Before I became a novelist, I spent ten years as a ghostwriter, collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, soldiers, adventurers and actors as they penned their autobiographies.
Is it possible that books exist in the ether, conferring among themselves and choosing an author? And that the author, should they choose to accept the mission, is presented with irresistible driving concepts and characters that will determine the nature of the book?
I could take you to the spot in the road where the idea for No Lie Lasts Forever bloomed in my head.
I was going 65 miles per hour. I know that detail because I was on Interstate 25 near downtown Denver and I never speed except for … I’m getting off track here.
The instinct to protect children is ingrained in decent people, especially when they see how helpless babies are. Babies have no way of knowing if the person holding them will care for them or hurt them. We trust parents to protect their precious children. But what...
Who wouldn’t want to be like Inspector Morse?
Although Falls to Pieces is the shortest book I’ve ever written, the story took longer than any other to write. New to the psychological thriller genre, I intended for this pivot to stick and thus, studied the genre for years before daring to try my hand at it.
