Bryn: What started you writing fiction?

David: For decades I told and taught. Some subjects were the martial art Jujitsu, massage, relaxation and various subjects in police work. I had little interest in writing fiction. I retired from police work after almost 29 years in 2004. In early 2009 my first book, Wisdom is the Answer, Common Sense is the Way, was published. That’s about simple and relaxing tactics to live better. I was bragging to a friend about it. She had written a romance novel that was published by one of the big houses. She teased me. “Oh yeah, now try writing a romance.” 

Being a stoic American male, I took the challenge. 

Bryn: What kind of characters appeal to you?

David: Personality: Independent but not stubborn ones. Who can do things for themselves yet seek help from those close to them. No whiners or those who wallow in self pity and cry, “I can’t, I can’t.”

I like feminine women who are strong and can take charge. Men who are strong but can soften up and be in touch w/ their feelings.

Bisexuality is my theme in writing so men & women who go both ways, even if just a once in a blue moon event.

Physically: Slender to medium build men or women; athletic. A cute ass will lure me every time!

 Bryn: Are you comfortable writing bi women as well as men?

David: More than comfortable, I enjoy it. I’ve done little of it, but it’s fun to get into the heads of others. Try to learn their perspectives.

Bryn: What else do you particularly enjoy writing about?

David: I like writing commentary but with a moral, lesson or advice. I feel we are overloaded with information and left with, “Ok, now what do I do?” I take information from my first book, and inject it at the end of my commentary. So if there is a problem with ethics at a company that makes the news, instead of just bemoaning those corrupt people, I ask readers to look at their work situations, especially if they are supervisors or owners to see if they are ethical and fair. I present the question: “How Can I Be Better?”

Thus, I like to help people live better lives. Even in my fiction I add learning tools such as a troubled character learns the value of deep breathing, meditation, massage, acupuncture, etc.

 Bryn: Are you a very relaxed person in your own life then? Or have you learned these things in self defence?

David: I am relaxed but I had to learn it. I was born east-coast, hot-headed Italian.

I was such a schmuck that many people didn’t like me. When I was 28 I couldn’t stand living with myself and I asked myself to move out. GRIN.  I returned to the martial arts, that was a turning point for me. I had to learn to let the past go, keep the lesson, leave the pain.

For almost 30 years now, I am relaxed and in control. I keep an active child inside of me and let him out as much as possible.

As all authors we start with what we know. For me, one part of my life was being a police officer for almost 29 yr in San Jose, California, USA. Like the character in the story I was a pacifist who didn’t like guns and I thought the odds were I would never shoot anyone. I am bisexual and most police departments in the 1970s would not hire you if they thought you were gay. They didn’t note a difference between being bi or gay. Height discrimination was till a major issue. The legal standard of a minimum height was removed by the US Supreme Court but the predjudice lasted for decades. I am 5′4″. Good thing I had a good muscles build and had two years of Jujitsu under my belt when I was hired at the tender age of 22. Here is the blurb.

 

Sean Patton is a pacifist who doesn’t like guns but knows that statistically few law enforcement officers ever shoot anyone, so he plays the odds and loses. When a wife beater shoots him on a domestic-violence call, Sean is forced to shoot back. While his bulletproof vest saved Sean, it couldn’t shield him from the posttraumatic stress. His hidden bisexuality raises the stakes to risk his career and mental stability. As far as women go, he’s committed to being loyal to his loving and supportive girlfriend, Debbie. But can he swear off men? He’s knows the drive is inborn. How can he tell Debbie about his other side and still keep her? You’ll feel the heat when Sean makes love to his gay friend from college and later with his lawyer girlfriend in the shower. A tryst with his male supervisor furthers the adventures.

 Buy it here!

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