It was a simpler time. It was a quieter time. A boy growing up in a small Northern California town in the late 1950s was fairly well isolated from the world at large. My 50,600-word novel, Spears Odyssey, chronicles the first experiences of a 19-year old boy as he ventures out beyond the familiar. His name is Chris Clark and he joins the Navy. After boot camp he is assigned to a Navy electronics school in Virginia. His story begins there - in Norfolk, Virginia. "Wanna do it?" In response she hunches up her shoulders and says, "Okay. Where?" Imagine Chris' reaction to his encounter with a girl...
It was a simpler time. It was a quieter time. A boy growing up in a small Northern California town in the late 1950s was fairly well isolated from the...
