Well, it happened. Zero Exposure received a one-star review. I’m not going to pretend it didn’t hurt. Of course it did. Authors pour an enormous amount of time, energy, emotion, and probably far too much coffee into their books. When someone reduces all of that to a single little star, you feel it. But after
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Every author dreams of getting “the email.” You know the one. The message that says a major book club, celebrity, publisher, producer, or media company has discovered your work and wants to feature it. For an indie author, that kind of email can make your heart jump just a little. Then your brain catches up.
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First, I want to say thank you. Since the release of Zero Exposure, I have been incredibly grateful for everyone who has taken the time to read the book, leave a review, send me a message, recommend it to someone else, or simply tell me that the story kept them turning pages. For an independent
This Zero Exposure review looks beyond the premise at the choices, tension, photography, and human stakes shaping Kirk Voclain’s suspenseful thriller.
Before Zero Exposure thriller has even reached its official release, it has already generated a curious collection of emails. Some came from readers. Others came from book clubs, literary curators, and various ARC readers. Something interesting happened as the messages accumulated. Different people kept noticing the same qualities in Zero Exposure. Zero Exposure Thriller is
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One of the questions I get asked as an author is this: Have you ever incorporated something that happened to you in real life into your novels? The answer is yes. Absolutely. I think most writers pull from real life in one way or another, whether they admit it or not. Sometimes it is a
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There are certain images that do more than illustrate a story. They open a door. This one does exactly that. A darkroom. A camera. Chemical trays. A bottle marked Fixer. A red digital clock burning the numbers 3:33 into the shadows. And in the background, barely separated from the darkness, a figure stands where no
Big news, thriller readers! Zero Exposure has been selected as part of the BookSirens “Suspense Thriller ARCs You’ll Love” June 2026 Bundle, and I could not be more excited to share it with you. BookSirens has gathered a collection of suspense and thriller advance reader copies from several authors, giving readers a chance to discover
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It is official. Zero Exposure will be released on September 16, 2026, and I could not be more excited to finally share it with you. This book is especially meaningful to me because Zero Exposure is the prequel to Double Exposure. If you have ever wondered where the strange world of Reed Sawyer began, this
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Some readers notice the big twist. But it’s the small things, the way details matter in fiction writing, that can make a story memorable for others. Some notice the villain. Some notice the final chapter. Me? I worry about the men’s bathroom near the pizza restaurant. That may sound ridiculous, but welcome to the strange
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