J. L. Bourne’s writing career began back in 2004. He had a few months of downtime while waiting to begin training in one of the U.S. Navy’s career field schools. Typically, service members in this kind of holding pattern are assigned menial duties; painting rocks, sorting mail, mopping floors.
Instead of using his free time for marathon arm and leg sessions in the gym, Bourne began writing what would become his first novel. He wrote and posted his work, chapter by chapter, for free on his own website, raptorman.us. The site is long gone. But, the following it generated attracted a publisher, and the chapters coalesced into Day by Day Armageddon, a zombie horror novel. It sold through 15 printings, and he’s since written four more books — including his…
