I was interviewed by Steph Cha, author of the Juniper Song series set in Los Angeles, at The Life Sentence, a new website dedicated to crime and mystery writing. We talk about casino life, addition, ghost writing and, of course, bloofing:
Steph: When I went to your Skylight Books reading, you read a passage that involved a practice called bloofing. Do you have any opinions on bloofing in literature? Also, you have a young daughter. Has she read your book?
Jim: Bloofing, or the practice of getting cocaine blown up one’s ass, has been a part of rock legend for decades. In 1992 I read an interview in New Music Express with Faith No More’s Roddy Bottom who reported that his ex-girlfriend Courtney Love enjoyed it. For the previous generation of rock fans, it was Stevie Nicks who purportedly loved to ride the white horse (literally). If nothing else, I take comfort in knowing that Forest of Fortune is at the front of bloofing lit. (It’s certainly a better “how to” than this.) And, no, my daughter hasn’t read it, nor is she ever allowed to, at least not until Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, or Katniss Everdeen get in on the action.