Connect with the Author

So that’s it, the trilogy is complete. Thanks for taking the journey along with Cephas, Martha and everyone else. It’s been a journey for me, too, and I hope that your journey has been as personal as mine has been. Part of the fun of writing is letting little pieces of yourself slip through into the characters and the background. If you want to know me, look for song titles and lyrics and movie references that I’ve hidden here and there along the way. More importantly, look for all of the Bible references, there are a lot more hidden in there than you see at first glance!

People often think that an author must naturally identify most closely with the main character, particularly when a book is written in the first person. There are a few experiences from my own life that made it into his life, but I don’t want to say that I identify most closely with Cephas, except in one key regard ... as good as Cephas is at puzzles, it’s the ones that he messes up that make him the most human.

There’s a little Cephas in all of us.

One last thing … it’s been suggested that since I’ve gone to all the work of creating this world, that I should keep writing in it. I think I can do it … but I’ll need some encouragement! If you think I should add to the story, send me an email (puzzlemasterbook@gmail.com).