Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have only written one book so far. It is titled Mystery on Macomber Hill.
I was born in Farmington, Maine in April of 1948. I lived on several farms located in Chesterville, North Jay, and Limerick until the age of 10. I moved to Durham, New Hampshire when I was in the fifth grade and later relocated to Manchester, New Hampshire where I resided through High School. I enter the Air Force in 1966 and served one year in Vietnam.
I returned to school in the early 70’s and received a BS in Business Management from New Hampshire College while working in the computer industry. I continued my computer career through 1990 at which time I left the computer industry and opened up my own business in the New Hampshire seacoast area. I remained self employed for 17 years. In 2007, I took a position with the Department of State, Passport Services, located in Portsmouth, NH. I continued there until his retirement in April of 2014.
I have been married for 43 years. My wife, Linda, and I relocated to Milo, Maine in July of 2014 to enjoy our retirement. I am an avid genealogist and have spent over 20 years researching my family history with my sister, Marcia. I also do research for other individuals.
Linda and I enjoy traveling and site seeing with our new family addition, Sprout, a 3 year old Australian Cattle Dog that we adopted from a shelter in October of 2014.
I hopes to continue writing other books in the Baker Boys Adventure series.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book is Mystery on Macomber Hill. The setting for the book is on a farm located on Macomber Hill in North Jay, Maine.
This is a farmhouse that I actually lived in and my father was the dairyman for the owners of the farm.
The descriptions of the area and many of the events that are written in the book actually took place and involved myself or my brothers.
I always enjoyed living at that location and wanted to write something about it. I finally came up with the idea of combining some real time events with a lot of fiction to make it exciting. I am very pleased with the final result.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am currently working on a second book. I guess I didn’t really realize it, but I wrote the beginning of each book and the ending came immediately into my head. So I wrote the ending of the books before I continued to complete the story. I really don’t know if that is unusual or not.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I enjoy Steven King although I am not interested in writing horror stories.
What are you working on now?
I have not started on the second Baker Boys Adventure yet. I am currently writing a book titled Me, Myself, and I. It is a comedy about an individual who is living in an orphanage at a young age. Again, the setting is in Maine. The story covers the time spent in the orphanage, his adoption, and it follows him into manhood. The problem is, while he was in the orphanage he developed a voice inside his head that both helps, hinders, and gets him in trouble on his road to manhood.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have not done a lot of promotion of my book. I have just started to look at all the options available to me. I would hope that over the next several months I can get a website built and choose the best way to promote my first book. That will make it easier for me when the second one is completed.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
It took me a long time, but is was well worth it. If you have the desire to write something, don’t worry about how long it will take you. You’ll be surprised how quickly it will come to completion once you begin.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I have ever heard came from my father who taught me and my siblings this Rule of Life. He would say to us:
” Their are two rules that you must always follow.
Rule 1 – Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Rule 2 – It all small stuff!!!
What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to finish the book I am currently writing. Aside from that, I am engaged in a lot of genealogy work for other individuals. This is quite time consuming for me.
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 Bible, Gone with the Wind, Moby Dick, and North and South