SH- The common theme is humour but also that the paranormal is not real. In the dying stages, as I reach the exciting conclusion it is common for me to just not go to bed.ĭR- Is there a common theme or element in your work? How involved I get at night really depends on where I am with a story. After my 3-year-old goes to bed, I will try to knock out a few more words. In my lunch break I will check and adjust ads and perhaps craft a newsletter. Two hours of writing leads to 30 minutes in the gym, breakfast and cycle ten miles to work. SH- A typical writing day start blearily at 0500 hours as I quietly roll out of bed without disturbing wife or child or dogs. In addition, the main character is a former soldier, drawing on his training continually to overcome challenges - I was a soldier for 25 years.ĭR- What do you do when you're stuck on a scene?
Most of this is drawn either from my life or from anecdotes I have heard. All off screen of course and only referenced, but one central character, a six-foot seven-inch Adonis called Big Ben, annoys the other men and disgusts the ladies with tales of his latest conquest. SH- There are a lot of scenes in my books where the chaps get ‘em roiled in sexual exploits. The net result being that I still have to work a full-time job as well and rise each morning at 0500 hours to fit in some writing.ĭR- Tell us about something in real life that inspired a character, setting, or plot in one of your books. The hardest part is that at this time I have yet to reach a point where I have enough work published to support myself. My writing process is mostly about finding the time to sit at my laptop to let the words flow out of my fingers. SH- The easiest part of writing is that the stories are already in my head forming an unruly queue to get out. The answer then is that I fell into it because I had an idea.ĭR- What's the easiest or hardest thing about writing for you? The stories aren’t strictly cozy either though, more a blend of crime thriller/comedy thriller/cozy mystery and paranormal investigation.
I wrote what I wanted to write, only hearing the term cozy mystery when I first published and started getting reviews. SH- The truth is that I didn’t decide to write in a particular genre.
DR- How did you decide to write in your genre?
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