Alex Berenson

The Secret Soldier is finished!

alex — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:08:43 +0000

113,000 words, not including the epilogue…

The cover of The Secret Soldier

alex — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:50:25 +0000

It’s now up on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Soldier-John-Wells-Novel/dp/0399157085/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280721226&sr=1-1

I’m just a couple of days from finishing… crossed the 100,000 word mark this week!

An amazing soldier

alex — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:23:00 +0000

A couple days back I got an email from a specialist serving in Iraq saying he liked The Faithful Spy and The Ghost War. I thanked him and told him I would gladly send him free signed copies of The Silent Man and The Midnight House.

He emailed me back, told me to send the books — but that he wanted to pay for them because he deserved anything for free just for being deployed! This guy’s a specialist on convoy duty, meaning he’s driving around Iraq risking his ass for us in 120-degree heat. And in a later email he told me in passing he’s already been wounded from a roadside bomb.

Amazing: In a country that’s filled with people who don’t think they have to pay their mortgages because they bought houses they can’t afford and run by CEOs who get their buddies to pay them tens of millions a year, this soldier doesn’t think he’s entitled to a free $25 book because he’s just doing his job. We all ought to take a lesson from him. We do not deserve these guys.

(To see more about this, including parts of our email exchange, please check out my Facebook fan page.)

The Secret Soldier is almost done

alex — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:37:11 +0000

Close to 85,000 words in. Of course, as my editor’s been reminding me, almost done is not the same as done…

My interview on Fox News with Megyn Kelly

alex — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:09:50 +0000

Where I claim that Al Qaeda would be better off with Paris Hilton than Adam Gadahn as a spokesman…

http://bit.ly/aA61Xg

Amazon reviews…

alex — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:30:14 +0000

Fact that may interest only me:

The average Amazon rating for the four Wells novels:

TFS (120 reviews): 4.13 stars

TGW (67): 3.83

TSM (78): 3.95

TMH (47): 4.04

It’s not surprising that TMH has the fewest reviews, since it’s been out the least amount of time. It is (somewhat) surprising that TFS has so many more, and continues to get them…

Writing away on The Secret Soldier

alex — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:04:40 +0000

And I’m at that difficult stage where even though I’ve been writing for what feels like forever the end of the novel is still a long way off… nothing to do but push through…

Follow me on Twitter…

alex — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:52:41 +0000

So I’m trying to figure out whether it makes sense for me to start tweeting or whether I’d just be wasting time I should spend writing. Anyway, feel free to start following me on Twitter, since I am going to tweet (that word again!) more…

Just saw the cover for the fifth Wells book

alex — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:59:41 +0000

It’s excellent. Strong and clean, very much in keeping with the look of The Midnight House. Both Putnam and my agent are happy, so it must be good…

Get The Midnight House for $12.97!

alex — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:02:28 +0000

Barnes & Noble has put The Midnight House on sale for 50% off through July 5, and Amazon seems to be matching the price. So if you’re looking for a great gift for Father’s Day, look no further…