, the big -name authors like we mentioned,

00:49:25.130 --> 00:49:28.329
Patterson, Stephen King, and those authors that

00:49:28.329 --> 00:49:30.230
they know are going to sell. And, you know, they're

00:49:30.230 --> 00:49:32.250
less likely to take a chance on someone like

00:49:32.250 --> 00:49:34.429
Luke Murphy who they're not sure is going to

00:49:34.429 --> 00:49:37.210
sell, right? So I totally understand that, but

00:49:37.210 --> 00:49:39.909
you just got to keep grinding away, and hopefully

00:49:39.909 --> 00:49:42.090
someday, you know, you'll be on that bookshelf.

00:49:42.969 --> 00:49:48.039
I think if... Monday, if I ever climb up to the

00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:50.239
very top of the ladder where people start listening

00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:54.300
to me, I'm making that request. I like it. I'll

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:58.860
put you in every bookstore. Perfect. I wish I

00:49:58.860 --> 00:50:03.659
had more people like you, Jimmy. I'm sure you

00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:07.920
probably have a lot of people. More than me.

00:50:09.699 --> 00:50:15.900
Low bar. Anyway, where can people find you and

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:22.400
follow you? Yeah, so in terms of social media,

00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:24.679
so I do have a website. It's authorlukemurphy

00:50:24.679 --> 00:50:29.900
.com. And my social media, Twitter is authorlmurphy.

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:32.699
And Facebook and Instagram is authorlukemurphy.

00:50:32.820 --> 00:50:36.539
So just if you Google authorlukemurphy, all of

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:39.239
those should come up. Yeah, he even has a knowledge

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:43.929
graph in Google. He's legit. Oh, wow. i didn't

00:50:43.929 --> 00:50:47.070
know that yeah remember i sent you the article

00:50:47.070 --> 00:50:52.389
oh yeah yeah that's right yeah i was jealous

00:50:52.389 --> 00:50:57.449
oh it'll come jimmy it'll come i mean the reason

00:50:57.449 --> 00:51:01.989
i was i was jealous because uh like um i mean

00:51:01.989 --> 00:51:05.690
like like yours were so organized it's like in

00:51:05.690 --> 00:51:08.880
google's like trying to figure out who me and

00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:13.400
Crazy Fitness Guy is. I'm one person. Though

00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:20.119
I did split them up for two good reasons. When

00:51:20.119 --> 00:51:24.480
I posted updates about Crazy Fitness Guy on Crazy

00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:27.699
Fitness Guy profiles, no one gives a crap what

00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:30.659
I said on Crazy Fitness Guy. But when I posted

00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:32.659
on my own profiles, people were like, oh, congratulations.

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:37.820
It's like, oh, now you care. There you go. Yeah.

00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:41.920
People didn't want one more brand. I mean, like,

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:44.900
because sometimes you see on social media brands

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:48.260
talking about them, their own selves and saying

00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:51.980
like, Hey, we just reached this many, this new

00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:55.500
milestone. And people like, yeah, whatever. But

00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:57.719
when you've had the real person behind the scenes,

00:51:57.739 --> 00:52:01.900
it's like, congratulations. And like, I don't

00:52:01.900 --> 00:52:08.400
know. Marketing. I only took three marketing

00:52:08.400 --> 00:52:12.320
classes in college and a marketing course online

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:16.239
that I took in my own spare time. So I do know

00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:18.639
what I'm sort of talking about. I wouldn't say

00:52:18.639 --> 00:52:23.079
I'm a master. And I've learned a lot from your

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:29.059
social media platforms. You're the master. I

00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:33.559
don't know about that, but thank you. Well, it

00:52:33.559 --> 00:53:04.239
was great to talk to you. And so much more. Become

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00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:23.519
notes. Now let's get back to the show. And I'm

00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:28.539
glad that your new book is out. Has it been doing

00:53:28.539 --> 00:53:33.199
well? Yeah, they all do about the same. You know,

00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:36.679
you hope that that one will take off, but, you

00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:39.480
know, it's a marathon, not a sprint. You got

00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:42.059
to, you know, keep going and keep grinding and

00:53:42.059 --> 00:53:46.340
hope that someday something big happens. Well,

00:53:46.460 --> 00:53:48.679
I'm definitely looking forward to reading your

00:53:48.679 --> 00:53:58.849
book. And before we end this episode, If you

00:53:58.849 --> 00:54:01.409
don't mind, could you wait a few minutes before

00:54:01.409 --> 00:54:06.190
the episode ends so I can send you off with just

00:54:06.190 --> 00:54:15.030
whatever. Yeah, sure. And so I'm glad you were

00:54:15.030 --> 00:54:17.809
able to come back. And like I said, you're always

00:54:17.809 --> 00:54:21.050
welcome to come back. And I'm definitely going

00:54:21.050 --> 00:54:24.679
to. I think once I finish this book, I'm reading

00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:29.780
yours right afterwards. And I'm going to write

00:54:29.780 --> 00:54:32.800
a review about it on my website as well. Perfect.

00:54:32.840 --> 00:54:34.420
Well, thank you for having me, Jimmy. It's always

00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:37.579
a pleasure to be on your show. Definitely. And

00:54:37.579 --> 00:54:42.079
whenever your next book comes out, you'll come

00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:49.440
back on. Sounds good. Definitely. So that's all

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:53.139
for today for Crazy Fitness Guys, a live stream

00:54:53.139 --> 00:54:57.579
and podcast, a healthy living podcast. I hope

00:54:57.579 --> 00:55:02.239
you enjoyed it. And it's a truly honor to know

00:55:02.239 --> 00:55:06.019
Luke Murphy and his amazing books. And if you

00:55:06.019 --> 00:55:10.820
haven't checked out his books, go to check out

00:55:10.820 --> 00:55:14.159
his books on Amazon and all your local bookstores

00:55:14.159 --> 00:55:19.530
and libraries, et cetera. you'll be blown away.

00:55:20.070 --> 00:55:26.909
And one of the things I like to quote, I always

00:55:26.909 --> 00:55:31.889
joke with him, and he said to me, he's like,

00:55:31.969 --> 00:55:35.070
well, I don't have James Patterson money. He's

00:55:35.070 --> 00:55:36.670
like, no, you don't want his money. You want

00:55:36.670 --> 00:55:40.929
Mark Zuckerberg's money. His money never seems

00:55:40.929 --> 00:55:46.059
to run out. It's just a little joke, anyway.

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:50.400
But yeah, he's the real deal. Go check out his

00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:54.980
books. And to follow him on social media, it's

00:55:54.980 --> 00:55:58.739
authorlukeallamurphy on all of his platforms.

00:55:59.619 --> 00:56:04.659
And his website is authorallamurphy .com. And

00:56:04.659 --> 00:56:09.300
I highly recommend the read. You know, I think

00:56:09.300 --> 00:56:16.000
I should create a nice... list on my website

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:19.179
says must read books and he's going to be the

00:56:19.179 --> 00:56:22.900
first one on my website I don't know maybe I

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:27.159
will and one more time if you want to listen

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00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:56.360
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And as always, stay safe, stay crazy. And I look

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