The Chicago Way Is A Wonderful First

Ingeniously Plotted And Executed, Print The Legend Is An Epic Masterpiece From Craig Mcdonald. Beginning To End, I Was Riveted By This Story Of Character, History And Intrigue.

Everybody Counts Or Nobody Counts

I Don't Miss Being A Reporter As A Job, But I Do Miss The Everyday Interaction With The Front Line Of Law Enforcement. I Still Have A Cadre Of Cops Who Keep Me Up To Date, But I Don't Have The Access I Used To.

Maybe It Has Something To Do With Being A Reporter For A Long Time That I Don't Look To Newspapers And Television And So Forth For Inspiration Most Of The Time.

Now I'm Writing About Contemporary Los Angeles From Memory. My Process Was To Hang Out, Observe, Research What I Was Writing About, And Almost Immediately Go Back To My Office And Write Those Sections. So It Was A Very Close Transfer Between Observation And Writing.