Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing books for fourteen years and have written eighteen books and am halfway through writing book nineteen. Ten of my books are mysteries (six cozy, four thriller), three are inspirational short stories, three are a humorous, Christian, romance series, one is an autobiography, and one is a Christian daily devotional. I’ve never moved from the place of my birth, Lexington, Kentucky, and my wife and I have been married forty-four years and have one grown daughter. I read about one hundred books a year, love sports (especially college basketball, pro football, and golf), and my wife and I are involved in our church.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Murder in the Dark and it was inspired by reading Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians and seeing the movie And Then There Were None.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do all my writing on a desktop, five days a week, three to four hours a day. I have to have quiet to write and seldom take notes. Each day I go over what I wrote the day before and then begin to write the next chapter or two.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Franklin W. Dixon (Hardy Boys books), Agatha Christie, a few cozy authors, Lee Child, and Linwood Barclay.
What are you working on now?
The book I’m working on now is called Smoky Mountain Terror. It’s a thriller that takes place when a couple takes a vacation to the Smoky Mountains and has a lot of twists and turns.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook regularly, Twitter some, BookBub and ebookbooster once every month or so.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read a lot. Write regularly. Write until you have finished, then put it away for two weeks to a month and then start to revise what you have written.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
What I listed above.
What are you reading now?
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to write two more books this year, Murder in Gatlinburg, which will be the seventh in my cozy series, and Murder at the Book Fair, which will be my eight book in the same series. Next year I plan to write another book in this series, as well as the fourth book in my humorous Christian romance series.
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, something I’ve written (probably my autobiography), and a book by Linwood Barclay, and one by Lee Child.