Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a scientist, writer and artist. I’ve co-authored about 120 scientific papers, invented novel drug design software and was a co-recipient of the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award for the discovery of a new anticancer drug. I write science fiction and fantasy, with a bent toward realistic stories aimed at understanding our existence. To date I published three books, each of which was honored with an RPLA award (Royal Palm Literary Award) and numerous short stories many of which garnered awards as well (Honorable Mentions in the Writers of the Future contest).
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Inspiration is tough to define, and even tougher to pin point an origin for. My best guess is that the idea came from the melding of at least two experiences. In parochial school I had My most recently published book is call As Wings Unfurl (Winner of first prize, best scifi novel of 2014 at the Annual Florida Writers Conference). The Vietnam War produced thousands of altered lives, men broken in body and spirit. When they returned home, they were generally despised. We’ve forgotten how bad that was. So there you have it. A dejected amputee veteran, addicted to morphine encounters an angel who needs his help to save humanity. Of course, she’s not really an angel.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am a pantser, which means even I don’t what will happen next. I write in spurts, right up to the moment when I’m not sure what the characters will do. When I come back the next day, they tell me what they’re up to.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Asimov, Heinlein, Koontz, Serling, and Clarke served well to inspire my wandering eye for stories that are at once unusual and familiar.
What are you working on now?
I am currently writing the second novel in a planned trilogy – Wind-In-Trees. The central character is a Lakota Sioux cyborg, one of the last humans left alive after an alien invasion. I chose this character based on the sad history of the American Indian, which served well as the backdrop for this story of retribution and salvation as Henry Wind-In-Trees faces a cruel and ruthless enemy in pursuit of his kidnapped wife.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing and reading. Don’t stop and wait for good news on your latest submission. Just keep writing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My scientific mentor, Dr. Charles Heidelberger, once told me that no matter the job, do the best you can, and success will follow.
What are you reading now?
Richard Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces. Such an incredible mind, so overlooked, acutely intelligent with a great sense of life and humor.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing the Wind-In-Trees trilogy.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’d bring a laptop with photocells and a satellite connection.
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