My vocation for the past twenty years has been selling software and my avocation, off and on, has been writing fiction. I have in the past two years become much more serious and dedicated to my writing. The process has become a habit, much like tuning in to a favorite TV show or enjoying a morning cup of coffee. In fact, I wrote my first novel, The Death Cheaters, while sipping coffee mornings in my local Starbucks in Beverly, MA. I'm compelled to rise at 5:00 each morning to be at Starbucks by 6:00, unpacking my VAIO notebook to begin more...