My latest novel is UNCONDITIONAL—a heartfelt story about an indecisive bachelor who adopts his deceased brother’s newborn baby and raises her as a single father.

How and why I wrote it: First off, a bit of a surprise—I'm not a father… So, you're probably asking, "Then why did you write a book about fatherhood?" It's a fair question.

Most stories come to me as fully realized ideas, but UNCONDITIONAL didn't. It came to me in moments.

And that first moment was the ending. I won't spoil it, but it was a scene where the two characters were together—and they had a shared interaction—one that touched me very deeply… But I had no idea who these two characters were yet—or what the story was.

Then a few weeks later, a second moment came to me in another scene. But it wasn’t
yet connected to the previous moment. The scene was where an indecisive bachelor
was heading to a hospital room to meet his just-deceased brother's newborn baby.
He'd been told there were two choices: either he adopted her, or social services would decide her fate.

Being indecisive, he had no idea what he'd do with such a MAJOR life decision… But then he met her. And he fell in love. And for the first time in his life, he had no indecisiveness... He wanted to be her father.

So for the second time in three weeks, I was touched very deeply by a moment that
came to me.

But even more importantly, I now knew who the characters were in the previous moment (the ending). It was a father and daughter. And with that, I had my story.

I’ve never been more compelled to write something in my life. With most stories I primarily write them with my brain. This one I wrote with my heart.

And that's how and why I wrote UNCONDITIONAL.

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I also want this book to be the next movie I make. So if you read it and like it, please give it a review (HERE) and spread the word to anyone who you think might like it. Thank you!