Look, you can see right up his kilts.

 

So, my new book is out. It’s available as a Kindle at Amazon.com : Angus McHaggis and the Bashful Sasquatch.

Very soon the paperback will also be up and for sale.

After my wife set me up with a wonderful writing space in a corner of our living room where I enjoyed tons of sunlight and kept my SADDs at bay, I managed to turn the Covid pandemic isolation into a full-length novel, with chapters and everything.

So, I’ll take questions now. You, in the back, there, Nurmish. What would you like to ask?

Nurmish: So how is it your wife Carolyn Rose has written or co-written more than 20 books in the time it’s taken you to write 7?

Good question. And I’m sure you’ll be able to hear the entire answer before you’re escorted all the way out of the room. It has to do with how different people channel their creativity and how long it takes some people to nurture their ideas before putting them on paper. But honestly, the short answer is much simpler. She’s an industrious get-er-done driven human being and I’m a lazy sod. Next question? Yes, Glycemia?

Glycemia: Where did the idea come from? A retired professional wrestler private detective? A sidekick, also a retired wrestler of the little-person persuasion? A legendary cryptid who’s being pursued by a missing Sasquatch hunter? I mean, that’s really out there.

It started a year or so back during an acid flashback. (chuckles) No, not really. Its roots are in an ongoing debate between my wife and I about the existence of Bigfoot. She believes it’s possible and I’m a “get the hell out of town with that B.S.” kind-o-guy. Add in a conversation I had with a friend about professional wrestling in the Pacific Northwest in the “good old days” and I employed my usual approach of “throw it up on the wall and see what sticks” and I had the bones of a story. We’ve got time for one more question. Nurmish? How’d you get back in the room?

Nurmish  Fire door. So are you planning a sequel?

Possibly. But you’ve hit the nail on the head with several of the problems. First of all, planning. Carolyn is the planner in the family. I’m the “Get up, have three cups of coffee and see what happens” kind of person. The second issue is with the word “sequel.” That implies I’d have to sit in front of the computer and write another book. As I said earlier, the creative process germinates differently in different human beings. Plus, I’m a lazy sod.

If there are no more questions, I’ll be sprawled on my recliner, munching some jerky and playing online cribbage.