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Write.

Want to write a book? Do it!

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Migrant

Migrant could have been just another investigative story of a homicide detective finding a killer in farm country, but this was Salinas, which had, at one time, held the title: Youth Homicide capital of the country.

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Writing In and About Orange County

They say you should write about what you know. I’ve done that with a few books now: Truncated: Apocalyptic and Loving It! and Westgate.

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a book by James Patterson

“The Chef” had a lot more cheese than I was expecting…

“A New Orleans police detective by day and celebrity food truck chef by night, Caleb Rooney has a new title -- Louisiana's Most Wanted -- in this shocking thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.

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Migrant in my backyard

Salinas, California

For many years I’d held onto this image of a Hispanic police officer standing in the lettuce fields of the Salinas Valley while migrant farm workers stood by.

Something had happened that brought him there. What, I didn’t know.