Quote “I do have a really cool concept for a future book”: would you care to share some ideas?

Well it’s a secret, but if you promise not to tell anyone… I am thinking about combining some of my screenplays into a book. Screenplays are very visual, and they are short. You can convey a lot of information in a small number of pages.

I love your positive outlook about bookstores needing to stock the new, not the old. I am not sure that I share your optimism, but it is great to hear. I recently interviewed a lawyer, his specialty was intellectual property, and his client list read like a who’s who of the entertainment world, but even he had problems with the bricks and mortar stores. His solution was to visit bookstores near where he lived and try to appeal to the owner. What is your tactic?

It is difficult to break into the regular book store. As an author I push, push, and keep pushing. If I have a gig in a town, I try to get in touch with the local stores. Obviously TV and radio helps. If the store owners hear about you in the media they are happy to stock the product.

Are you going to ever tell your mother about the red scarf?

Absolutely not. My mother is not a reader, I did read a couple of sentences from the book to her, and she was horrified. The concept of her reading the book is out of the question. Oh, and I am not giving you her phone number so you can talk to her!

A final interviewer's note:

I give Ian's book a five-star rating, but do not keep it where your 12-year-old son might find it! If books were rated the same way that movies are, this one would be hovering between an ‘R’ and ‘X’.