Says one critic of my first manuscript, "The typing was passable."	Five more years of novel writing, and I still can't afford a new shirt.
The real writer at work. Zonk Toner. The Tonerarium, early 80s. Uncle Bob and in chronological order from oldest: Shannon, Chris, Kevin, Tim and Beth. The Tonerarium, Oct. 2004. From left: Chris, Kevin, Tim, Linda, Beth, Bob, Sean and Shannon.	Satoru Takatsuka, friend, college roommate, leukemia survivor. A respectable and loving father to Mikoto and Makato. Who would have suspected? Off to the Pacific Northwest, August 1993.