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Everyone knows how to do something. Whether it's painting,
making greeting cards, carpentry, knitting, riding a Harley, or caring for a giant lizard...we've all acquired certain skills
in our lives, and it's only right that we should want to share the results of our hobby and also share what we've learned
about how to do it.
I'm a writer. I didn't know I was a writer until one night
I started an e-mail that became a book. The e-mail was to a Yankee from New York who tried to imitate a southern accent. He
didn't understand southerners, and he certainly didn't understand southern words. I started the e-mail to let him know it
was okay to say "fixin to." The e-mail got longer, and early every morning I added more to it. In thirty days, I had a story.
Mrs. Jimmie Cole, my former English teacher, encouraged
me to keep writing. Betsy Donovan, a good friend and "free advice" editor, badgered me until I filled in more detail. In eight
months, I had expanded and edited so much, that it became a book -- 200 pages.
The Gold Club trial was on television during the time I
was writing, so it's no wonder my characters were pimps, prostitutes, gamblers, and the so-called Dixie Mafia.
I had the book published through Writers Club Press at
iUniverse, and the next thing I knew, I had signed books for four hours with no break. So now you can see how easy it was
to become a "writer." I've included lots of pictures of the book signing, and you can see how much fun I'm having.
"The Big Diamond" chapter inspired me to write the following poem.
The Booster
He was a thief in the night, they say.
Sometimes he was one by day.
Such
a tall and elegant man,
It was difficult to see how he stole and ran.
Eighteen years old, a young man sent to prison,
At thirty, my how he had risen.
In
a world of scams and shams,
He was shrewd enough not to get into jams.
It was obvious that he had good taste,
By the alpaca sweaters stolen in haste.
Shopping
Centers were his pastime,
Jewelry stores, and then the crime.
Through the door, into the mall,
Run to the car, don't take a fall.
Heartbeat
fast, adrenaline flowing,
Diamond in hand, time to be going.
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