I'd Always Wanted To Write Books Ever

When I Was Writing Razor Girl, I Thought It Would Be Fun To Have A Redneck Tv Family That Was Really Just A Bunch Of Actors Who Had To Be Trained To Be Rednecks. That's Not So Farfetched, If You Know How Hollywood Works.

I'm Sort Of Fascinated By America's Fascination With Rednecks, The Whole Duck Dynasty Thing. Being A White Guy From The South, I Find It Amazing That So Many Tv Viewers Are Enchanted By Beards, Bad Dentistry And Moonshine Accents.

My Books Are Character-driven. They're Not Driven By The Story.

Y'see, I Get So Bored So Easily. I Like To Start With A Clean Slate Each Time. Sure, I'll Have Characters Drop In And Out Of Books But The Main Cast Of Characters Always Changes. Maybe I'm Wrong But I Think If Had The Same Joe Detective Guy Or Gal, I Wouldn't Write Them As Well; I Wouldn't Do As Good A Job.

I Still Do A Weekly Opinion Column For The Miami Herald, And It's Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel. Rotten Fish.