I’ve been working very hard on PUSHING WATER and I’m now at a place in the novel writing where I must make some serious decissions about where to take the plot next. For me this is the most difficult part…
Keeping to a schedual
A WOMAN’S HANDS
I watched her from about one shoulder length away. We were in a crowd and she stood in front of me. She was a thin black woman probably about my age. Her hair had been intricately braded with large swells…
DEARMS, JOURNAL WRITING AND A NOVEL
From my journal about the writing of PUSHING WATER April 6, 2007 11:27 AM I had a dream last night. I was a power sewing machine operator again and I worked in a factory with other women. It was a…
ABOUT ‘LOTTERY TICKET ON WHEELS’
I wrote ‘Lottery Ticket on Wheels’ for the Mystery Writers of America newsletter the Noose. Mr. Rich Cowan was a guest speakers at one of our monthly meetings.
LOTTERY TICKET ON WHEELS
Rich Cowan, a 19 year veteran of the NYPD spent three years working undercover with the Gambino family investigating the carting industry. It all fell into place one day when Cowan set out to interview Sal Beneditto, the President of…
Sunday Mornings
Sunday mornings are sweet when our grandson stays over the night before. He wakes up very early some mornings, before the early birds start to sing outside in the park, but we don’t mind. He likes to help with making…