I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

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He attended local public schools in the Bronx hated the experience and was bored in class. Before becoming a writer he worked odd jobs including driving a cab moving furniture busboy potter woodworker and door-to-door salesman. Phoenix AZ: Oryx Press.

He lives in Seattle Washington with his wife Carolynn.