What's the story behind 'The Ghost of Henry Cotton?'
I grew up in Tunica, Ms. A lot of authors change the name of towns where their stories are set to avoid, well, any number of things--lawsuits, maybe. But I didn't. While every character is fictitious, the town is not. I wanted people far and wide to be able to 'google' the town and see where it was happening. So that was my thought--put my home town front and center. Other than that I had collected all these little scenes from my childhood and beyond that just started to gel into a story. I actually started writing this book in 2000. Off and on for a decade and then I put it away along with other novels for about 5 years. I just decided to dust it off, let people read it and see where I am.
What are you working on next?
I have two new books I hope to publish soon. The working title for the next one is 'Kill Room.' It is a story about a working television news journalist who runs up against a story about a local corporation that might just be too hard to crack. I have one other book in the works as well.
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