"Rich", I'll say again, that I'm not a huge reader (damn Internet and real life keeps me away most of the time), but I have to say that I've been absorbed in your fine work! Steinbeck has been my favorite, and you have a stroke of his fine visuals. Your prose is also quite cinematic at times, which really adds to the story -- as I try to visualize how it would appear in a film. I'm not quite finished yet -- have about 80pp to go -- but I'll say you've done a fine job indeed. But I gotta see how it ends first Kudos!