Entrepreneurship has always been my passion, and after having my miracle baby boy, Ferris, I realized there was no better time than the present to follow this dream.
When I was younger and wrote stories centered around the women in my life, most times, my mom, grandmothers, aunts, or cousins were the focal point. And although as a child, I wouldn’t have pegged them as such, they were and are incredibly strong women.
In 𝑂𝑛 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, Stephen King claims “outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers.” King suggests they limit inspiration and the joy of creativity. Jack Kerouac likely agreed, writing novels such as 𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 in a stream-of-conscious style on a long roll of paper.
As a young boy who had learned to read, I was impressed each week by the masthead of the local newspaper. Directly below Greensburg Record-Herald it said: Home of the Oldest Courthouse West of the Allegany Mountains.
I have almost as much trouble naming the characters in my novels as I did naming my children. But writing Southern novels makes it a little easier since there are so many colorful names from which to choose. And colorful name equals memorable. It’s a pretty safe bet if someone has a unique name, they’re going to be . . . well, a character.
I am fortunate to have some really amazing people in my life who support me unconditionally and who have fully embraced my writing journey. That said, creating characters is my favorite part of writing.
It has been a little over three years since I published my debut novel back in February 2016. It was an accident really; I’d been writing for fun, and suddenly, the first draft was finished.
I’ve been lucky enough to have written several series—four, in fact—and each one was a fun experience. However, I’m certain whenever someone opens one of my books, he doesn’t think of the effort going into creating either the story or the world in which that story is set. Nevertheless, anyone who’s ever written anything will tell you it ain’t easy.
Someone once called me the Queen of Serendipity. I wish. Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know, but I’m largely guided by synchronicity or serendipitous moments.
I write horror stories. I’ve written book series about Count Dracula, the monster of Frankenstein, the ghouls Hugo and Edgar, and I have plans for quite a few more tales of the macabre. Many of the stories awaiting publication are ghost stories. As each of these series is based on one or more famous monster,…
