Queens NY in the 80s
Settings in my fiction work confound me. I feel as if I can never do them justice. A friend of mine, Jennifer Gracen, writes romance and paints such vivid settings, you can feel yourself being transported into the story. I’m going to try and do justice to Queens NY in the 80s. I was a shy kid, handful of friends. There was no social media, no cell phones, and the internet was still just a handful of supercomputers at the government level. There wasn’t a lot to actually do unless you had a car or money. I didn’t have either. So we did a lot of planning. Movie nights. A group dinner at an inexpensive chain restaurant. Beach trips. If someone in the friends circle had a backyard, jackpot! That was how we rolled. Where we ended up prescribed the rest of our scene. Beach trips were one of my favorite things to do. Long Island has dozens of gorgeous beaches to visit. Jones Beach was a popular place and there was a bus from Queens to get you there....
