Death Poem - Part 1

In 1983, my former mother-in-law said to me, "Dick, you are so creative and know so much about history, you should write a book. Two months later, she died in a car accident. The following summer, I was driving to Maine on vacation when my mother-in-law's words came back to me. Just like that, I started visualizing a set of characters and sequences for my story. I wrote the first draft. I served as a school administrator for 30 years and had to wait until I retired to begin marketing my story.

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In 1983, my former mother-in-law said to me, "Dick, you are so creative and know so much about history, you should write a book. Two months later, she died in a car accident. The following summer, I was driving to Maine on vacation when my mother-in-law's words came back to me. Just like that, I started visualizing a set of characters and sequences for my story. I wrote the first draft. I served as a school administrator for 30 years and had to wait until I retired to begin marketing my story.

Some of the action occurs during WWI, but it is much more than a war story. It serves as a setting for the riveting scenes and events that follow.

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