The beginning

During high school, I had a tendency to read a lot of books. A good friend of mine and myself were talking one day about some ideas we had for books we would ever write if we could. We both decided 'Why not?' That was when I started to write "Death by Design". It is a mystery about a string of deaths that started ten years prior to when the story takes place.
I have a lot of influences for this book by different authors. Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton are probably highest on the list, but I did not want my book to sound too much like either one, I have been trying to find that balance between suspense and humor.
I know that I said that I started this in high school. You are most likely thinking that it should not take that long to write a book. To be honest, I actually forgot all about it after high school until I found it in a box while unpacking after about 6 years after I had put it away. After reading it over, I decided to take my writing more seriously.