https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W3MTJJJ/
I Was a Teenage Know Nothing looks like an exciting story. Can you tell us a little about it?
It's packed with a lot of crazy things for sure. Everything about it is true. Me and the M.T.C. or Movie Theater Club were hitting our lest few teenage years together back in the mid-1990's. Most everything made its way into the book. Struggles like being brave enough to date the beautiful young ladies of the time. One of us came to the realization that he was homosexual. I had a girlfriend who had been sexually abused by her stepfather. Beer, cigarettes, drugs, partying, car races, reckless motorcycle riding, and a gnarly motorcycle crash. You name it, its in there. Conflicts? Yup. Resolutions? Most of the time.
Any plans to turn it into a series?
It
was originally going to be one big book but I decided to turn it into two. The second book will be out in 2022. A sequel called "I Was A Teenage Know
Something."
How were the illustrations done in I Was a Teenage Know Nothing?
They're
great, right? Well, I knew the story was
good. I also knew illustrations could
only make it better. So I searched high
and low on the internet and found several artists to help out. They will have some of their works in the
sequel book as well. I would give them
an idea and they would run with it. For
example I had one image I wanted captured where I wanted to see my old
motorcycle, a Yamaha Midnight Virago, turned into a character. A physical representation. Yamaha is a Japanese company so she needed to
be Japanese. She turned out to be
something of a witch because the word Virago, back in the day, meant Banshee or
evil lady of the night. That I had a
special "Midnight" version of the bike solidified the idea even
more. She's in the book wearing a black
dress with gold jewelry. A gorgeous and
extremely imaginative piece. There are
over 30 well crafter images in the book.
Even some comic book style pages with panels. Not a graphic novel. There are so many illustrations in children's
books. Why not have some in my teenager
book?