All my life, I've played with words and with stories. I have boxes of tablets and yellow pads, and notebooks and scraps of paper with pieces of stories, essays, and general ramblings. My computer has a similar jumble of files. This has mostly been for myself, to satisfy some need to get words on paper. But I've reached a point in my life where I want to do more than write - I want someone to actually read it. I have always been fascinated by mysteries and want to put all the pieces together in a mystery with attitude. I also want to write essays that make people laugh, and think.