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Michael Peck
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Commercial Fiction
Skills: Press/Media Interview
I’m a storyteller. To me, it’s not real until I’ve put it into story form, which means I repeat myself a lot. In fact, the phrase that passes my lips most often is, “I may have told you this before, but…”
Called “an author to watch” by Publishers Weekly, I’ve made my living writing about TV, its celebrities, and its past. (I used to pen a column called “Ask the Televisionary” for TV Guide.com.) I’ve also put food on the table reviewing restaurants, writing about travel, and doing SEO and content strategy.
Only the writing counts in the end.
I have a godawful memory, so I focus on the written word. I like to think that over time, I’ve gotten better at it—the writing, not the remembering. I forget important dates. I’m pretty good with movie lines. But after several years, I tend to tweak them. I prefer my versions over the real ones.
Funny goes a long way with me. Probably further than it should.
Michael Peck's books
The Journeyman (The Commons, Book 1)
"Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie—and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him."
And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It's been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America—stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead.
Three people board a bus to nowhere: a New York street kid, an Iraq War veteran, and her five-year-old special-needs son. After a horrific accident, they are the last, best hope for The Commons to free itself. Along for the ride are a shotgun-toting goth girl, a six-foot-six mummy, a mute Shaolin monk with anger-management issues, and the only guide left to lead them.
Three Journeys: separate but joined. One mission: to save forever.
But first they have to save themselves.