Friends, this poor, neglected, repeatedly rebooted and then abandoned blog is a certified mess. But! It still comes in handy for days like today.

I’m thrilled beyond words, except for these words here, to announce the release of my first work of long-form fiction, Saving the World on $50 a Day!

Synopsis:

After a teensy, weensy mistake on a short-term mission, where only five houses burned down, Jay is sent on a punitive two-year, deep cover assignment in Romania. Jay’s cover story, crusty guidebook author, adds many insults to injury, but Jay will guidebook author the hell out of this assignment to get back to his comfy short-term ops job in Langley where they have air conditioning and single-origin chocolate.

Then Jay stumbles into the late stages of a billionaire terrorist’s audacious plan, only slightly more plausible than the plot of Moonraker, to reshape the planet’s power dynamics in his favor. With the help of unlikely accomplices—like the Avengers, if they didn’t have powers or reasonable fitness—Jay intends to save the world before he’s fired for too many missed deadlines.

I’ve always thought it would be amusing to shove a random person into the role of travel guidebook author to see how they’d do. Though I’m convinced this would make an excellent reality show, no one has shown any interest, so I decided to do it myself with an imaginary person.

I drew directly from my years of frustrations and near-nervous breakdowns as a guidebook author to enrich the story, putting Jay through needless hell while he attempted to go through the motions of the job. It was super fun!

Please buy the book and leave an Amazon review, so I can justify writing more stories about Jay.