Going to Nebraska to write and give a talk

There's a book that I've been meaning to write for a very, very long time.  In fact, I've actually written it a couple times before self-publishing, and before I got serious about being published.  It's the story about my life growing up in Nebraska in the '80s with my best friend who had terminal cancer.  It won't be non-fiction book, even though it's taken from a true story.  My intent is to make a novelization of it.

One big problem with this story is that I can't really get into it while I'm in LA.  But I can't wait to get into it whenever I'm in Nebraska.  There's something about being there; about the smell in the air, the reminder of the past, the pace of life, that reminds me of what it was like.  So I've known for a long time that I really just need to be there while I'm writing it.

And so I'm going there for three weeks to work on this novel; and while I'm there, I've been asked to speak at the Lincoln East Rotary Club.  If you're there and you want to drop by, we'll be at Valentino's on 70th Street from noon to 1 on July 3.  At the meeting I'll be talking about my book The Great Heist, and will probably also talk a bit about Pro Bono, as that's a big topic in Nebraska, and my cousin is the one who invited me, and we both grew up with that story.

The timing is also around my cousin's wedding.  He's getting married at the age of 52, and he's also just had his first child.  This cousin was the brother of my friend I'll be writing about; so it should be a good way to help me feel the subject I'll be writing about.