Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been writing off and on for about 30 years, and I have written 3 books thus far, two of which are published with the third one coming out later this year.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book, The Killing Spring will be released in the October/November timeframe by Touch Point Press. It was inspired by a meeting I had with an old friend that I hadn’t seen since my college days back at Penn State in the 1980’s.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write in my head. I write while I am stuck in traffic and even when I go to bed. Once I actually sit down at the keyboard, the story just flows out.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like Dan Brown, Hunter Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Stieg Larsson, and Hemmingway just to name a few.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on my fourth novel called The Ghost of Tom Mix with an old friend of mine Richard Cherry. I discovered that he has a writer’s soul, and put him to work immediately. So far our styles blend perfectly.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon probably gives the most visibility to my books…because…it’s rapidly becoming an Amazon world. It’s a jungle out there. Ha Ha.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
The best advice I can give to new authors is work hard, always do your best work, and do it because you LOVE to write. Make that NEED to write.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I ever heard was don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
What are you reading now?
Currently I am reading David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to one day see one of my books as a feature film. That’s definitely on my bucket list. That said, my second novel Love & Theft is in the Pulitzer Prize competition this year and I sure would like to see that before my name.
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?
Anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ernest Hemingway, Jules Verne, and Charles Dickinson. I’m still impressed by the classics!
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