How did I come to like Crime Novels?
I came to love crime stories when I was ten years old. In 1962 Hurricane Freda pounded Vancouver one night. I listened to wind and I have loved the sound of it ever since. The next morning my father drove me into downtown Vancouver to an art class. We passed fallen trees, branches scattered over […]
Why do I write Crime Novels?
I have always enjoyed reading crime novels, so why not write within the genre? It is a challenging genre that requires the writer to have a wide range of understanding character development, complications and pacing. Someone commits a crime. Now three forces are engaged; the killer, the law, and in most cases the family of […]
Why do I write?
Writing has always opened up my mind. As I search for a subject to write about I am presently seated in the office looking out the window at a garden. A casual glance and the colours spark like flames of light, the wind picks up and the branches dance to the tune. It is the […]