The Business Of Writing

I was drawn to writing like a moth to a flame when I found I had the gift for describing places and people. I mostly found myself wanting to live vicariously through others with my quill. So, I began with writing about my environment which at the time was Hollywood in the early seventies. I wrote about the restaurants I ate in, the bars I drank in and the people I associated with at parties. I was captivated by the rich texture that we call life; and at that time, my life was filled with the zest and vigor that only the everyday Joe dreamed about. So, I ended up filling many spiral notebooks full of experiences-- some were good, and some were just downright unfortunate. From these notebooks I was able to put together my first story that I ended up selling to the New Yorker. This was followed by numerous letters to Penthouse Magazine. Eventually, I penned my first novel Hot Days And Hollywood Nights and the rest was history.