I moved to the west coast in 1975 and worked in the entertainment biz, reading 'go' scripts for two Academy Award winning cinematographers. Consequently, my writing career began with screenplays; I hung out with screenwriters, going to the Writer's Guild for talks and films. Robert Town, writer of Chinatown, was especially influential. He said that if you wanted to address a controversial subject, place it within history to soften the controversy, so as to get the message across. My series of books, Destiny's Consent, is historical fiction about a woman of Rom against th more...