After a number of years devoted to poetry, followed by about a decade and a few minor achievements as a professional song lyricist, I wound up working almost thirty-five years in the landscape industry. Sometime during that period, I realized that my desire to write was truly a need to write, and that realization eventually produced The Poe Consequence, a modern day story combining supernatural suspense with relatable human drama involving the interactions of six main characters.
My second novel, but the first to be published, is a Beatles-themed whodunit murder mystery titled, You Say Goodbye. The inspiration for the story started with an article in my local newspaper’s obituary section about Alexandra Scott from the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
A personal, life-changing event occurred in my mid-teens that transformed me into a creative writer, and although I paid the bills through nearly 35 years as a landscape professional, in my heart I always considered myself a creative writer first and foremost. Writing The Poe Consequence, a story originally inspired by the number of gang affiliated housing areas I worked at, was the therapy I needed to bring me back from an emotionally tough time. You Say Goodbye was the continuing byproduct from that renewed recognition of what I expect from myself.
My third novel, and the one I’m submitting for the Page Turner Awards, is titled, In Lieu of Flowers. It was released on March 26th of this year. I describe the story as a supernatural horror explanation for the reasons behind real life horrors of the past, the present, and, unfortunately and undoubtedly, the future.
