Contemporary/Literary
Date Published: 6.27.19
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
“I don’t know how and I don’t know why, but I think I died today.” So begins the complex and mysterious journey of Gavin Goode and his family. What happened to Gavin and why? What secrets will emerge along the way? Frankie, his wife and a dress store owner, feels guilty, but why? His son, Ryan, who owns an ice cream parlor, and daughter-in-law, Jenna, who is a bank manager, are expecting their first baby. How will this trauma affect them? And what of Rosemary, Frankie’s best friend? Or Ben Hillman and eleven-year-old, Christopher? How are they implicated in the events that unfold around Gavin’s misfortune? This is a story of despair and hope, dreams and reality, uncertainty and faith, humor, secrecy, forgiveness and beginnings.
Interview with David B. Seaburn
As a
writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
I have never thought of any of these, but
if I did have a spirit animal, it would be a giraffe. Or a hotdog.
How
many hours a day do you put into your writing?
I don’t write every day. I write three to
four times a week and the amount of time varies—2-4 hours.
Do
you read your book reviews? If yes, do they affect what you write in the
future?
I do read my reviews. Happily, the reviews
for Gavin Goode have been, well, good. Once when I get a lukewarm review, it
affected me so much that I considered not writing again at all. Reading reviews
is dangerous business!
Do
you leave hidden messages in your books that only a few people will find?
I have words and phrases that may have
meaning for me, but no one else. It may be a word that my father used frequently,
or a address that has meaning for me.
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in “Gavin Goode?”
The main Character—Gavin
Goode---wakes up one day and thinks: “I don’t know how and I don’t know why,
but I think I died today.” His wife, Frankie, has a dark secret that she fears
has contributed to her husband’s terrible situation; their son, Ryan, is
struggling with a new business and depends on his father for guidance and
support, both now missing; Ryan’s wife, Jenna, will eventually have a problem
pregnancy and a life threatening delivery of their first baby. There are other
interesting characters, such as an AK-47 rifle whose thoughts the reader can
hear; a close friend of Frankie, who has an unlikely drug habit; and a father
and son whose secrets hold the key to the entire story.
Can you tell us a little bit about your next books or what you have
planned for the future?
I have recently started writing my
eighth novel, which has the working title, “The Broken Pieces of God.” Like
others of my novels, the characters are ordinary folk who face the often
extraordinary challenges of life. In this case, the challenges of a changing
local economy, the demands of illness, and the presumed power of a religious
statue.
Do you allow yourself a certain number of hours to write or do you
write as long as the words come?
It varies. I write for short and
long periods. The key for me is that I stop writing when I know what I am going
to write next. That makes it easy to start when I sit down to write again.
Do you have a certain number of words or pages you write per day?
No, it varies. Sometimes I may write a few pages; other times I may work for a
few days on a single paragraph.
What inspires you to write?
I think writing and storytelling is
all about making meaning. To me, in whatever for it takes, making meaning in
life is the most important thing a person can do.
Would you rather
Read fiction or
non-fiction?
Fiction
Read series or
stand-alone?
Stand-alone
Read Science fiction
or horror?
Neither
Read Stephen King or Dean
Koontz
Not a fan of either, although Stephen King’s book on writing
is excellent.
Read the book or
watch the movie?
Read a book AND watch a movie.
Read an ebook or
paperback?
Paper back.
Be trapped alone for
one month in a library with no computer or a room with a computer and Wi-Fi
only?
Hmm, tough question; I need the computer to write, so I
would choose the latter.
Do a cross-country
book store tour or blog tour online?
I am doing the online tour right now, so I’d love to do a
cross country tour.
About the Author
David B. Seaburn’s first novel, Darkness is as Light, was published in 2005. He followed with Pumpkin Hill (2007), Charlie No Face (2011), a Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award in General Fiction, Chimney Bluffs (2012), More More Time (2015), and Parrot Talk (2017), which placed second in the TAZ Awards for Fiction (2017) and was short listed for the Somerset Award (2018). Seaburn’s upcoming novel, Gavin Goode, will be released in June 2019.
Seaburn is a retired marriage and family therapist, psychologist and Presbyterian minister who lives in Spencerport, NY with his wife, Bonnie. They have two daughters who are married and three wonderful grandchildren. After serving a rural parish for six years, Seaburn entered the mental health field. He was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center for nearly twenty years. There he was Director of the Family Therapy Training Program (Psychiatry) and Coordinator of the Psychosocial Medicine Rotation (Family Medicine). He also taught, practiced and conducted research. He published over sixty academic articles and two books. In 2005, Seaburn left the Medical Center to become Director of the Family Support Center in the Spencerport Central School District, a free counseling center for students and their families. Seaburn is currently a writing instructor at Writers and Books in Rochester, NY.
Visit his website at www.davidbseaburn.com.
Read his Psychology Today magazine blog at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/going-out-not-knowing.
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