Never really got going on the novel, but I used the typewrit

Never really got going on the novel, but I used the typewriter throughout high school, college and my early professional life. Probably the biggest benefit of learning to type was that I have relatively good keyboarding skills that have kept me going for the last 40 years or so in the personal computer age.

My novel writing urges never really abated and in the late 80s they resurfaced. At the time I was working for Shell Oil Company. This job was pretty amazing in that it was really a 40 hour a week job with relatively few late nights or weekends. I had spare time.

In that time we were members of Pecan Grove Country Club and I played a lot of golf. I would get off work at 4:30, be on the tee box by 5:00 and walk 18 or 27 holds before dark. Worked hard to get my handicap into single digits.

With this spare time I signed up for a novel writing course at the Rice extended education facility. Did about a year and a half under the tutelage of Venkatesh Kulkarni.