PLEASE WELCOME THOMAS LACORTE!
MEET THE UPCOMING AUTHOR THOMAS LACORTE:
Thomas LaCorte was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1957. He moved to Florida with his parents in 1968 at the age of 11. At the age of 14 he started what was to be a lifelong career in Land Surveying. He spent the next 40 years of his life surveying the Florida wild. He draws from this experience in his debut novel “6 Miles With Courage” and is an award winning author and a magazine columnist.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS LACORTE:
How did you incorporate your personal experiences into your book “6 Miles with Courage”?
I pulled directly from my experiences of surveying the Florida-wild. I have spent over 40 years land surveying and mapping Florida from the everglades in the south to the swamps and deep creeks of the northern part of the state.
How does writing a novel differ from other styles of writing?
You have to stay focused on the long term goal of developing a good story of over 50,000 words. Fall short and you have a novella.
How did you develop your characters?
I used the relationships I had in life with friends and family for the main characters. But a lot of the interesting supporting cast just simply appeared out of nowhere.
What was your biggest obstacle in writing this book?
Facing the loneliness of writing a good novel. You have to shut yourself off from the world, live in and spend a good amount of time in the world you write in. It takes tremendous discipline.
SO ARE YOU READY TO MEET SOME ALLIGATORS?
High above the Florida wilderness 17-year-old Ryan and his father, a Professional Land Surveyor, are scouting a future job and enjoying a leisurely plane ride. Suddenly Ryan finds himself in for the ride of his life.
After a low pass of the Oklawaha River, and the dangerous swamp below, the plane’s engine destroys itself in a major malfunction. Ryan’s father, Rob, must find a place to land within sixty seconds but it was not to be. He has but one choice. Fly it into the trees!
Ryan awakens in the wreckage and he looks out his window. His eyes begin to focus on the scenery. Ryan remembers the scene from movies, Tarzan movies.
There are long vines hanging down from ghastly looking trees. There is an occasional spot of dry ground, but for the most part, it is swamp. There is a mist in the air, and it is dark under the canopy of cypress and gum trees. Ryan rubbed his face to make it all go away, but it does not go away.
Now begins an incredible journey into manhood, one that will take great courage. Ryan has but twenty-four hours to walk the 6 miles through the swamp, cross the dangerous Oklawaha River, and bring help to save his father. The question is will he have the courage. If either one of them is to survive he must leave the plane and Rob must instill enough courage into his son to make him believe that he can go the distance.
The journey is treacherous, but the most peculiar thing of all is the people that he meets along the way. Who are they? Why do they vanish? Did Ryan survive or not?
READY TO TAKE OFF AND READ? FIND “6 MILES WITH COURAGE” AT:
BARNES AND NOBLE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/6-miles-with-courage-thomas-lacorte/1115427396?ean=9781484167571
READY FOR MORE ADVENTURE? VISIT THOMAS LACORTE AT:
http://tlacorte.wordpress.com/
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
savurbks 
Looks like a great book (per the review); any chance of a sequel or at least another similar book?
Yes, I may continue with a sequel or one similar. I have a lot of stories to tell.
Thank you for your interest.
Thomas
Would like to read the book…did you enjoy the Cypress adventure?
I enjoyed every moment of the 40 plus years I spent surveying and mapping the Florida Wild!
Thank you for your interest.
Thomas
A special thanks to Savurbks for their author tour. Well done! Best review site going!
Thomas
Thank-you for the kind words; it was a pleasure having you visit Savurbks as well as reading and reviewing your book! Keep writing!!