NOTES
Song of The Gondolier came about as a result of the very first piece I ever sent David LaBounty at The First Line. It was based on this:
We went as far as the car would take us.
What kind of car? I didn’t want an automobile. I needed something creative and unique, but not too unique. I didn’t have time to write David a science fiction saga.
How about an elevator car? That was my first idea. Maybe we went as far as the elevator would take us, but we wanted to access the penthouse and that required a special key. How could we get past that and why would we want to? A heist story?
What other kind of car might I use? How about a gondola car? Okay, I like where this is going. How far can a gondola car take you? It can only go in three directions—forward, backward, and down. Uh-oh, I
