Finding Inspiration

View from Pelican Beach, Cypress Island, San Juans, WA

I find it odd when readers ask me where I get my ideas. But maybe that’s just me. I have always said that I don’t expect life to be easy or consistently pleasant, but I darn well expect it to be interesting. And I do my best to make it that way.

I sometimes work as a private investigator, and although the jobs can be more mundane than the average person would like to believe, I do encounter a lot of situations and interesting characters the...