To hold onto the memories as they happened, years ago I actually decided to put them in writing, and maybe even consider writing a book. Sounded easy enough, but when I sat down at my computer, the thought hit me......how?
Actually it turned out easier than I thought. I grabbed a business intelligence file, opened it, read it, and instantly I was back on the case. All the espionage details were amazingly clear, including the most important one....how I established a workable cover, using a layered counterattack--through a friend of a friend of a friend of someone I conned into thinking I was there for reasons other than the real ones.
As I began my first counter-espionage manuscript in 1991, the stories simply rolled onto the pages. My true characters came alive, the locations were vivid, and the action was authentic. After making the rounds for a few years, my agent presented me with a contract from a Hollywood producer to turn my book into a Movie of the Week with a back-up espionage Television Series. But as the deal unfolded, the fine print read that my name would not appear in the screen credits. Since credits are the determiners of royalties paid to the artists listed, and since the producer had his own writing staff, essentially the contract wrote me out of the script, except for a small fee to be determined by the union, the Writers Guild of America. The deal fell apart.
Finally after 13 years, I was fortunate to be accepted by American Book Publishing, who is now publishing my first work, The Amacon Cover. I hope you find my website interesting and entertaining to the degree that you'll be standing in a humongous line to buy my first book.
The Amacon Cover is now available at major retail bookstores, Amazon.com and other on-line stores. Simply ask for it by name, by author, or by ISBN # 1-58982-266-8. Or, you may skip down a few lines and click to purchase.
Thank you all.
William Klausman
The Amacon Cover