'I've written about 1.6 million words as a columnist,' writes columnist Leonard Pitts. 'This 600 or so will be the last. I'm retiring for a few reasons ... My dream was always to write books full time.'
I'm retiring for a few reasons. One is that, while I've managed to squeeze out four novels between column deadlines, my dream was always to write books full time. I turned 65 in October, so if not now, when?
Like Marilyn and the kids for putting up with me, especially when I made our lives the subject of my work. Thanks to my brother from another mother, Howard Cohen, for great arguments. Thanks to my former colleague, Christine Dolen, who, with her husband John, took me — whom she barely knew — my wife and our five kids into their three-bedroom house when Hurricane Andrew left us homeless.Thanks to Dave Barry. When a column starts getting traction, a lot of weird stuff happens — syndication contracts, speaking engagements — that nobody prepares you for. Dave took it upon himself to tutor me.
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