When it comes to the Aidy Westlake books, I like to draw from actual events and I try to give Aidy more trouble than he can handle. For HOT SEAT, I had him facing criminal charges, which I lifted from my own […]
Very funny, because it’s true. 🙂 “Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.” ~Erma Bombeck
My first novel, ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN, came out ten years ago today. Obviously, this book holds a special place in my life as it was the book that got my writing career going. It seems apt that Thomas and Mercer are […]
HOT SEAT, the second in the Aidy Westlake mysteries is in the bag. Not only am I thinking about the books, but I’m thinking about some storylines for some novellas featuring Aidy. I think it would be fun to write short and […]
A wonderful quote from a great actor. “Failure has a thousand explanations. Success doesn’t need one.”~Alec Guinness
With the Aidy Westlake books, I’ve tried to incorporate a lot my racing experiences into the books because they’re interesting, funny, dangerous or scary. For HOT SEAT, I used played off something that was both dangerous and scary and used it as […]
This one is in honor of the realease of HOT SEAT as it goes for storytellers and racing drivers. 🙂 “Only those who will risk going to far can possibly find out how far one can go.”~T.S. Elliot
We’re growing mushrooms at the moment which kind of makes my skin crawl, so I thought I would share something a little creepy for hump day. Recently, Julie took me to California Carnivores, a carnivorous plant nursery. She knows weird plants spook […]
My bookshelf feature is back for the month of July because I’m pleased and proud to announce that the second of the Aidy Westlake mysteries, HOT SEAT, is out in the US. Over the month, I’ll share history and background on the […]
With HOT SEAT coming out, I have something that will out live me, but as Woody Allen says, I’m not sure I want that…as such. “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.” […]