Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights:#1 I had no desire to write a novel for the past five years, but out in the desert, between the notes calls and the fear tamped down by Xanax and tequila, the first paragraph of a novel began to take shape. It centered around the bone-white Emser Tile sign situated on a rooftop at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Holloway Drive.#2 I’ve gone five or seven or eight years between books, and I’ve never forced a novel. I write in a way that works best for me, and I never give an audience what I think they might want.