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Things you didn’t know about my Hollywood thriller, Gun Kiss

Thriller novel praised by Gayle Lynds
Gun Kiss by Khaled Talib

Before the protagonist was Blake Deco, he was Drake. 

Initially, the idea was to steal King Tut’s dagger, not the Deringer.  

The story is inspired by a real-life actress.

I couldn’t decide on a title for the book. “Sun Kiss,” “Gun Boulevard”  – the list went on. I finally decided by playing with the Californian orange brand, Sunkist and came up with Gun Kiss. 

After changing the protagonist’s name to Blake, I contacted an expert in San Diego on skydiving who coincidentally is Blake.

The cat in the story is based on my tuxedo cat. 

The Besame Mucho scene is based on my own experience with someone as we were driving to Malaysia.

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Vlog: Why there’s romance in my new thriller, Gun Kiss

I said no to romance, but then I changed my mind. Even so, I wrote it my style minus the fluff.

This is a video I made to explain why I wrote Gun Kiss the way I did. But I’ve explained myself in this blog post.

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