As a writer sitting at my table, showing off all the books I’ve written, I frequently get asked, “What’s your favorite book?” That’s a very hard question to answer, because I have very strong feelings about all my books. I wouldn’t have written them otherwise. None of these are commissioned works designed to meet somebody… Continue reading My Favorite Book
Year: 2014
My Favorite Book: Roswell or Bust
Fresh from the euphoria of writing a novel, Emperor Dad, just for fun, I decided to do it again. So I had to pull an idea out of my hat — any idea. Aliens! That’s always a good science fiction idea. Better yet, since this was just for fun, rather than a serious deep science… Continue reading My Favorite Book: Roswell or Bust
My Favorite Book: Emperor Dad
It was shortly after I took a severance buyout package from Motorola that I had a little more time to write than before. I had written other novels, but the number of New York publishers that would even look at an un-agented novel was shrinking rapidly. I remember the decision to write a novel just… Continue reading My Favorite Book: Emperor Dad