The question of creation has been always a mystery to me, not just in universal context, but in my realm of writing, the creation of a story. I think that something triggers an unspecified part of the brain and then a Big Bang happens and the primary idea of a story is born. I often…
As with most of my stories the idea for Touching Death came to me in the middle of normal life. A few years ago I was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with one of my best friends. After doing the Rocky run up the front stairs (which is absolutely necessary if you live in…
The inspiration for this book came from a simple forum post. I had just watched the film Flight starring Denzel Washington. I’m a big fan of Robert Zemeckis. But he got so many things wrong in the first thirty minutes of that film that I wanted to throw something at the screen. I won’t go…
My inspiration was really a story in itself and how one event led to another and then another before ending with a five hundred and fifty page novel. In short, I was a member of a discussion board that had several politically motivated threads. Chernobyl was mentioned in one of the threads but more in…
I listened to audio books as I worked on my ranch cleaning barns, changing wheel lines, and feeding sheep and cows. Most of the books I listened to were great. Some were, hmmm, not so good. I thought I could do better. I had time to fill in the middle of the night while I…
I’m sometimes asked how I came up with the idea for The Moreva of Astoreth. The book, a blend of science fiction, romance, and adventure, has its roots in a game a friend and I played in college. We collaborated on a story, taking turns. I don’t recall the details—it was more years ago than…
Like the characters in our novel, we too were teenage sweethearts who set a wedding date when we turned fifteen. After high school we lost track of each other for decades. A couple of years ago, though, around the time of our 50th high school reunion, we exchanged emails. Three the first day. Four the…
Life’s experiences have prepared me for this book. The daily conversations with people from diverse background along with stories told and shared by others of their own experiences have given me the inspiration for this topic and provided me the material to write this book. My book was completed in 2009 and should have been…
My inspiration for writing this book comes from different angles. This angle is through my windowpane. Some nights I just sat at the bay window gazing out at the street lamp at the end of the driveway. I hoped, by chance, my son would pass through the light and I would catch a glimpse of…
Though my poetry often varies in structure, setting, and narrative style, I cannot help but write about the themes that have haunted me since childhood. Love. Family. Grief. Emotional distance. Perhaps all authors, regardless of genre, are in some sense trying to better know their demons, their ghosts, all while exploring and perhaps even celebrating…
The Story Behind the Book 