Books
A parable (Shawshank Redemption meets Book of Job)
Chief Finn is back, in his most suspenseful thriller yet!
A sequel to the blockbuster Barry Award-nominated thriller Steel Fear
Blog
The Start of Something Big
This is a book Ana and I have been dreaming of writing for 17 years. It is our love letter to the world.
Bio
What I Do
I have a passion for great writing. Excellence is one of my most cherished core values.
The exquisite beauty of a powerful idea expressed in words, whether through a single sentence or a 700-page novel, is something that has stirred my soul since as long as I can remember.
So . . . What I do: I search out transformational ideas and stories and bring them to life in words.
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P.P.S. To have a peek at my wedding pictures from 8-8-08, click here (and to read our vows, click here).
The Heroes Behind the Pages
The only reason novels work is that they are solidly rooted in the reality of our experience. Here are some tidbits of real life that we sewed into the cloth of Finn’s story — real places, real people, and real events.
No Such Thing as a “Minor Character”
How do you make a fictional character come to life? Same way you breathe life into a relationship: You notice little things.
A Leadership Parable Disguised as a Crime Novel
Someone asked, “Is STEEL FEAR about leadership?” and I realized, I’ve been writing this book my whole life.
The Anatomy of Suspense
Reviewers are calling my novel STEEL FEAR “action-packed.” It’s not really true—but it FEELS like it is. Exactly how does that work?
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