How I Chose My Collaborators - Part 2
In the first half of this discussion I talked about collaborating with my wife Helen and how much of an impact she's had on my writing. Today I would like to introduce you all to my other cohort in crime, mischief, nonsense, lunacy, chaos, and other things too numerous to mention, as well as writing. Richard Caminiti and I go back as far as Levittown Memorial High School (Go Panthers). Mind you shortly after we graduated the school was closed. Coincidence? You decide. I cannot count he number of hours Rich and I spent together both in and out of school. We shared a number of interests such as science fiction, the paranormal, and a number of great friends. He was also involved in the Nassau County Auxillary Police and still has his badge from those days. But when I left Levittown, Long Island (New York State), in 1985 I lost touch with him an so many others. So I was not there to watch him rise up through the ranks from...