Author of ‘Where All Roads Lead’
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR STORY IS ABOUT?
This entry into the growing epic/cozy hybrid sub-genre tells a rare tale in the realm of fantasy – One about the emotional lives of the people within the story. But wait! Aren’t there kingdoms in peril, treasure being sought, an evil destructive curse that must be vanquished?! There certainly are, but those elements are presented within a story about the people who participate in the story, rather than the cold fulfillment of a prophecy that any character from Beowulf to Luke Skywalker could be plugged into. Our adventures begin while following a very-RPG party on their latest perilous quest, one that makes them realize something seldom ever explored in fantasy – The fact that they have perhaps grown too old to be living the risky life of the adventuring road. As our lovable rogues settle into “retirement” in a sleepy town, they find themselves urgently called back into action, and we are swept along with right alongside them.
Filled with crackling romances, lovable characters and plenty of action, ‘Where All Roads Lead’ is at heart about the thing that we all seek – A place to call home.
WHAT SETS YOUR BOOK APART FROM THE COMPETITION?
The book breaks from the pack in that it is a very diverse and progressive entry into the fantasy genre. Persons of many colours and sexuality are positively represented throughout. Also, the characters don’t live chaste lives, they have sex lives attached to their swooning romances. You know – like the grown adults actually reading the book. Apart from these glaring but welcomed differences, the book, and the series to follow, has what all fantasy fans crave – a fully fleshed-out, lived-in world that has an intriguing back history, is populated by a good many of our favorite fantasy peoples, a logical and easily understood new magic system that is fully incorporated into the world-building and a sense of humor that is both broad and wry peppered throughout. One reviewer called it, “the perfect blend of Lord of the Rings and Ted Lasso”.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOURSELF?
I’ve been writing since I was little – stories, songs, my own comic books – but it wasn’t until I turned to screenwriting at 20 that I found a way to really express myself. A friend and I wrote a couple of Next Gen spec scripts while they where still in production and we got a nicely worded rejection letter on Star Trek letterhead. In the decades since, I’ve optioned screenplays and pilots in Hollywood and in Canada, garnered several accolades from screenwriting contests, all the while continuing to try my hand at long-form prose.
‘Where All Roads Lead’ fulfilled that lifelong dream of being a novelist, and there is certainly more to come on that front. My plan is to work across genres, to write a little in every category of fiction – something I realize most people don’t do and likely I will only be able to get away with because of my screenwriting.
My next book is a hard-boiled detective thriller that takes place in a fictionalized version of the Toronto Goth community that I hang out in. I’m also working on a punk album that will likely record in the fall of 2024. I guess I can sum up by saying I’m left-handed, a Virgo, very much a cat person, a good dancer, can feed nearly 100 people in less than 30 mins (Chef-ing kept the roof over my head all these years), I say Who over Beatles or Stones when asked and I’m very, very glad I got to keep my hair.
ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA ? WHERE CAN OUR READERS FINS YOU?
Your readers can connect on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube and visit my Author Page on books2read.com.
I’ve also recently opened a profile on Substack, where you can read of how I got a ‘Thank You’ letter from King Charles III after sending him a copy of my book!
