Like a Rush Without the Risk

Q: I read your book a few months ago and really enjoyed it, but now I see you have a New York Times review. You should be very proud. Your book is great. Reading your book is like getting all the rush of gambling without having to lose any money. I can relate to almost everything in it. I am a gambler and have gambled in the Florida casinos, though now I live overseas (military). I think I remember you from the casinos. My name is ___ . I am Haitian, very tall, and have a shaven head. I was a school teacher for a while and I think we talked about that a few times? Your photograph looks very familiar and some of the adventures in the book are very familiar. Do you remember the tall transvestite M_____ who used to gamble there all the time? She was a trip. How come you did not use her in the book? I read an episode you wrote about her or someone very similar to her on another website. The website is asili and the story was called "Pretty Birdy". It was a great gambling story, why didn't you use it in the book?

A: No, I cannot say that I remember you. I'm scratching my head thinking, but your name and description do not ring a bell. Sorry. But I do remember M____! I believe that she was a transsexual, not a transvestite--though I have no hard proof. The story you are talking about was only loosely based on her, and I did not use it in the book because my editor and I decided that it did not fit the book's overall direction. There were many such episodes that had to be cut, a few of which were published elsewhere.

I like what you said about the book. "All the rush of gambling without having to lose any money."

Why don't you write me a review on Amazon?

Thanks,

Preston