{"id":1168,"date":"2013-09-28T16:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T20:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2018-05-13T18:44:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:44:19","slug":"serial-writers-book-makes-amazon-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/serial-writers-book-makes-amazon-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Serial\u2019 writer\u2019s book makes Amazon debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ali Schmitz
\nIn Motion Staff Writer<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/a>
Sean Robbins promotes his book outside of the library at the Daytona campus before the late September release date.
Amber Boutot\/In Motion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sean Robbins, 28, is a current student at Daytona State College and a former music promoter. Charlie Brandt started classes at DSC over 20 years ago. They have never met, but Robbins\u2019 life has been forever altered by Brandt\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

On September 30, Robbins\u2019 first book, co-written with local author Diana Montane, was released. Titled \u201cInvisible Killer: The Monster Behind the Mask,\u201d it is a discussion of Brandt\u2019s life as a serial killer who lived throughout Florida, spending his teenage years in Ormond Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sitting at a bar attempting to write a novel when a buddy of mine, Jim Graves, came up and started talking to me. He said that if I ever needed a story, that he had one,\u201d Robbins recalls.<\/p>\n

After a few drinks, Graves and Robbins got to talking. At that moment, Graves uttered a sentence that changed Robbins\u2019 life, \u201cDid I ever tell you that I was related to a serial killer?\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbins, who has been mesmerized by stories of true crime since the age of 12, put his novel on pause and started to listen to Graves tell the story of his former brother-in-law. For Brandt, a man connected to at least six homicides, his first murder at age 13 was personal \u2014 his own pregnant mother.<\/p>\n

Robbins contacted Kathy Kelly, then a crime reporter for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, after reading her book \u201cI Would Find a Girl Walking\u201d that was also co-written with Montane. He wanted insight on how to tell this story. Kelly passed along Montane\u2019s information and Robbins repeatedly tried to contact her. He didn\u2019t receive any calls back. On the verge of giving up, he received a call from Montane.<\/p>\n

After some convincing, Montane decided it was fate. They were going to tell Brandt\u2019s story together.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the writing got difficult. Robbins, who refers to himself as \u201cnot a team player,\u201d was writing with a partner for the first time. The more than 30 year age difference between him and his partner initially caused a few conflicts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, we were on the same page and we both have the same drive. She\u2019s got wine, I got whiskey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbins has advice for student writers who want success in life. He\u2019s currently searching for new projects while promoting Invisible Killer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m kind of a reckless individual so I don\u2019t know if my advice would apply to most people. Stop studying and start thinking.<\/p>\n

Invisible Killer is available through Amazon.com and has a Facebook page at facebook.com\/InvisibleKillerTheMonsterBehindTheMask. Robbins is also available to contact through his Facebook.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ali Schmitz In Motion Staff Writer Sean Robbins, 28, is a current student at Daytona State College and a former music promoter. Charlie Brandt started classes at DSC over 20 years ago. They have never met, but Robbins\u2019 life has been forever altered by Brandt\u2019s actions. On September 30, Robbins\u2019 Continue reading \u2018Serial\u2019 writer\u2019s book makes Amazon debut<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/1172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}