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Larry Watts

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Larry Watts resides on the Gulf Coast of Texas. As he describes on his blog site larrywatts1@wordpress.com, "I try to reinvent myself about every 20 years. From country boy, to big city cop, to labor negotiator, and now an emerging author."

Watts puts his vast experience from all his professional identities to use in writing novels about social justice and crime. As Rick Bradstreet, former Director of Psychological Services for the Austin, Texas Police Department says,

"Your descriptions of the details of investigations and the details of prison life were very enlightening. I have never seen that level of 'here's how it really works', before. That alone is a big contribution to the literature.

I also appreciated your characters, and how thei
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Larry Watts Once I have an idea for a novel, I discipline myself to write at least a thousand words each morning, usually five days each week until I have a first…moreOnce I have an idea for a novel, I discipline myself to write at least a thousand words each morning, usually five days each week until I have a first draft. Sometimes, when I am not inspired, those words end up on the cutting room floor before the novel is published, but often I find gems in the writing I force myself to do.(less)
Larry Watts I love using my imagination and there is no better feeling than that of seeing or hearing someone read my book and enjoyed the story.
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Now Available - DISHONORED AND FORGOTTEN

A few years ago, while browsing through shops with my wife, Carolyn, in Galveston's Strand District, I found a book of short stories about several Texas crimes and criminals.  One account was of a Houston police narcotics scandal that occurred in 1953. 
As a young officer in 1967 I had heard anecdotal accounts of these events, including stories of an officer being murdered at the central polic Read more of this blog post »
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