Greetings, all:

I wrote my first book, "Black, White, and Gray All Over; a Black Man's Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement," when I was 60 years old, even in the face of naysayers who insisted that I was too old and should just relax and enjoy my retirement.

The book is a memoir, and mainly intended for my children, grandchildren--and beyond--to inform them as to just what it was like to be a Black law enforcement officer during an era when neither group of people were particularly respected or cared for by many members of society. I thought it was just an okay book until I began getting feedback from people who told me otherwise. At the suggestion of one of those people, I entered the book into an awards competition. To my surprise, it won. Emboldened, I entered it into others, and when all was said and done, it had won 22 more book awards and was a finalist in 16 others. It was then that I decided to write my second book, "Saint Bloodbath," a True Crime story, which I have entered into this award competition, hoping to catch lightening in a bottle again.

Thanks for allowing me the space to ramble.

Yours,

An old man trying to gain a foothold in a world filled with literary genuises.