Riding bikes with my brother and our friends all over town.

Oddly, this question doesn't apply to me.

After I published my first book, I was determined to write more, I wanted it to be my career instead of a desk job. While I'm still working the desk job, I feel more fulfilled than I had before. When I published Dreamwalker: The Second Plain, I hadn't told anyone I was writing it until afterward. Everyone was and still is supportive, and they try to give me ideas on what to write next.

Alexis, because she is the most insane of the three. Alexis has a hard time separating her imagination from reality, which could make a dinner date quite entertaining.

It came to me in a pre-sleep haze. For some reason my mind was replaying a strange version of an ad for the Barnum and Bailey Circus with the clowns throwing acid-cream pies into the audience. I pondered that for a few days, then one morning as I was dusting a shelf that holds my collection of Tarot Cards, it all came together. What were some goals you wanted to accomplish with this book? The goal of Circus Tarot was to create an alternate reality like Alice in Wonderland, where the cards in the Tarot deck became people.

I'm still getting the hang of it, trying to get a fan base built isn't an easy task. Finding companies like yours helps with that. How did you come up with the title "Dreamwalker: The Second Plain"? It was one of the easier titles for me. The Second Plain is what Saul calls dreamworld.

Besides horror, I like mysteries and suspense books. Why did you choose to write horror? Horror just seems a natural fit for me. I like the feeling of anticipation when reading and writing horror. Which is the best horror novel you have read so far? That depends on the day, like today, I'm saying Stephen King's The Shining. But yesterday it might have been John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles or maybe even Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker.

Page of Buckets is the second book in the Circus Tarot trilogy, and the product of what Mary and Darrin did at the end of Circus Tarot. It has some stranger elements than Circus Tarot, but is the continuation and happens six years after it. Have you ever been to circus? Yes, one time there was a small traveling circus that came to my hometown one summer, and as far as I know the only circus to ever be in Shoshoni, WY. I was maybe five, and I was the lucky "golden ticket" winner found inside the mini candy bars they were handing out. I remember being terrified of the Clown who came to take me to the center ring to get my prize, which was a cheep plastic whistle.

I didn't expect to be a finalist, it was quite surprising when I found out, and humbling to learn that they liked my book enough for it to make the finals.

1666 is only the start, Reynard lives to present day. How much did you research for it and from where? A lot of research went into Hunger, everything from the great fire of London to Jack the Ripper, but that's where it ended, once Reynard made it to America, I relied on my knowledge of United States history.

Trusting

An Unnamed Acquaintance is an anthology of short stories and poetry that I wrote from 1986 to 2011. Your Time Will come was the most enjoyable one to write, it's like a Matryoshka doll, stories within the story.

It's a 4 star review from Cabin Goddess; it's quite long, so I don't want to take up the space here, but you can find it on the Circus Tarot page on Amazon. What or who has been your biggest motivation? My biggest motivation is the reviews I've received from my books. They make me want to write more.

I'm working on a few projects right now. One is Daughter of Illusion, which is a paranormal mystery, and spin-off of Home A Novel with Eli Thompson as the lead character. And the other is a collection of short stories about relationships. I don't have a release date yet. What different is coming up? Both are horror based with nuances of mystery and drama.

I grew up in Shoshoni (pronounced show-show-knee), a small town in the center of Wyoming, which recently was given Ghost Town status. At twenty-one, I explored the United States to discover what it had to offer. After a few months, I always found my way back to Shoshoni. I’m glad to say I found my match in the Denver, Colorado area for a place to live. I’ve always been drawn to macabre subjects. Horror is the genre I write under, but I add bizarre qualities to my story lines. I love the gothic feel and try to add tastes of it.

I’ve been writing strange stories since I was a child, but my first published novel was in August 2011 (Dreamwalker: The Second Plain). The first story I remember writing (I was 6 or 7) was about going to the mailbox and getting a letter from my grandmother, saying she was coming to visit. It was all fiction, my grandmother never sent letters and never announced when she would be coming, she just arrived. What really pushed me to take it seriously was wanting to share the way I see the world.

When a character comes to mind, they are intact with their name already. It’s as though they introduce themselves to me, and then tell me their story so I can share it with everyone else. I’ve tried changing names, but they never work out the way the original name.

Not really. The only collection/series I have is Circus Tarot, which is a trilogy; Circus Tarot, Page of Buckets, and the 3rd is not finished or titled as of yet.

Stories come to me in mysterious ways. I get my inspiration from watching people interact with each other, places that absolutely make the hair on the back of my neck stand-up (which are a lot of places), or things that are just ridiculous (like the giant inflatable pig at my workplace became the inspiration for the villain in Dreamwalker: The Second Plain and Circus Tarot came from an ad for Ringling Bros. Circus on TV). Shadows and darkness lend a lot of inspiration, what’s hiding outside of eyes reach?

Anyone who enjoys a dark and twisty story with great characters.

I ask for them, but not everyone comes through. I’ve used a few different websites and have been successful with getting a few, but not as many as I would like. The best review was for Circus Tarot posted on Amazon). I’d never seen anyone so passionate about reviewing.

A story to me is sharing an experience with someone, and giving all the details so it is like they saw the events first hand.

I’m currently poking around the third and final installment of the Circus Tarot trilogy. It’s been put on the backburner for long enough.

Since I have a full-time job, my schedule can be on the hectic side. I scribble things on my notepad after meetings, sometimes during, and try to make sense of them later. During lunch, I write as much as I can, then again before sleep at night.

I use Facebook, Twitter, my blog, other Indie Author promotion sites, and my blog to promote my work. Quotesrain will be a nice addition to the mix, and I will definitely refer people to it.

Thanks to everyone for all the support during this journey.