About

JJ Lair 

From hidden secrets to thrilling tales and adventures beyond the ordinary. Blue collar characters caught in twisted tales. These contemporary tales resonate on every page.

I update new blogs, short stories that may become a novel and to-do lists all time time.

My writing space is loaded with history books open to explore. Don’t be surprised if history shows up in a story. I could have any number of podcasts or purchased music playing while I explore this world. 

I try to be part of several writer/critique groups. Over time those groups have dwindled or changed, but I keep writing and meeting with other authors.

Each morning begins with looking up Sally Forth, Pearls Before Swine, Drabble, Pickles, Peanuts comics. 

Music is important for inspiring creativity. The music I look to depends on my mood or scene. I have every Springsteen album and 1980s Blondie. There is always Moby, Ministry, Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Miles Davis. Diana Krall is my chill music. The music library has over twenty-eight thousand songs, there is always something to listen to. 

I always enjoy a Bond film, Billy Wilder directed movies, and the Marvel Universe. If the movie can do what it sets out to do, I may enjoy it. I liked Grease 2 just as much as The King's Speech. 

To write, one needs to read. You can tell from my blog: mixtapeshistory.blogspot.com that I've read a lot of Sophie Kinsella, Jeff Shaara, Joyce Carol Oates, Elmore Leonard, John Gardner. 

I’m a member of a few Arts Councils.