It’s been a tough year for everyone. I’ve had it better than most. I live in a beautiful community in a warm part of the country. If you have to be in prison, it’s a pretty nice prison, but like everybody else, I’m sick of it. It’s been hard to concentrate. My previous production, about 3 books a year, has dwindled off. I’m still writing, but at nowhere near the same rate. Kingpin, the latest book in the Kurtz and Barent mystery series, took me nearly six months to write.

However, hope is finally on the horizon. We have two vaccines now, with a third on the way. My wife and I are tentatively scheduled for March 4, 2021. Let’s hope that normal soon returns.