With six character-based books and a seventh on the way it
is difficult to write a story without having cancer strike a character. Any of
my readers will admit that my stories have as much to do with a cross-section
of American people as they do with plots. A big part of life in the United
States deals with cancer. If the disease doesn’t hit you personally, then you’d
be hard-pressed to find someone that hasn’t had a relative or friend or
acquaintance that it has affected.
Finish Line is my second novel. One of the owners of the
golf course is stricken with colon cancer. The twist is that the battle to
combat the virus comes when the victim is in the process of mentoring two
teenage boys at a critical time in their lives. Suddenly small problems in life
pale in comparison to the fight to survive. Minor events take on a new
perspective. Ironically a lifetime lesson is delivered in a roundabout way.
My seventh book, Buford’s Tree, which is under construction,
also deals with the deadly disease. A middle-aged high school football coach is
stricken. His inner circle is affected as well as hundreds of friends and
acquaintances. Unexpected events as well as an intense desire to live drive the
plot.
It’s unrealistic to write about life in America without
including episodes where cancer has crept into lives of people that we know.
Visit the Author James Ross website. My fictitious characters are forced to
deal with the very things that we must deal with in everyday life. If my
written words someday help one person fight the battle then I will feel as if
my message was successfully delivered.
James Ross has penned several novels from the Prairie Winds Golf
Course setting. The stories are character-based, cross many genres, and have
become Kindle favorites. Visit his website for detailed information, reader comments, and
contact links.http://www.authorjamesross.com/
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