What made you decide to set the book in Queens? The way that first big hill builds suspense and anticipation, then once you go over the top it’s a wild ride to the finish. Then, you reach a point when all is revealed and everything shifts into high gear. Intriguing the reader just enough to keep the pages turning. I love pulling the reader along at an ever increasing pace. The novel has been praised for building on strength and intensity as it goes through, was this a conscious effort or a natural change of pace? I would never have this problem with a screenplay. When I sit down to write there’s a lot of uncertainty and a lot of experimentation to get moments right. I study the work of several successful thriller writers in an effort to improve my work. Novel writing is still a learning process for me. I’ve been writing screenplays professionally for a long time, so I feel very comfortable with the form.
How much is screen writing and novel writing interchangeable for you? Unlike the members of Forty Acres, Martin doesn’t lust for wealth and power and he doesn’t harbor resentment for the white race. They think Martin’s the perfect recruit because of his activist background, but Martin has a strong moral compass. A store front civil rights attorney who gets stars in his eyes when some very powerful black men take an interest in him. Please tell us about the character of Martin Grey. Most screenplays, even if sold, are never produced.
As a writer it’s satisfying to know that my work will reach an audience. I really like that the book is the final product, opposed to a screenplay, which is just one step in a larger process. The people I’ve encountered in the book world seem to be smarter and more passionate than those in the film world. T his is your first novel, so how did you find the experience? Was it anything you imagined it to be? The members of Forty Acres will do anything to stop him. But once he finds out the truth behind Forty Acres, he’s outraged, and determined to reveal their secret to the world. The protagonist is Martin Grey, a young black lawyer who is recruited to become a new member of this group. The black men are lead by a charismatic leader who has extreme ideas of how African Americans can uplift themselves by enacting revenge for black slavery. The slaves are all descendants of former slave owners and traders. Forty Acres is about a group of wealthy and powerful black men who have a secret retreat called Forty Acres where they keep white slaves.
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