The St. Petersburg Confessions by Ty Hutchinson

Once I had those two elements in place it was just a matter of telling the story and that’s exactly what I did. There are elements of myself in Darby, but I’m not really like him in real life. It’s probably why he’s polarizing for some. It was important that Darby not be normal, like most people. Deciding to take on a criminal isn’t normal. He had to approach problems with unlikely solutions. I knew he couldn’t be like others he had to be different. What if the company had working for them a desperate salesperson that go’s rogue? That’s pretty much how Darby was born. If this person really wanted success, he would have to get creative and try something different. Someone who felt the cards was stacked against him. This would be the doing of one individual. I quickly realized it would have nothing to do with the company. How could a company do this? Why would a company do this? That was my first hurdle. If their product could help organizations like McDonalds or Apple, why not organizations like the Mafia or the Yakuza? From there the story unfolded. I thought it would be funny if a telecom company targeted criminal organizations and sold them wireless business solutions. I should have a brilliant answer but I don’t. People always ask how I came up with Darby Stansfield. Ty Hutchinson writes about the birth of his character Darby Stansfield The series – described as “Tarantino meets The Office with a splash of romance” – is currently available as a bundled set (featuring CHOP SUEY, STROGANOV, LOCO MOCO plus a bonus novella THE ST. Today, we have author Ty Hutchinson featured on the blog’s ‘ Indie Saturday‘ for his Darby Stansfield Thriller Series.

The St. Petersburg Confessions by Ty Hutchinson