WRITING: I was always attracted to crime and mystery novels, so I guess the the first novels I really took an interest in were by John D MacDonald, and his Travis Mcgee novels. At the time I worked for Eastern (...)

What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?

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I was always attracted to crime and mystery novels, so I guess the the first novels I really took an interest in were by John D MacDonald, and his Travis Mcgee novels. At the time I worked for Eastern Airlines and had a lot of down time between flights arriving at the gates. Many of my co-workers would find novels left by passengers and knowing I enjoyed Detective novels would bring them to me. About 1984, Eastern sponsored a slogan contest, for the North Eastern district and I put together a slogan along with a co-worker and won the contest for that division, my slogan was displayed on ticket counters across the Eastern region for that year.