Most of my writing over the past 30 years was for business communication. I started my own business in insurance and real estate after college. After 17 years, I sold the business, starting a new c...view moreMost of my writing over the past 30 years was for business communication. I started my own business in insurance and real estate after college. After 17 years, I sold the business, starting a new career. Amongst the trials and tribulations of the career change, I started writing to keep sane.In December 2012, I started my first fictional novel "Duck Hook.” It was a book derived from stress and the desire to write. "Center Cut," the continuation of the Sam Snead Hook story, was started a few weeks after Duck Hook was completed.I enjoy writing for several reasons, but I have to say, one of the biggest is the characters talking to me. I must tell their story. Sam Hook lives in my head and his story consumes my thoughts, as do many others.view less