I did a Q & A for The Big Thrill, the International Thriller Writers magazine, talking about Sunset & Jericho, the Wakeland series, my writing process, and more. Adam Gill’s questions were thoughtful and worth sharing. When you first created your protagonist for this book, did you see an empty space in crime lit that you wanted to fill? What can you share about the inspiration for that character?
Thanks Sam. A Vancouver friend of mine turned me on to Ross Macdonald years ago. Turns out my friend’s dad was a friend of MacDonald’s and he remembers walking the beach at San Diego as a kid, with his dad and Macdonald. I passed the Montechristo article on to him.
ps. As a Wiebe I'll assume you have a Mennonite somewhere in your background. As an aside, I had once imagined writing a crime novel based in the mixed Mennonite-German-Austrian community I grew up in on Vancouver Island. I did write a few chapters but who knows where they are now. Your series has me feel like itching that scratch again...
Thanks Sam. A Vancouver friend of mine turned me on to Ross Macdonald years ago. Turns out my friend’s dad was a friend of MacDonald’s and he remembers walking the beach at San Diego as a kid, with his dad and Macdonald. I passed the Montechristo article on to him.
Very neat!
ps. As a Wiebe I'll assume you have a Mennonite somewhere in your background. As an aside, I had once imagined writing a crime novel based in the mixed Mennonite-German-Austrian community I grew up in on Vancouver Island. I did write a few chapters but who knows where they are now. Your series has me feel like itching that scratch again...