Driving around Myrtle Beach in a convertible during the Summer Tourist Season may seem like a dream job, but there is a lot to the picture than meets the eye. Fighting traffic jams, waiting for elevators in crowded hotels, and dealing with impatient customers are all part of the delivery driver's life. During my 20+ years of delivering pizzas in such diverse places as Champaign, Illinois (home of the University of Illinois) and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (a special place where "Sex on the Beach" does not necessarily refer to a mixed drink), I've pretty much seen it all. Cruising around with the top down made the job a lot more fun.
After seeing what I've seen and experiencing what I've experienced over the years, the time had come for me to write about some of my experiences. Sitting at a table at a Deja Vu Showgirls club in Hammond, Indiana, where I celebrated my birthday in July of 2008, I whipped out a pen and a sheet of paper and began to write what became the outline for my first novel, "Topless Delivery - The Myrtle Beach Experience". Here I began to reflect on my delivery and management experiences...the good, the bad, and the ugly...and searched my mind for those experiences that would be worthy of sharing with the world. A friend of mine asked me to write down everything that I really want for my life. After about four months of reflecting and writing my story, I used the novel to write down all of my desires in life, from the kind of job I really want to the kind of woman I want to marry...in great detail. My narrator is the kind of man I want to become.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum. After I had completed "Topless Delivery", I realized that there was indeed more to the picture than meets the eye. A few months after I completed that novel, I wanted to write another novel...picking up where the first novel left off. I recently completed a sequel to "Topless Delivery", called "Forever Autumn - The Myrtle Beach Experience Continues," to answer the question, "What happens to a delivery driver once he hangs up his delivery bag for the last time?"
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