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Boy do I have a great title to tempt you today!
Today we are featuring 77 Days in September, by Ray Gorham.

Synopsis (from Amazon):

Kyle narrowly escapes when his airplane crashes on take-off, only to find himself stranded 2,000 miles from home in a country that has been forced, from a technological standpoint, back to the 19th Century. Confused, hurt, scared, and alone, Kyle must make his way across a hostile continent to a family he’s not even sure has survived the effects of the attack. As Kyle forges his way home, his frightened family faces their own struggles for survival in a community trying to halt its slow spiral into chaos and anarchy. 

77 Days in September follows Kyle and his wife, Jennifer, as they are stretched past their breaking point, but find in their devotion to each other the strength to persevere. 

We had a chance to interview author Ray Gorham!

Ray Gorham: I can’t say that I am at that point yet, though I feel like I am starting down that road.  During the day I’m self-employed building log homes, so it still feels like writing is more of a hobby than anything, but once I sold my thousandth book, and reviews were coming back in from strangers that were quite positive, then I started to feel a little bit like I was a “writer.”  If I ever get to the point that I can step away from construction permanently, then at that point I would probably say that would be when I truly consider myself to be a “writer.”

EFG: What is you favorite thing about being a writer?

EFG: Where did you get the inspiration to write “77 Days in September?”

RG: In my early writing stages I was reading a piece by an “expert” who said that no one writes stories about people with nice, happy families because they are boring and no one wants to read about them.  That kind of ticked me off, because I thought I fit into that category, so I wanted to come up with a story that would prove him wrong.  I also wanted my main character to be a decent guy who loves his wife and doesn’t cheat on her.  From there it became, what would be the ultimate thing a guy could overcome to return to his family?  At first I thought he might get lost in the woods, or mugged and robbed in some distant city, but none of those things had the drama to make a gripping story.  Somewhere along the story evolution the thought of an EMP came to me and everything clicked.  I remember telling the guy who worked for me about it and it just feeling right.  From there everything just seemed to fall into place.

EFG: What am you working on next?

EFG: If you could have dinner with any author, who would it be, and why?

RG: I think I would have to say Michael Crichton.  Sometimes his plot lines get a little far-fetched, but one of the things that I really like about his books is that you usually learn something interesting, and I’d like to replicate that aspect of his writing in my books.  I personally prefer to read non-fiction, so if I could blend good story lines while providing useful, interesting information, I think that would be the perfect situation for me.  So in my dinner with him I’d love to pick his brain and find out how he’d come up with the educational aspect of his novels.  Plus I heard he was a wonderful, decent guy, so he’d probably be a fun person to visit with.

You can find Ray’s book on Amazon.com or Smashwords.

Ray wants to really tempt you today by giving away 2 eBook versions of 77 Days in September from Smashwords! All you have to do is enter below in the rafflecopter. (if you don’t see the entry form, hit refresh and it will show up)

*this contest is over*

Thank you for checking out our Titles To Tempt You today and thank you to Ray Gorham for spending time with us on EFG!