I have never liked the work of SALVADOR DALI, even though i visited his museum, but it seems to me that he had a subconcious influence on my writting and watercolors. LIKE A FISH ON A BIKE contains a nightmare scene, a flashback from the eternal realm, and a major character, CATFISH who sports a large moustache. POVERTY was also a motivating factor, since i still have those college bills to pay off.

Surviving up until now is my greatest achievement.I have two children and got them through college.I was recently certified as an author by the entire 5th grade class of Ponce De Leon Middle School in Largo, Fl [They loved the book and sent me A FAT PACKET OF FAN MAIL]. If reviews mean anything,check em out at almost any site related to books. I have been awarded the prestigeous "COIN A NEW WORD" medallion, which looks a lot like the new gold dollar except the paint is better,for the word MUBBLED. MUBBLED:"a fish or other underwater sea creature mumbbleing, a mumbbled word in a bubble," I had expected to win the coveted RESEARCH LIBRARIAN AWARD for my ingenious concept of FISHNOTES, but only received an honorable mention.

I should mention that i am also an actor and an inventor. My stage name is Paul Darby.I have an autograph from Adam West[BATMAN] from 1970 and an impressive beer can collection from the same period. I was recently granted four [4] US PATENTS. You can log on to the PATENT OFFICE web site and search the following; corner sink,corner refrigerator,corner cooktop,security window,and view my inventions. My wife attributes my talent as a latent inventor to a chemical imbalance of the brain, my brain. Future events include being a guest speaker for "COLLEGE READS" in November. 450 professors and me! I'll talk about the book and my beer can collection.

LIKE A FISH ON A BIKE!
Please let me finish! Or booksamples.com or just type in my name on any search engine. You can see i've been working the net real hard. Without it a lot of good books would go unnoticed! If Oprah or Rosie call me back, i'll let you know.

LIKE A FISH ON A BIKE!
You can read and view a portion of the book at this cool little site.

The book has 14 watercolor illustrations, and it is as bright as a southern fruit salad.

LIKE A FISH ON A BIKE!
If you search "LIKE A FISH ON A BIKE!", you will also find a link to an excerpt from a work in progress, entitled "LISA DEE!" This story is from a real life incident I witnessed a few years ago. If you are an aspiring writer, I highly recommend this site. If you want to ask me anything, or happen to know which is the longest single syllable word in the English language, you can e/mail me at verdant1(at)gte.net. The correct answer will win a circa 1974 beer can from my collection. Sorry, only one guess per entry and ASK JEEVES submissions will automatically be disqualified. The opinions of the judges [me] will be final. First right answer wins. You must be over three[3] to enter, and a U.S. citizen. Smokers are also allowed to enter. Employees of Verdant Publishing,Inc.,[my wife and I] are excluded.