6/30/2023 0 Comments The End by G. Michael Hopf![]() ![]() I originally looked at doing it that way myself but along the way I had the pleasure of getting represented by a literary agent. The road to self-publishing is a great one for those who have the words and just need an outlet to deliver them to the world. You self-published your first two novels as e-books? What made you choose this road to publication?.In early 2012 I took the plunge by committing myself to complete a novel. Completing, releasing and actively promoting the children’s book gave me confidence to go for a novel. I found an illustrator and it went from there and published it in late 2011. ![]() Sometime in 2011 I came up with an idea for a children’s book. While in the late ‘90s, I pretty much stopped writing, the dream was still there. In high school I dabbled, I even wrote short stories while I was a Marine. When did you know you wanted to be a writer, and was there a catalyst that made you transition into actually writing? It would seem to be a huge jump from military to fiction writer.First self-published, the books were brought out this January by a major New York publisher – every writer’s dream. The result is a post-apocalyptic New World series, currently including The End and The Long Road. Now settled with his family in North County, two years ago Hopf turned his hand to writing. Michael Hopf later went on to serve as a bodyguard to many notables, among them the Saudi royal family. A Camp Pendleton-based Marine who served overseas during Operation Desert Storm, local novelist G. ![]()
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