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THE WINDOW BUDDY

I play bridge weekly, and everyone there knows I write novels. One player, Margaret, said something happened the other day which I might be able to use in one of my books. “About six weeks ago, after a trying day, I poured myself a glass of wine about 9 pm and sat down on my breakfast room stool that faced a picture window looking out at the house next door. It was totally dark in my house except a night light in the hall some twenty feet behind me.”

“I saw the man who lived next door appear in his kitchen window that faced mine. His kitchen had a bar counter and he sat behind it facing me. His house was almost dark inside except for what appeared to be ‘under- the-cupboard-lights,’ dimmed real low. I could barely make him out. I saw him pour himself what looked like a glass of whiskey. For the next few weeks, I got in the habit of drinking a glass of wine each evening. And for some reason unknown to me, he repeated his appearance with a glass of liquor.

I came home from the grocery last week and an ambulance was in his driveway and two police cars were parked on the street. I walked over there and was told he died of an apparent heart attack. I didn’t know him, but I felt I lost a friend.

On the day of his funeral, friends and family gathered at his house. The night before I baked some brownies. I took them over to his house when people started to gather. I didn’t know anybody, and a lady walked up to me and asked, ‘and who are you?’ I hold her I lived next door and she asked, ‘which house?’ I walked to his window in the kitchen that faced my breakfast room and said, “I live there.’ The lady said to me, ‘Oh, you were his window buddy. I worked with him and he told me all about the mysterious woman who lived next door.’"

Margaret had more of the story to tell, but the seed was planted in my brain and I knew I had to create a plot for my next mystery. Margaret was kind enough to give me permission to make a novel out of it. I knew I had to tell the story from the woman’s point of view. After all, it was Margaret’s story. I called up Brenda Sevcik, my co-author for THE TRIGGER EFFECT, and asked her if she wanted to write another novel together. She excitedly agreed.

At this writing the plot has been created and we’re writing the fourth chapter. It should be in print by the end of this year, 2019. I cannot express in words how much fun Brenda and I had writing our last book. Let me tell you, The Thrill Is Back. We have become great buddies. We enjoy each other’s company and love talking about what we’re writing, and sometimes like now, it’s what we’re writing together.

Brenda and I can be seen regularly around Atlanta performing in front of audiences. We act out scenes from our novels at nightclubs, festivals, churches, senior centers and book clubs. We’ve created a loyal following, and we love to entertain them. I owe my incentive to perform to Brenda, who encouraged me to crawl out of my shyness and give the audience something different.

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New Projects

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FACEBOOK CHAT – MYSTERY/THRILLER WEEK IN ATLANTA

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Observations

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