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Kent’s Uncommon Thoughts

Patriotic Correctness is a term I rarely see in print. It has nothing to do with waving the flag, pledging allegiance, or voting a certain way. It has to do with Freedom of Speech, which I capitalize because it is a sacred right in our Bill of Rights. It is my intention to avoid political correctness. As a student of proper American English and grammar, I intend to wax politically incorrect. I don’t write politics or religion. I write facts and truth as I see it. Sadly, our nation has been so divided over the past two for three decades that simple debate, discussion, and sharing of ideas is now considered war. I intend to confront that attitude without fear. I welcome feedback.

My intention is to each week post a variety of topics, some related to my novels currently in publication and other works now in the pipeline. I will also address social issues and their underlying causes that become the source of many works of fiction. We all have stories that come from a life lived fully. Life, love, and loss are normal parts of our existence. Laughter and learning are the bonuses we receive from these experiences. Let the discussions begin.

Kent McInnis

Kent McInnis, Air Force jet pilot, pharmaceutical salesman, and history foundation chairman, is now a bestselling author. Born and raised in Oklahoma, he led a life right out of Leave It to Beaver. Inspired by reading Tom Sawyer, he began writing his own tales in Fifth Grade. Throughout high school and college, he kept diaries. While flying for the Air Force, he completed his first novel, then began a second book which he sold years later as the novel, Sierra Hotel.
Schooled in Oklahoma City, he graduated college at Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and Ethology (animal behavior). Later he earned a master’s degree in History of the Southwest, which led him to writing historical fiction.
Following his debut Air Force novels, the Sierra Hotel Trilogy, McInnis delved into a new novel based on his career in medicine as a drug rep or detail man. Collecting years of stories of doctors, patients, pharmacists, and fellow salesman, his latest novel, Detail Man, weaves a tale of life in the medical arena. McInnis goes beyond people in the industry and takes his reader to an understanding of the big picture of companies involved in government regulations. Names of people and drugs have been changed, not only to protect the innocent, but to protect the author. Real life is often more fascinating than fiction.
Kent McInnis and wife Cheryl live in Oklahoma City enjoying the company of a thousand friends they have met over a lifetime together.