1–What is the title of your latest release? SPACE COWBOY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Something is alive on Aletha 3, something that shouldn’t exist, and it’s up to 16-year-old cowhand Travis McClure to stop it before it kills again. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’ve been a volcano fiend since before I could read. It just seemed natural to set this novel on a planet that is covered with dormant cinder cones and lava fields. (If you’ve ever been to Idaho’s Craters of the Moon State park, you will get the idea) 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. Basically, he is me when I was sixteen – except I was stuck on Earth! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Stubborn. Resilient. Questioning. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I had to do quite a bit of research into genetic manipulation and retro-engineering extinct lifeforms from existing genes. And, surprisingly, I learned a lot about my relationship with my own dad and with my kids. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Both. I start…