Hello! Thank
you so much for visiting Written Butterfly with me today! It’s such a pleasure to chat with you. So tell me…
Q) How did you dream
up the dynamics of your characters?
- I can see them how
they look in my mind for the scene. After watching a lifetime of movies and
television, they are easy to picture. I love mysteries and sci-fi, so I just
combined the two in my genre.
Q) Is this book part
of a series? If so, can you tell us
about it?
- My latest book is
The Takers. It is the 8th book in my sci-fi series and the fourth
book
in the scifi detective series. Every city, like today, has a
problem with the homeless. Unfortunately, in my story, they are taken advantage
of by greedy people to. work in the mines on Mars. Even Whistleblowers in
Washington D.C. are turning up missing. When one man returns dead in a cargo
ship, Detective Blackhawk is placed on the case.
Q) Can you give a
fun or interesting fact about your book?
- The detective is a Navajo descendant. He
once chased his suspect to Mars and met a young alien who wasn’t supposed to be
on the Moon.
Q) What do you think is your strongest asset
as a writer? …what is your weakest factor as a writer?
- My strongest asset is I have lots of time to
write. I’m retired. Grammer is my weakest factor, that’s why I have beta
readers/editors. Although I am getting better.
Q) Do you try more to
be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
- I write for
enjoyment and create an interesting story that will keep them interested to the
end of the book.
Q) Do you plan all
your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write?
- Being as this is at
the end of the series, my characters are already developed. However, the new
ones that add to the story, are described as I write.
Q) Do you want each book to stand on
its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between
each book?
- Each book stands on its own, but it helps to read them in order. I
write Realistic Fiction so some of the younger characters mature, just like in life.
Q) What are your
upcoming projects?
- Nanowrimo, of course.
This will be my fourth urban fantasy, but I’m going to start with a new
character. As soon as that’s done, I’ll continue the next story for my
established character.
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Blurb:
“How did you find the body?” Alex asked.
Al looked at the security officer and back at Alex.
“We, Joe and I, were unloading the crates closest to the
exit when we heard a noise, kind of like a ‘thud.’ I went to the back of the
containers and saw a hand on the floor. I called for Joe to help me and we
pulled a crate out of the way. The body was laying there between two of the
boxes. He was cold as ice. There’s no heat back in here since there aren’t any
perishables while shipping back to Earth. This is an auto driven craft with one
pilot.”
“Where is the pilot?”
“He’s down on the tarmac waiting for us to release him,” the
STSO said.
“Jaxon, as soon as you record the scene here, go down and
talk to the pilot,” Alex said and turned to the security officer. “Okay, show
us where he’s at.”
Jaxon carried their I.D. kit as they walked the length of
the fuselage, stripped of passenger seats, entertainment monitors, and service
carts. This was a cargo ship. Most of the crated cargo lined up five rows by
the distance of the floor. They arrived in the tail section near the last row
of freight. Alex noted the out-of-place crates left after the crewmen had
discovered the body behind the ore containers. The STS Officer pointed Alex
toward the body.
Jaxon took some photos with his comphone and sent them to his
and Alex’s office email. He pulled out the Finger Recorder and scanned the
man’s lifeless hand and fingers.
“Note, a male about thirty, shaggy brown hair, thin, and
calluses on his hands,” Jaxon said, examining the body. “Abrasions on his
forehead that appeared to have healed some time ago.”
Rest of my books: In order for sci-fi, Similar, Deflection,
Crossroads, Found, Return, Desert Shock, Fatal Error, The Takers. A young adult
scifi is the Eye of the Matrix. My Urban Fantasy: Where, The Pottery Sale, and The Cruise.
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