I started writing in the 1960s when I was working for Esso Libya. My assignment was on a drilling rig deep in the Libyian desert and my work load allowed me plenty of free time to write. I started a novel titled, The Queen of Hamburger Row. It's an oil boom novel about a young woman who was forced into prostitution in a lawless boom town. When I worked in Libya I never finished the novel, but kept the partially finished manuscript for 40 years. It is being readied for publishing as I write this.