🏰 Author Interview Featuring Emilio Corsetti III, author of I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind the Kit Martin Murder Trial

Emilio Corsetti III is a retired airline pilot and the author of the bestselling nonfiction books 35 Miles From Shore and Scapegoat. Emilio is a graduate of St. Louis University Parks College of Aviation. He and his wife, Lynn, reside in Dallas, Texas.

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🏰As a book bloggin’ and book luvin’ Princess, I’m always curious to find out how authors got the ideas for their books. I'd like to know more about you as a person first. When did you start writing? What was your first published piece?

The first time I got paid for writing, I was in my early twenties. I wrote an article about how playing video games could translate into making better pilots. Flying magazine bought the article. Soon after I started to panic. When I wrote the article, I borrowed pieces from another story with a similar angle. It was only one paragraph, but I felt conflicted. I contacted Flying magazine and confessed my uncredited use of the other author's work. That article never ran, and I learned a lesson about plagiarism. 

My next stab at writing occurred a few years later when I wrote a piece for Professional Pilot's magazine. They bought the article, and I soon became a regular contributor to the magazine.

🏰As a published author, what has been the most pivotal point of your career?

I would say it was my decision to focus on nonfiction narratives. I tried my hand at writing a novel. It wasn't very good, though I did take the best parts and turned it into a screenplay. I love the screenplay. Apparently, I am alone in that opinion. One reviewer said it was perhaps the worst script she had ever read. That's also when I learned that reviews are objective.

🏰If you could go anywhere to write your next book, where would that be and why?

Unlike a fiction writer, who can rely on their imagination to conjure up stories, I have to rely on a story in the real world that catches my attention. Writing books is a lengthy process. It has to be a story that will maintain my interest for the time it takes me to write it. So, the location of the story is not nearly as important as the story itself.

🏰If you had 4 extra hours of extra time today, what would you do?

Take a nap.

🏰Why was writing I Will Ruin You so important to you?

I believe an innocent man was convicted of a crime he did not commit. My goal is to lay out the facts, hod those responsible accountable, and hopefully bring attention to a case that deserves a second look.

🏰What advice would you give a writer working on their first book?

Try to find early readers who are not afraid to offend you.

 

About I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind the Kit Martin Murder Trial

Moments before boarding a passenger flight on 11 May 2019 as the first officer, pilot Christian “Kit” Martin, a former army anger, was arrested by a swarm of heavily armed officers for the murders of three of his neighbors. The arrest captured global attention as Martin’s mugshot, clad in a pilot’s uniform, spread across the internet, sparking a media firestorm with headlines such as “Monster in the Cockpit.”

A combat helicopter pilot, Kit Martin had seen his life unravel after seeking a divorce. His wife’s threatening words, “If you leave me, I will ruin your life …,” overheard by his daughter, seemed to have become a grim reality, escalating to a court-martial and culminating in a high-stakes murder trial at which he was convicted.

I WILL RUIN YOU: The Twisted Truth Behind the Kit Martin Murder Trial delves into the complex circumstances behind Martin’s story. It looks beyond the sensational headlines and legal turmoil into the heart of this controversial case.

You can purchase I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind the Kit Martin Murder Trial at Amazon.