Inspiration for Mitch's Character

A while back, I blogged about finding inspiration in strange places, such as how the town of Pine Lake was born while I was browsing jigsaw puzzles online.

The character of Mitch Lefen has been in the back of my mind for years now, and the inspiration came before I'd ever thought of Pine Lake.

It all started when I was looking through the clearance books at my local Borders (you know, back in the day when they still existed!), and came across a coffee table book called Rainforest. It had awesom...