My latest book LEFT TO DIE was an idea that evolved over the years. I knew I wanted to write a “back-woodsy” kind of story peppered with unique characters. I grew up in a small timber town and thought, after writing stories about New Orleans, San Francisco and Savannah, that I’d go back to my…
I’m a longtime reading instructor and teacher trainer. For years I’ve given workshops to teachers and parents. I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from parents after my workshops. Parents are aware that their children will need world-class literacy skills if they are to survive in the information economy. After my workshops, I’m often asked…
I’d been writing western historical romances and Silhouette Romantic Suspense novels for several years, and I loved it. But I’d always had a hankering to write a longer, darker suspense story. I’m a sucker for a good, scary novel. The character Lindsay O’Neil, the heroine in I’m Watching You, kept popping up and prodding me…
The inspiration for What’s Wrong With Mormons? grew out of the countless falsehoods and gross inaccuracies being perpetuated by the opponents of the Church. In the year 2007 (when the book was being written) we had a member of the Church running for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. There was the…
Life After College: What Your Parents and Professors Never Taught You is actually based off of my website, Twentity.com, which is a place for twentysomethings to go to learn how to enter the real world. Every other week, I post articles on topics that are not taught in college, such as searching for an apartment,…
The Face of Death is one of those disturbing things that I have to take responsibility for as coming wholly from myself. There’s no specific inspiration I can point to. I had to write my second novel, and I was lying on the couch, twirling a pen in my hand and staring at the ceiling,…
Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems was nothing but a concept to me many years ago. Back then, if somebody had stopped me down the street to tell me I’d be writing sequels to popular ancient Egyptian tales, myths and legends associated with hermetics and esoteric knowledge I probably would have told them to take a hike.…
The Story Behind the Book 