They say you should write about what you know, and that was true with at least one element of my latest novel,Once Confronted.

Once Confrontedtells the story of Madison Craig. Just out of high school and working part-time in a bookstore café, she is the victim of an armed robbery. Just like me.

Many years ago, I was the victim of an armed robbery while working in a bookstore. My circumstances were a little different from Madison’s; her assailant had a gun, mine had a knife; she was working ther...