I'm a has-been, would-be novelist, who continues to write to amuse myself and ward off senility. I attended the University of Brett Favre (Southern Mississippi), served in the Army, and worked for 30 years in the Department of Defense. I'm presently retired in Florida and have the distinction of being the only person in my community to have voted for Hillary Clinton. I witnessed a good deal of prejudice and bigotry as I was growing up in Mississippi, and the stories I am currently writing tend to revolve around the racial injustice I witnessed first-hand. Regrettably, but to make my stories truly representative of the times I am writing about, I find I must use the despicable N-word a good deal. I despise the word, as does any decent person, but that's the way we ignorant rednecks talked before we had our epiphanies.