My novels, I think, are essentially about heroism. I write of heroism with a spectator’s fascination—like a football fan watching Brett Favre play, analyzing what he’s doing, knowing all the time he’s criticizing a level of play he’ll never attain. There’s no need to explain in detail here the sad shortage of heroes in my…
My new novel is titled A Despicable Profession. It is Book Two of the American Spy Trilogy. Here is how I came to write it: As a young man I cut my teeth on the masters of hardboiled detective fiction – Raymond Chandler, Dash Hammett, with a shot of James M. Cain on the side.…
The Story Behind the Book asked Cheryl Bannerman, author of Black Child to Black Woman where she got the insipiration for her novel. This is what she had to say. Cheryl: The inspiration for my book came from life experiences of myself, friends of mine and absolute strangers that I’ve struck up conversations with. That…
A lot of the inspiration for Love Means Zero comes from my previous books. My first novel, Everything Happens for a Reason… is about Hilton, Jill, Todd, and Luke in college. Several readers said they loved the characters and wanted to read more about them, so my first idea was to go back and write…
One of my favorite Christmas hymns is “The Little Drummer Boy”. For those of you who don’t know it, the song tells the story of a little drummer boy who goes to visit Baby Jesus in the manger. He has no gift for the newborn King, so he asks Mary if he can play his…
I had to write the second one, I left everyone hanging in the first, lol. Though, there is a little bit more to it than that. Ultimately, the inspiration to write Synarchy Book 2: The Ascension was because I’ve got an over active imagination and an unending desire to tell stories. I love the creation…
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