FOLEY - Don't let the quiet demeanor fool you. 

Frisco Sullivan likes to keep to himself, but there is more to him than what meets the eye. Most days, one can find the Foley resident and Kansas native working at a local McDonald's or Loft Outlet in the Tanger Outlet Center in Foley, but that only tells a chapter or two of who Sullivan is.

When Sullivan goes home, he does not stop working. He takes off the uniform and lets his mind wander into creativity, where his passion of storytelling takes over. Ideas become outlines, outlines become words, words become sentences, sentences become paragraphs, and paragraphs become pages and pages which finally become a published novel. 

Sullivan is mere months away from releasing his third novel in the adventure, suspense and mystery series titled "Honor with a Vengeance," a set of stories about an ex-police officer named Jack Brown who works as an agent for a government agency called "Omega Squad." Just like Sullivan, the reader finds there is more to Brown than his on-the-surface blue-collar life. He is called into action in extreme circumstances to help avoid catastrophe or save someone from danger. But the main character in the "Honor with a Vengeance" series gets into many sticky situations due to a character flaw, Sullivan said.

"He rubs people the wrong way…He makes them show their hand too quick, so they chase him and he has to escape."

Sullivan is an ex-cop himself, graduating from Emporia State in Kansas with a degree in Criminology, so he can tell the story of his main character based on his own experiences, another connection between the author and his main character.

"I've been in car chases; I've been in foot chases," he said. "I've done a lot of the things I'm writing about."

The first book in the series, "Honor with a Vengeance," was released in 2006, and the second in the series, "Honor with a Vengeance II: The Crimson Brigade" was released in 2009. Both can be found at local bookstores and on Ebay, Sullivan said, and he already is mapping out the release of "Honor with a engeance III: The Stinger Missle Crisis."

"It should come out in a few months," he said.

"The book writes itself. The first few paragraphs this will happen. Then this will happen, and the book writes itself."

He prefers writing about mystery, suspense and adventure because it is the genre he grew up reading and watching.

"I grew up watching James Bond movies," Sullivan said. "A character is in a situation where he has to use his instincts and training to get out." 

Sullivan moved to Foley in June, is married and has friends in Elberta. He said the area is "a lot more laid back" than the places he's seen and lived in before.

"People don't rush as much and people talk to you," he said of the southern Alabama area.

However, when Sullivan is working, he does not like to be distracted.

Sullivan could only meet for a face-to-face interview at the McDonald's after his morning shift was finished. He does not have a home telephone. He does not have internet access at his residence. There is no way friends and relatives can communicate with him unless he is first to initiate contact.

It's probably best that he has his space and his thoughts to himself and dedicated solely to his passion considering he has already finished writing five books in the series.

"It gives me time. I don't have distractions," he said.

According to Sullivan, being a successful author depends a lot on the genre and the interest cycles among readers. Fantasy novels like Harry Potter garner the most interest from readers, while the genre of adventure and mystery which stays within the realm of reality is "out of cycle."

But Sullivan hopes the ongoing story about the ex-cop getting himself in and out of trouble catches the eye of more and more readers, because he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.

"I have ideas for 20 (books)," he said.

"A writer's life is always busy. There's always the next chapter."