Exaggerated Adventures in Fiction

Fishing stories have become synonymous with exaggeration. No harm is ever intended, but after countless retelling of the story, it often morphs into something much more interesting and exciting than the original. The two-pound fish that took several minutes to reel in evolves into an eight-pound monster which battled valiantly for hours before succumbing to skill. 

This is how many of my real-life adventures have infiltrated my adventure novels. I’ve explored numerous Mayan ruins tucked into steamy bug-infested jungles in several countries, yet I’ve always managed to avoid running into looters or ruthless kidnappers; I’ve pondered the current of the Rio Grande, but have suppressed the urge to jump into the churning mud and attempt an illegal border crossing; and I have ridden horseback down a terrifyingly-steep slope in which stopping was not an option as scenes from Man From Snowy River flashed through my mind, all without a single gunshot from a foreign enemy aimed at me or my trusted steed. 

If you’ve read my novels, you may recognize some of these scenes, grossly exaggerated, of course. If you haven’t, I hope I’ve piqued your curiosity enough to give one of them a try. You can find all of my novels on any major online bookseller or on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=kim+mcmahill&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_1.