Having had no more than a smattering of classes at Pierce Junior College, my qualifications as an author are nil. I am eighty-eight years old, and my only degree is 98.6. I have been, as it were, t...view moreHaving had no more than a smattering of classes at Pierce Junior College, my qualifications as an author are nil. I am eighty-eight years old, and my only degree is 98.6. I have been, as it were, trespassing on the hallowed ground of the literati. The joy of writing, of creating characters out of thin air, has come to me as a complete surprise. Other than the A+ I received on a story written when I was thirteen, I have no laurels establishing my credentials. I have, however, met a lot of folks of every description over these eighty-eight years that I have drawn from to create my characters.view less