Yea, ok, that was a long time ago now, but I’ve been WAAAAAY too busy to come in here and mention it. Here below is the link to the feature article that was done on me and appeared in a couple of the local papers. Below the link is the full text to the article.
http://www.holmencourier.com/articles/2007/04/19/features/01author.txt
Holmen author A.R. Horvath — Tony to his friends — found inspiration for his debut novel on the road. by Adam Bissen
There is plenty of precedent for that in the American literary tradition, but Horvath didn’t look to racing speeds, madcap adventures or the freedom of the highway when he plotted out his story.
No, when Horvath conceived the trajectory of a planned seven-novel series, he was a professional truck driver, kept away from his family for 10 days at a time as he drove across the country.
After half a year as a truck driver Horvath came off the road, returned to Holmen and wrote “Fidelis,” book one in his “Birth Pangs” series, in just four months. Fittingly, it is about one man’s struggle to return to his family after being stranded halfway across the country with obstacles in his path.