I am inspired by the mere shining of the sun, it is a true miracle to live, and to see all of the beauty that the Lord has put before our eyes. I love to smell the trees, and feel the sun upon my face, and I look forward each day to sitting down with my pen and paper and jotting down all of the ideas that run through my mind.

I love spending time with my children, and when they are not around, I love to work on cars, building 4x4's and I love to go outside and target shoot with my rifles. These are some of my most favorite things to do, and I like to sit and just visit with family and friends.

I remember the first story I ever wrote, it was many years ago and I told myself that I was going to be a writer one day. As my life went on, my path went a different way and I didn't pursue writing, but now, at this point in my life, I love writing. I write because I enjoy it, and hope one day it will help me to make a living.

I must honestly say, that the process I use is that I get an idea. Then I pull out the pen and paper and begin to get it down in ink. Then I toss the idea around in my head, find the story I want to tell, then I write most of the story down in my notebook. Then when I am happy with what I have, I begin writing it on the computer, changing what I need too, and filling in where it's needed.

I try to keep the covers simple and more on the plain side. I guess I am different from everyone else that wants to go fancy, but I believe that the simple covers catch more attention, and doesn't get lose amongst all of the others.

I like to read true stories, true stories of hunting experiences, and true stories of war, and stories of crime.

I really like the Kindle fire.

Some can work sometimes, some others work other times, I really believe that word of mouth is the best marketing tool.

My desk? Well, I sit in my rocking chair, my pen and notebook is on the table next to me, and when writing on the computer, I am in my rocking chair with my laptop.

I grew up in a small town in central Illinois, I had three brothers, and my mother and my father were great parents. I was a typical small town kid, and I guess you can say that it influenced my writing the most by letting me write about many things, and not just on one subject or genre.

The story behind my latest book, is about a writer, who was in a rut in his life and wanted to find a place where his life would make sense to him. He decided that a change of scenery would do him good, so he moved to a country home. But what he didn't know was that he was to become something that walked between the living and the dead. He eventually became a creature that used to be in folklore, and that this creature had a connection to the woman that he was going to meet and fall in love with as he figures out his place in this world.