wes demott

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Please join the conversation on my Blog, wesdemott.wordpress.com, a place for writers to work on their craft together.

I am the author of 6 published books, with a 7th on the way. One book, first published as hardcover under the title "Vapors", found its way in paperback as "The Fund" and was translated into Czech ("Stiny"), Hungarian "(Arnyak"), and Russian, where it became an itnernational best-seller. The same novel also won the IPPY Gold award for best new Suspense/thriller. The e-format rights to all my books have now been bought by Admiral House Publishing, where you can purchase them. All my books are also available at the Kindle Store and at the B&N Nook Books.

I have been fortunate enough to be featured in the following media over the years:

Coral springs forum, FL

Naples Daily News, FL

N Magazine, FL

Gulfshore Magazine, FL

Virginia Pilot

News Press, Fort Myers, FL

The Rockdale Citizen, GA

The Denver Post, CO

The Daily Sun, Atlanta GA

Sun Journal, NC

Fort Myers and SW Florida Magazine, FL

Portfolio Magazine, VA

Daily News, Jacksonville, FL

The Star Advocate, OR

Herald Tribune, Sarasota, FL

The Naples Review, FL

Barnes and Noble Events Calendar

The Washington Veteran review

CNN morning show with Robyn

CBS / NBC / ABC / CNN / Fox nationwide

Soundings Magazine

USA Today

Huffington Post

Cruise Critic

SW Florida Readfest

TNN, Gazette Edition

US News and World Report

Ekstra Bladet, Denmark,

Der Spiegel, Germany

Repubblica, Italy

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Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

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<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>

Story Behind The Book

It's been said that a good writer burns up the pain and passion of his life, the hurt and love and fear and courage setting fire to his pen until it's all gone and there's nothing left but ashes. I tend to believe that, although in a compartmentalized way where we can burn the pain of a past hurt but still to be sensitive to a new one, a lost love while we savor a far better one, or a night terror that, having been exposed on paper, can harm us no more. I put a line in Loving Zelda that pain is like a telephone number you recite over and over so that you won't forget it. Once you write it down, you no longer need to remember.

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<table class="prod-detail-review" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;background-color:#e3e8ee;width:626px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tbody><tr><td class="prod-detail-review-item" style="border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#cccccc;padding-top:10px;vertical-align:top;"><div class="prod-detail-review-item-rating" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rating-container"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h5 style="font-size:13px;color:#5b7797;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Wanting to be loved like Zelda.</span></h5><div class="prod-detail-review-item-rater" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><span class="prod-detail-review-item-person" style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">RCV</span> <span class="prod-detail-review-item-location" style="font-style:italic;">(Roanoke, VA)</span> <span class="prod-detail-review-item-date" style="font-style:italic;">1/10/2012 3:19 PM</span></span></div><div class="prod-detail-review-item-review" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:11px;">"Reading this story is like taking a million threads and creating a tapestry" - Wanting to be loved like Zelda...in Roanoke, VA</span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="prod-detail-review-item" style="border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#cccccc;padding-top:10px;vertical-align:top;"><div class="prod-detail-review-item-rating" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rating-container"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img alt="rating" src="http://admiralhousepublishing.com/themes/default-1/images/layout/rating-full.gif" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h5 style="font-size:13px;color:#5b7797;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Great for Book Clubs</span></h5><div class="prod-detail-review-item-rater" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><span class="prod-detail-review-item-person" style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">KNB</span> <span class="prod-detail-review-item-location" style="font-style:italic;">(Virginia Beach, VA)</span> <span class="prod-detail-review-item-date" style="font-style:italic;">1/9/2012 11:27 AM</span></span></div><div class="prod-detail-review-item-review" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Loving Zelda takes the reader through a tortured relationship of love and passion. This is story about maintaining your own sanity as you love someone with bi-polar disorder. The lovers both reach heights of love and depths of dispair until you wonder if there's any chance they can survive the intensity of their relationship. Lots of topics for interesting discussion. I asked a friend to read it just so I'd have someone with whom to discuss it. Totally unlike the other books by DeMott. Only his smooth writing and surprise endings let you know it's the same author of the political thrillers.</span></div><div class="prod-detail-review-item-review" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></div><div class="prod-detail-review-item-review" style="margin-bottom:10px;"><div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><span style="margin-right:5px;"><span class="swSprite s_star_5_0" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-2._V155328293_.png);width:65px;height:13px;background-position:-30px 0px;"><span><br />5.0 out of 5 stars</span></span> </span><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><strong>Made me cry AND gave me hope.</strong>, February 17, 2012</span></span></div><div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><div><div style="float:left;"><span style="font-size:11px;">By </span></div><div style="float:left;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A5DR48ZM37V5Z/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp" style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">D.S.</span></a> (Fl, USA) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A5DR48ZM37V5Z/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview" style="color:#996633;">See all my reviews</a></span></div></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:11px;">This review is from: </span>Loving Zelda, A Story of Change, Reluctantly Told (Kindle Edition)</span></div><span style="font-size:11px;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;font-size:small;">This story made me cry several times, and I bet that every reader will say the same thing. But I doubt we'll all cry at the same spots because Loving Zelda deals head-on with the pain of so many universal truths that there's something for everyone. I bought this book because another reviewer said she wanted to be loved like Zelda, and all I can say is: Me too.</span> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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