Most of all, I'm a curious, adventurous writer, encountering many extraordinary people and places, sometimes beautiful, sometimes evil. And for many years, I'd been describing this passionately and publishing frequently with New York's renown William Morse Agency representing me. As a result, a main stream publisher, The Dial Press, brought out a volume of my "new Journalism" (popular decades ago). And In its wake, I began vigorously free lancing articles and reviews for The New York Times Sunday Book Review and daring reporting soon after for The Nation, The Village Voice and many other publications.But then, unfortunately, I was stricken with a serious illness, ending my writing for a dreadfully long time. Ultimately though, when I at last blessedly recovered, my writing began again, this time deeper, more intense, more heartfelt than ever and dedicated to fiction now, powerful fiction. Sadly however, after such a long time, my relationship with William Morse lapsed. But even more devisting are my lost contacts with responsive editors and publishers, many of whom have retired or are on life support or have passed on. So thank heavens there's self publishing. And my novel, "The Passion Of Anyaskaya", found a home there and a screenplay based on my harrowing adventures, working on the Alaska Pipeline, during its construction, will soon join it. But what most needs attention is the novel I'm presenting now, "Savage Days Haunted Nights".