Larry TerhaarI was recently honored to win The Literary Titan Gold Book Award for my novel AGAINST THE BLUE WALL. https: //literarytitan.com/?s=Terhaar+ Since retiring from a career in real estate development, I've become infatuated with writing, renewing a childood passion. In 2021, when the Champlain Towers in Surfside, FL, collapsed, I felt compelled to apply my life experience and write about it, resulting in my first novel, OCEANSIDE.There was quite a learning curve, but after working with some professional editors, I wake each morning with a scene or passage that I must get down on paper. As I continue to refine my craft, I've published two private detective novels, the most recent of which won the award.Having been fascinated with ocean sailing for decades, my wife and I sailed the western Atlantic and Caribbean seas many times from Maine to Grenada and everywhere in between. That experience inspired me to write NAVIGATING THE AFTERMATH, again drawing on my knowledge. Read More Read Less