Interview with Dale E. Lehman, Writer of A Day for Bones

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to write down A Day for Bones?

The flood that begins the novel is predicated on a pair of actual catastrophic floods in Ellicott Metropolis, Maryland in 2016 and 2018. The HorseSpirit Arts Gallery, the place most of a skeleton is discovered within the wake of the flood, is actual, though its proprietor relocated to Savage, Maryland after the 2018 flood.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to write down?

In fiction, I’ve principally learn mysteries for the previous couple of many years. I used to learn a number of science fiction and a few fantasy, however I’ve had bother discovering a lot that I actually like extra lately.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

Too many. I need to get to Anne Hillerman’s mysteries. My late spouse began on them and mentioned they have been actually good. I’ve been working my approach via John le Carre’s novels, and I’ve a pile of very previous (circa 1940) SF that belonged to my father. In nonfiction, I’m at the moment studying “Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge” by Sir Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke.

What scene in your e book was your favourite to write down?

The scenes I most take pleasure in writing are those the place attention-grabbing characters are doing the work for me. I had a number of enjoyable writing Mr. Jim’s scenes (cantankerous previous coot that he’s). I additionally discovered it gratifying to write down Rick Peller’s interactions with Shania North, a younger lady he met in “Ice on the Bay” and who he’s been making an attempt to rescue from opioid dependancy. The ultimate scene the place Peller introduces Shania to his wannabe girlfriend Joan Churchill was additionally particular, being redemptive on a number of ranges.

Do you’ve got any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so forth.)

Probably not, however I do have a cat that likes to stroll over and lie on my keyboard, which might make writing… attention-grabbing.

Do you’ve got a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

I’m a Baha’i and attempt to stay in accordance with my faith’s teachings. Generally I even succeed.

For those who might select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your e book, what wouldn’t it be?

I don’t know that it’s apparent, but when “A Day for Bones” has a theme, it could be the facility of forgiveness and second probabilities. Specializing in folks’s faults is corrosive, whereas forgiveness is life-giving. I’d be gratified if a number of readers got here away with that message. Other than that, I simply hope you benefit from the story!