One of the things I’m realizing as I continue to write the Extreme Medical Services series is that this world has limitless potential for stories. Each book inspires me to create interesting characters for the Dean and Brynne to run into. My creation of James Lee, Brynne’s vampire boyfriend inspired me to write the Prequel novella The Vampire and the Paramedic. The addition of Ashley Moore inspired the latest novel in the series, The Paramedic’s Angel.  Gibbie, the frumpy middle-aged vampire patient, figures more prominently in the new book I’m writing now (hopefully to be released by June 1st). You all, the fans of the books leave me messages on Facebook or in your reviews that you want more of these interesting characters in future stories, or perhaps even stories or series of their own. I wanted to let you Read more…

When writing The Paramedic’s Angel and, to some extent, Extreme Medical Services before it, I always knew I wanted a strong character to represent nurses in the books. I also wanted to have the nurse be some sort of Unusual, a creature of myth or legend. The question was what kind of Unusual should she be. As a nurse myself, I am hyper-aware of how nurses are represented in mainstream media. Often the nurses are peripheral characters to doctors in a storyline. If a nurse is the main character, he or she is represented as a caricature of nursing, projecting nurses as deeply flawed or as people who couldn’t cut it in medical school. I wanted the primary nursing character in the Extreme Medical Services series to be a strong, stand-alone character who represented the true themes and history of Read more…

This is one of those “finally” moments. You know, like you’re finally done! I’ll finally be able to read the new Extreme Medical Services book. Or even, you’re finally posting another blog post here after over two months! Well, I hope this is worth the wait. The cover of the new book, “The Paramedic’s Angel” (formerly titled with the working title “Paramedic’s Folly”) is now out. I worked with Christian at CoversByChristian.com and he came up with the perfect design for the book. The book itself will be out for preorder wherever ebooks are sold by the end of this week. Look for it where you shop normally (Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Nook, Smashwords). The official release date is February 25th, the first day of EMS Today in Baltimore. If you are in the area, look me up on Twitter (@podmedic) and maybe we Read more…

Here’s an update for everyone out there waiting for the next novel to drop in the Extreme Medical Services series. I’m working with my editor, Sam Bradley, and my primary beta reader, my wife, to finalize the rewrite and edits for the second book in the ExMS series. It’s called Paramedic’s Folly. Paramedic’s Folly continues the story of Dean Flynn and his preceptor, Brynne Garvey as they deal with the increasing attacks on their patients, the Unusuals. The Unusuals are the creatures of myth and legend living right alongside the rest of us. The paramedics of Station U are detailed to handle medical emergencies for these patients who used to slip through the cracks of the medical system. Dean works on his conflicts as a new paramedic and with the realization that the world is not what he thought it Read more…