Who are your favorite authors?
Elmore Leonard, for his engaging stories and spot-on dialogue, James Patterson, Dan Brown, Vince Flynn, for their great thrillers; John Steinbeck, Garrison Keillor, for their incredible characterizations and sense of story; Philip Wylie, for his imaginative scenarios; Erma Bombeck, Susan Isaacs, for their storytelling ability and phenomenal sense of humor; J. K. Rowling for perhaps being the most imaginative writer of the century who got youth back to reading books. She's a wizard. Just to name a few.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Usually the smell of coffee, but I'm an early riser anyway. I feel if I can get some substantial writing accomplished before noon, I've once more won the day. Every day God gives me is another day to tell stories even though He knows most of what I write are lies.
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