Okay, funny story. When I was about 11 years old, I was watching a detective show on television. I hadn't ever been so involved with a show like it since McCloud was on in the mid-'70s (and the only reason I watched that show was just to see the flashlight intro). Anyway, this detective was also a magician. Too cool. I might have been influenced a little by Quincy, M.E., but just the same, I thought to myself, 'I can do that!' So, having tried it (a detective story of course, long abandoned), I think I might have proven to myself that writing is fun.

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