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civil rights movement is exploding all
some work done. Writing has never
over the TV screen, and there are the
come that hard to me."
riots in Detroit. It really had a pro-
He enjoyed the story he was
found impact on me, to watch all this
putting together, and felt an affinity
discrimination and bigotry and hatred,
for his characters — so much so that,
and here I had such a close relationship
after a time, they became almost "like
with somebody I thought so terrific.
real people" in his day-to-day life.
So I think I wanted to write this
He didn't join any writers' groups
story about racial tolerance partly
or take any formal writing classes as
because of that relationship, also part-
he worked. And, with one exception,
he doesn't even know
ly because of the
values my parents
any published writers.
taught, and partly
That exception is for-
because of what
mer assistant Wayne
was happening at
County prosecutor,
Robert Wilson — him-
that time."
self a novelist -- who
So influenced
was he by Eliza
Weiss said, offered
invaluable aid all al(),.,
Kinsey's strong
the way, with every-
personality that he
thing from how to get
"modeled one of his
an agent to looking
leading characters
proposals made by the
the
in The Farewell
Principle after his
publisher.
Perhaps one of
now-deceased
Above: Author Steven Weiss has a
friend. The book
Weiss' most helpful
and supportive editors
is also dedicated to big support system. Here,he works
on a new novel with "help" from
from start CO finish was
her memory.
his youngest son.
his wife, Karen, who
Weiss discusses
read the story as it was
honestly some of
Opposite page: Weiss now is
taking
shape, and made
the real problems
rewriting his 'first novel"
occasional
suggestions
he faced as a nov-
on his home computer.
for change. (Sons
elist. "I think the
Mitchell, Bradley,
most difficult part
Daniel, and Eric —
was in the begin-.
who range in age from 2 to 10
ning, when you're
— sometimes lent moral sup-
trying to learn how
port by making an appearance
to keep the story
at their dad's signings, or sport-
moving along and
ing T-shirts emblazoned wit
organized. And the
the book's title.)
dialogue, when I
Whatever became of tha.
first started out, was
first legal thriller Steve Weis
a little hard to keep
stitched together during his
crisp and realistic.
law school days at the
"I did a lot of
University of Miami?
background research.
"Now that I have this
The protagonist, Mo
one out, I'm going back to
Robinson, has a lot
that one and re-writing it," the
of feelings about his black heritage
author stressed. "It's coming along
and culture, and I wanted to express
much better." Ei
that through him. I read Malcolm X
and I read Martin Luther King."
Also, immersing himself in novels
Steven Weiss will be at
of a similar genre helped, he said,
Waldenbooks, Summit Place
especially those of Scott Turow and
Mall, Waterford, on Saturday.
John Grisham.
December 12, from 1-3 p.m
"But, once I got going, I never got
and at Waldenbooks,
writer's block," he said. "It just
Southgate, on Thursday,
flowed. I could sit down and, in an
December 17, from 6-9 p.m.
hour or an hour-and-a-half, really get