1) Who the hell is this guy?

2) Why do you write crime fiction?
Well, I’m not entirely sure that I am a crime fiction writer, not yet anyways. I’m more interested in the story first, murder and gun-play second. I believe that my next few novels will have a crime component, though I’m not saying that this is the only thing I’m interested in exploring on my keyboard. My second novel, which I’ve just completed, has plenty of criminal activity going on, from white-collar to outright murder. There’s also death-by-oops, and a strong paranormal character. Is that crime fiction? Maybe. My ultimate goal is simple: write more, work at soul-sucking day jobs less.
3) What informs your crime writing?

4) What’s your routine?
In a word, evolving. I don’t mind the background noise, the interruptions, the time of day, even the inevitable screwing around that I end up indulging in. Of particular note is the loss of what I have decided to call ‘Page Count Anxiety’, or PCA. (There’s probably a drug in development for it as I write, that its not for everyone, blah-blah-blah…) I used to set page count goals. These days, I just put my fingers on the keyboard, pop the clutch, and see what happens. I’ve had some impressive spurts, some days in the mid-twenties. Here’s the scary part: I don’t think I’ve maxed out yet. I hope I’m right about that, and that the quality goes along with it.
5) Which crime book do you wish you had written?
It’s not so much a book. It’s more of a time. The glory days of pulp, the flurry of scripts for the likes of Roger Corman and American International. So much smoke in the air that you’d swear it was the cure for cancer. A time when there was plenty of room in our lives to craft. I guess what I really want is a time machine. And my old flip phone.