The northwest corner of Yellowstone Park is closed for bear management, and Rachel, a bear biologist, is discovering some very startling animal behavior—grizzlies denning in June, swans at their wintering grounds in summer, what appear to be Irish Elk, an extinct species, with huge palmated antlers. There are also horrific mutations in the young—elk calves with no front legs, earless bear cubs, and eaglets without wings. What has gone wrong? Why is this area closed? Who’s covering up these animal abnormalities in the Park?
A non-stop thriller set in some of North America’s wildest country, In Velvet takes you deep into the hearts of a hard case local detective and a Chicago cop as they take on a corrupt sheriff, a pathalogical poacher, and a lethal black ops manager to solve this ghastly mystery and restore the natural order in Yellowstone National Park.
Author Interview
Hello, and welcome to Roxy’s
Reviews.
Thank you so much for taking the
time to visit with us today.
1.
Tell us a bit
more about your writing process.
As a writer, I try to start with strong, complex characters and a “rich stew” — that is to say, a situation with conflict, emotional intensity, and the potential to evolve in unexpected ways. Once I have that, I write, then rewrite, then rewrite again.
2.
What inspires
your writing?
3.
What advice would
you give to aspiring writers?
I’d advise them to keep writing. My experience writing novels has been that as
I write more and more, I become a better writer. I feel more confident about my
writing; I know when something is working and why, and I know to keep writing
until I get there; and, unlike screenwriting, when I do get there, the final
product, good or bad, is what I want it to be. So my advice to an aspiring
author would be – even though it’s often difficult to get a first novel
published, even though there are rejections from agents, even though there are
days when you hate what you’ve written, keep writing.
4.
If you could turn
any novel into a movie, which would you choose?
I’d love to turn my own novel, In Velvet, into a movie.
5.
Who are some of
your favourite authors?
My favorite authors include: Ross
MacDonald, Stieg Larsson, Scott
Turow, Ross Thomas and James Welch (The
Indian Lawyer).
6.
What is the best
advice you received in life? And what is your secret to success?
I can’t really point to the “best advice
I received in life” except to say that as a young man, the cumulative effect of
talking with people I respected was to choose work that I loved, however
difficult that might be. And there is no secret to my success except keeping
after the things I wanted to do – persevering when there were rejections,
disappointments, and results I didn’t like.
7.
You have
accomplished so much as a producer, writer and running an investment business.
Have you ever thought of penning an autobiography?
No, I’d rather not write an
autobiography.
8.
When you are not
busy doing one of the above. What can you be found doing?
I’m an avid and passionate fly fisherman.
I try to fish at least 30 days a year, usually on the Madison River in Montana.
9.
You have worked
with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Tell us more about your time spent
as a producer.
It was a lot of fun to produce movies
when I was a young man. A newcomer to
Hollywood, I approached writers whose movies I loved –movies such as Klute, Two for the Road, and Ordinary People
–and worked with those writers and others, including working with Ross
Macdonald, a legend in crime fiction, on his only screenplay. This was the “New Hollywood” and the movie
business was full of very smart, articulate and artistically innovative people. So the quality of the conversations about
movies was very stimulating. But in the early eighties, the movie business
changed – movies were being made for younger audiences - we had children, and I
decided to do something that would allow me to spend more time with my family.
10. Are you currently working on any special projects, writing or
other? Can you tell us a bit more about them?
I’m working on Teaser, the sequel to Inside Passage, and the second book in
the Corey Logan Trilogy. As described on
my website: www.burtweissbourd.com Teaser, the sequel
to Inside Passage, takes Corey and Abe into the interconnected worlds of
private school kids and the runaways who roam Seattle's streets. Billy attends
the Olympic Academy, where two friends, Maisie and Aaron, are experimenting
with sex and drugs. They've become close to Star, a streetwise seductress who
leads them down a treacherous path. Despite the best efforts of Abe and Corey,
Maisie is abducted by the diabolical “Teaser,” a man determined to take revenge
on her father, his former cellmate. Teaser is a mystery to everyone except Abe
and Corey, who alone realize what they must do to rescue Maisie. They contrive
a plan that shocks even them.
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