When I was a kid, I taped Walter Payton, Chuck Muncie, Speedy Duncan, and Earl Campbell to my wall—dreaming of the NFL.

In 2018, while working on my MFA, I read debut announcements on Publishers Marketplace whispering, “one day.”

Today, it’s me. Playing Coltrane. Sept 2026.

From the gridiron to the dark streets of crime fiction. ⚡🏈🖤
Playing Coltrane drops July 2026 — preorders coming soon.
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Early reviewers are saying: “I know San Diego… but not the one in your book 😱.”

San Diego shows you one face in daylight. Another after dark.

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My novel Playing Coltrane is coming!

July 2026 from Grand Central Publishing.

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The little things make it stand up.
Word choice.
Sentence rhythm.
Pacing.
Transitions.
Sensory detail.
Consistency of voice.
Rewriting.
And sometime…re-imagining.

Playing Coltrane
Coming July 2026 from Grand Central.

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I can’t help it. I dance when I write.

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What drives your creative voice?

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Let’s go Birds!

That time I went to ask Raymond Chandler, “What would Philip Marlowe do?”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” – Robert Frost

Writing starts with feeling. If it doesn’t move you, it won’t move your readers. Be real. Be vulnerable. Write from the heart.

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Read This Book. It’s genius.

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11/28/1961 @ 2:47 AM

What he said🤝🏾

When the words workin right💨