The Story Behind Red Hot Sky By Gordon Gumpertz The inspiration for my first novel, Tsunami, came while walking on the beach during a storm at sea. The waves were 10 to 15 feet high, broke with a great boom, and washed high up onto the beach. I tried to imagine waves ten times that…
There were a number of inspirations for my debut novel, The Canker Death. On the factual plane, the inspiration came from the fact that an FTP server I was running on one of the old Unix systems in my basement got hacked. I have a collection of unusual computers that run esoteric operating systems. Where…
As a lay minister/counselor, I have over the years had many people come to me with their problems, many of which revolved around their marriage and family. In particular, there seemed to be a focus on the matter of adultery and the damage it does to everyone it touches. Granted, society seems to care little…
The Story Behind the Book 