Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book. Because I was not gifted with artistic talent it was necessary for me to seek out and find a professional artist whose talent I respect and whose work ethic matched mine.
After twenty years as an educator I decided to find a way to express my odd sense of humor in a comic book format.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
On The Verge
There wasn’t any one event responsible for this book. It materialized on its own one image at a time from everyday events and observations of the world around me. As a born observer with an outsider’s point of view, it is easy to look at people and their behavior in a different way.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
What can be frustrating is the habit, totally out of my control, of getting ideas at odd times, most often when I’m trying to sleep, so keeping a notepad and pen next to my bed stand is vital otherwise the images in my head disappear just as quickly as they occur.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
For this book, Gary Larson’s The Far Side is an influence even though I haven’t read any of the series for twenty-five or more years.
What are you working on now?
Depending on the outcome of this 30 page book there is another 80 images waiting to be illustrated.