Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a native Californian living in North County San Diego. He is a graduate of Chapman University and is employed by California State University San Marcos. This is the first book I’ve published.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Return To Violet was inspired by the desire to create something that is entertaining and humorous, yet contains elements of truth, beauty and goodness sprinkled throughout the story.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
First, I outline the story and then I create a full bio of each character. That gives me a skeleton for the story and then I begin writing. As I write, many new ideas come to mind that fill in the flesh of the story.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mark Twain, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Shakespeare.
What are you working on now?
My sanity.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m finding that out now and don’t know the answer yet.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If possible, have someone knowledgeable read your work aloud to you. The weak parts stick out like a sore thumb when you hear that reader stumble over the wording in a sentence that needs to be reworked.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Rewrite and have it read out loud to you.
What are you reading now?
Things about marketing.
What’s next for you as a writer?
If I recover from writing this book, then hopefully another.
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?
Mark Twain, Hunter S. Thompson, and Shakespeare.