The "Shot Down Big Time" Story

Stuart Woods, relative of Tiger Woods as he claims.

It was an ordinary day.  Just received an email from one of my favorite writers, Stuart Woods.  It was in 1991, while looking for a few novels to take on vacation with me, I found a book titled New York Dead by Stuart Woods.  Thought to myself any book written by a guy who has the same last name as me has to be fantastic so I bought a hard-back copy to take with me.  After reading the first two words …. Elaine's late ….. I couldn't put the book down.  The main character in the novel was a fellow by the name of Stone Barrington who was an ex-cop.  Well, that was almost 15 years ago and since that first novel I have read just about everyone that Stuart Woods has written.  Book series with characters such as ex-chief-of-police Holly Barker, lawyer Ed Eagle and security expert Rick Barron have found a place on my bookshelf as well as on my Kindle.  Stuart Woods, along with James Patterson, has filled my vacation time with countless hours of entertainment as I bask in the Caribbean and New Jersey beach's sun.  After reading my last Stuart Woods novel, Unnatural Acts, featuring Stone Barrington, I checked out all the info at the end of the book and found I can email Mr. Woods.  That's exactly what I did after reading all his notes about what to do and what not to do in your email.  He tells his fans not to send any attachments to their emails since he will not open them.  If I want to point out mistakes in his book, don't send them to him.  He gives an address if you wish to buy TV or movie rights to his books.  And, don't send him any ideas for books; he has plenty of his own ideas and if you have an idea, write the book yourself.  My email I sent told him where I live and that I enjoy all his characters he writes about in his books.  Told him he was the inspiration for how I start each story on my blog which I write daily.  It was an ordinary day ….. much like he began many of his novels in the Stone Barrington series with ….. Elaine's late ….. came about because of Stuart Woods.  (If you have read my stories for years, you probably know that the inspiration for my blog was the movie "Julie and Julia").  I also suggested in my email to Mr. Woods that we may be related to one another.  We are both in the prime of our life, we both enjoy writing and we both share the same last name.  Well, he returned my email in 22 minutes telling me thanks for all the kind words, but he didn't think we were related since he took his stepfather's name and he has no Woods relatives, except, of course, cousin Tiger.  Cute!!  Shot down by one of my favorite authors.  Oh well, I still will purchase his books since I love his characters and the way he writes.  And, "Best Regards" to you also, Stuart.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.