I watch him from a upside down point of view. Suction cupped to the
top of a ceiling I am a baby salamander watching a writer do what he does
best. Sweltered in the hot Florida sun I go into a shady area of
the workspace, under his desk. As I am under there I see pile, upon
piles of paper scattered with ideas some short others extremely long.
I get out from under the desk and go on a book shelf. There I see
books and books and books. One book was called Along Came a Spider,
another called Cat & Mouse, And there is one thick brown
backed book with the title Hamlet across the front.
Now I scatter down to the floor. and to my surprise is a toy truck
and car. I go back on the wall right behind were the author is typing
away on a computer. He's going in an order that seemed endless, typing,
erasing and putting something new, typing, and erasing and putting some
thing new. Every second have a new fresh idea and putting it right on the
computer screen, typing as fast as a speeding bullet. I turn and
look and see a plaque on the wall, it read: The Edgar Award for best
Mystery goes to James Patterson for the Thomas Berryman Number,
1976. I go down the wall to a movie shelf and see movies from sesame
street, to Along came a spider, to Mission Impossible. I turn my
head instantly as I hear the author, “finally” he said to himself.
As he left the room I too decided to leave and go into the florida sun.