Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I published a literary thriller with Tor/Forge titled “D/s – an Anti-Love Story” which did well in sales and reviews, and which made the Doubleday book-of-the-month club. Recently, I sold a 3- book crime series that launches 11/21 and a literary crime novel that debuts 2/22, which is being adapted into a graphic novel. Meanwhile, my literary novel “The Ogre Life” was just published this month by Ukiyoto Publishing. That makes 5 new books that will be out in the market by Fall 2022.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Ogre Life” is a story of doomed love that takes place in the bodybuilding world and its underground realm of illegal anabolic steroids – sex, romance, corruption, betrayal and murder.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write three novels at a time until the small hours of the morning – then I sleep until 2 pm and begin it all again.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Henry Fielding; “Gil Blas” by LeSage, translated by Tobias Smollett; “Light in August,” by William Faulkner; “The Big Laugh,” John O’Hara; “Vanity Fair” by William Thackeray.
What are you working on now?
The fourth novel in a crime series, a sequel to a dystopian novel I wrote and an exploration of modern American bisexuality in the age “Me Too,” non-binary gender fluidity and transsexualism.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t hit upon that yet. I mostly leave it to the publisher.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find another line of work – one that pays better and treats you much more nicely.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t ever listen to advice on how to write.
What are you reading now?
The 1970s Crime Novels of Elmore Leonard; “The Greatness of Oliver Cromwell” by Maurice Ashley and “Our Game” by John LeCarre.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m adapting a literary crime novel with a pub date of February 2022 into comic books and a graphic novel.
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?
The Oxford Book of English Poetry; The Complete Collected Novels of Guy de Maupassant; The Library of America Collected Crime Novels and How To Survive on a Desert Island with only Four Books.