Archive for August 2010

I was climbing a very narrow metal stairway up to the bridge on the USS Midway, the aircraft carrier turned museum permanently docked in the San Diego Harbor. ( yes, it would seem I maneuvered another sabbatical to escape the last few weeks of Oklahoma heat) After reaching the top of the first of four…

Why did you chose that career? Have you ever been asked that question? When I started writing “Risk” one of the first things I did was get to know my main character Tana Lyre. Where did she come from, what motivates her and why did she become a pilot? Now I think I’ll leave that…

That was the message a friend left on my voice mail two weeks ago. (sans the revisited) These days we both seem to have problems accessing the actual names of people and places, so if we draw a blank, we allow each other a lot of latitude and make something up. There really isn’t a…