First Blog

                   Good day everyone, I'm Alexander Brooks, an up and coming novelist and first time blogger. I'd like to take this opening blog to give slight background about myself and my goals as a writer. I'm a huge sports fan, pop culture lover, music enthusiast, and always interested in trying something new. Variety is indeed the spice of life. Since the age of ten, I've been an extremely avid reader, compliments of my mom's love for reading being bestowed upon me and nine years spent living in Europe (Military brat).

                 This was the 90s, so technology didn't rule the day, and television options were limited to this thing called A.F.N. (American Forces Network). With such limited options, activities boiled down to school, youth sports, and of course reading. Over the years, my taste matured from Goosebumps, Berenstain Bears, and super hero comics to the likes of Shannon Holmes, John Grisham, Eric Jerome Dickey, Kimberla Lawson Roby, and several others. Seeing how well all of them crafted words into excellent stories inspired me to begin some writing of my own. This inspiration led me to write my first book titled 1900 Hours currently undergoing publishing by Page Publishing Inc. in New York. It is a mysterious love story about a couple that met in college and must deal with an old flame of the husband.

                While I was able to submit this story directly to a publishing house, I am still in search of representation for future work. I believe in writing a different story each time within several different genres. That's how I came up with the term "Diverse Novelist." I am a diverse individual, therefore my writing should reflect that diversity as well. Ultimately, my goal is to get my work recognized enough to the point where I can write full time as a career. I don't necessarily have to be a millionaire, but enough to avoid the daily grind of everyone's 9 to 5. LOL. Well, that's all for now. I certainly hope you'll stop by in the future and spread the word about me to anyone you know. Until then, may the Lord's peace be done unto you.