1–What is the title of your latest release? FULL BEAVER MOON   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Virginia, late 50’s. Mixed-race boy with aspirations for college inherits a whorehouse, searching the south for a long-lost friend.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? From my previous novel, THE BELLS OF MOSES HENRY.   4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Most definitely.   5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Smart, tender, tough.   6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? How the law swings both ways.   7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Both   8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Anything with salt.   9–Describe your writing space/office! Top floor. Peaceful, quiet, long rectangular wooden table. Windows. Trees.   10–Who is an author you admire? McEwan, Tolstoy, Kingsolver.   11–Is there a book that changed your life? Walden Pond   12–Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish. Birch Brook Press published my first two novels before shutting down….