Articles & Interviews
Book Lover Place Interview
Q: What excites you most about your book’s topic? Why did you choose it?
Author: The subject of race and mixed race adoptions is timely given the fact that we have a bi-racial president. I chose the topic because I wanted readers to think about race and why it continues to be a hot button issue.
Q: How long did the book take you from start to finish?
Author: It took me about two years to write my novel, usually between the hours of 10 p.m and midnight.
Q: What aspect of writing the book did you find particularly challenging?
Author: Sustaining the intrigue and suspense throughout the entire novel was particularly challenging for me. I worried that I might lose the reader if I strayed from the plot of the novel. I purposely cut out narrative sections that were either too long or did not help to move the story forward.
One More Dance
Tempe, Arizona was cool the night Ernie Patino slipped on his black leather dancing shoes and left his hotel room to try out the dance floor in the largest studio in the vicinity, the Paragon Dance Center. It was a Friday night in mid-January and the night was clear. Ernie knew he might be gone for a couple of hours, a welcome break from the business that brought him to town.
The Big Blend
As readers we are fascinated with private eyes who, at least in fiction, appear to lead exciting lives. They solve murders, find missing witnesses, uncover deadly plots and secrets, have steamy one-night stands… Well you get the picture. But are they realistic? How glamorous is the life of a real private eye? If you are a mystery writer should you even care whether or not the private eye in your novel is portrayed in a realistic manner? Good questions. Because of my background as a former FBI agent turned private investigator, I’ve had many writers ask me questions about my work and about law enforcement in general.