I was born under a wandering star…
“Lee Marvin’s lyric from the 1969 film, Paint Your Wagon, struck a cord with me and has remained a part of my soul ever since.”
Growing up in Colorado, Scott was introduced early to the cowboy way, as captured in this image of him on the Walker Ranch in Golden, Colorado. Since that time, he has been a working cowboy, an auctioneer, and a chute boss at the legendary Denver Stock Yards. Additionally, he has worked as a welder, truck driver, and a career police officer. All excellent training to be a writer.
“Ever since I was a kid I loved crafting stories.”
Scott’s literary life changed one cold, Colorado morning, when his third-grade teacher, Mrs. Pinkerton, handed out a writing assignment that led to his first action-adventure story. This noirish tale chronicles the pursuit of Oscar Meyer, a wiener that escapes its bun-laden demise, only to experience a tragic death, the manner of which is left to the readers imagination.
It should be noted that this story predates the screaming Der Wienerschnitzel hotdog by at least forty years!
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I like writing stories that are lean and straightforward, the kind that let the characters take the lead.”
Early on, Scott learned that he is mildly dyslexic, which explained his frustration with general spelling, letter reversals, and dropped words. However, back in the day they were not quick to identify this condition in children, so he spent a lot of time being called to sit in the hall outside his classroom, and color pictures for the nice lady from the office. In spite of this difficulty, or perhaps because of it, he was able to harness his creativity and went on to write for police and automotive magazines, and has written several books, including Sowbelly and Sourdough, and the forthcoming debut novel, Tinsel Town Flats.