It’s that moment, much like when you watch the first ever episode of a TV show you come to love years later.

Where it all begins, a wild eye medical intern called JD passes through the walls of a daunting hospital known as sacred heart. Or that moment a cartoon layabout and accidental time traveler meets a well-known robot bending unit, unaware he has just stepped into a suicide booth.. Yes I am referencing TV pop culture because apparently it’s appealing. I pity the fool who doesn’t use pop culture to entertain, ok I’ll stop now.

Many of us have those favorite shows we watch over the years but never see the pilot. We will have that eureka moment when we realise why something is the way it is. That is of course if you are lucky enough to be around for the first episode. For you this is that moment. The few people who are reading this on release date I salute you!

This ladies and gentlemen is my pilot blog and welcome all of you. Much to my dismay it won’t be paraded in front of television networks and selected for an autumn slot on E4. But it will be exposed to the people that matter the most to me and that is you. Thank you for taking the time to look at this member of the general internet public.

Welcome to the Hall of information.

Side note: Having read a self-help book recently it did advise coming up with a pun type name for one’s blog, I hope you like it.

Condescending paragraph about your surroundings:

As you can see I have constructed this page via word press who have kindly provided setting a template with colours and all that jazz. At the top of the page you can see some categories, they can all be clicked on and take you away from this (thank god, some of you are thinking.) To the right is a Facebook thingy and below that, a sign up doohickey to receive email updates of when the next installments of this blog comes out. I will leave it up to you to decide if you would like that service (do it for me). It will make the blog seem more popular to newcomers. Finally there is some kind of twitter feed. Anyway that’s enough of the surroundings.

Introductions Part 1

Most of you will know who I am to some degree, having been spammed by me over the last few years but in case you are a viral reader (not the diseased kind) let me introduce myself.

Lee Hall is my name and I am an amateur author. Having just recently changed my pen name slightly to L A Hall, this is because there is already someone famous out there called Lee Hall. He wrote billy Elliot and that is far as I will possibly advertise him. Back on to the subject matter, I have been writing since the age of 12. Mainly focusing the genre of science fiction.

I remember that rainy Sunday afternoon spent on an old windows 98 pieceofs**t (although windows 8 isn’t much better) and pecking away at a keyboard. Hence my first character and creation was born. Jack Thorn was the name and the story. Simple at first, about a guy seemingly talented in fighting robots.

That was the whole premise of what would snowball over ten years later into the Thorn legacy. I originally envisioned 3 Jack Thorn books but quickly the back story expanded so much it became 6. Hence Clark Thorn was introduced (Father of Jack). Are you still with me? Yes complicated I know but if I pull it off and it’s successful this will be short of what I class as a small miracle.
So, what is this blog about?

My journey towards publication of Clark Thorn and the Warrior Project. The various musings, trials and tribulations of an unpublished author trying to get his name on the bookshelves. Each week he will update the world trying to earn their following/pity.

The end
No this isn’t the end or is it Monty python in which this title was inspired by. But I really don’t want to bore you all with a long winded story about how I wrote a story. Story in a story we all know what many film fans will yell next! Incep…… We get it. So a little more of the history next time and even a picture or something.

Of recent I have decided that I will travel along the route of self-publishing. Now a lot of you will think last resort. I think the opposite, I see an opportunity here to build something from the ground up. That is why this blog has been created. A platform of access to my readership, a chance for me to convince you that I am a competent writer. Because I know fighting criminal robots isn’t everybody’s cup of tea but the material here might be.

Upon my many drives to and from work I have eureka moments or things that I think are clever (tractors on the road are not). My latest one is the following concept.

I can write a book but it is up to YOU to decide whether or not it is a success.

Therefore I need to connect with people on a basis such as this to gain a following and when launch day comes my posse will be there for me. That would be to buy my book, but that’s only if you like it.

So why? I hear you ask? What makes me want to read your book?

1. You don’t have to if you don’t want to.

Or 2. (my preferred answer) Have you ever purchased a book or a music album that you were proud of discovering yourself?

Not in the sense of ‘gathering a crew of 20 strong men and sailing into the unknown’ type of discovering. I mean perhaps you read a book you really liked then you wanted it to do well. You backed it because you liked it. Then it hit mainstream audiences and you smugly say, ‘I discovered that before it was cool’, you proceed to put your hipster glasses on and sail off into the wind. (yes there are two sailing references in this paragraph) That’s the type of loyal followers I am looking for (not sailors, well If you are, alright if you must). People who helped towards something meaningful. People like me who are just normal, but there efforts towards something are extraordinary, much like Clark Thorn (clever that). Something that started out small but became a big deal.

If I’m gonna get published I may as well try to aim high. Yes, ladies and gentlemen that what this effort is all about. The only way I’m gonna get there is with help from my contacts. It could be you!!! (absolutely no relation to the lottery adverts, if you see a large hand pointing at you from the sky then run in an orderly fashion)(UK joke only I think)

Come launch day I would like a decent group of people to help me put a dent into amazon and help put my book on the map.

But if you don’t fancy what I have to offer you are still welcome here. It won’t just be about my first book and the trials of getting it published. This is a fun informative read for anyone to enjoy or try to enjoy anyway, ok just tolerate. Easy reading we could say with a slight edge of humour.

And that was it. Thank you for reading, do tell your friends, share it on FB but pleaaaaase actually say something about it instead of just sharing. Importantly and above all tell me what you think, this blog is for the reader and that is you!!
The actual end.

(and remember this is the pilot, so you the audience member can decide what worked and what didn’t, was it too long? The power is in your hands to tell me)