The Importance of Seal Training in Writing

As soon as I was out of the military, I was on a plane to Mozambique to do research for my second novel, True Believer. Even though I didn't have a deal with Simon and Schuster, I didn't even know any, know any agents or anyone in publishing or anyone in Hollywood, I wrote author on that. In my mind, I was a professional writer, a professional author, even though I had nothing published as a book done. But my process has been the same. My mom's a librarian. So I grew up with books and a love of reading, reading all the nonfiction I could on warfare and terrorism and insurgency. When it came