Bill Nelson Talks First Week of Book Launch

Bill Nelson was born and raised on the Texas Gulf Coast. As a child, Bill grew up spending time at his mother’s house in the city of Houston, and his father’s house on the shores of Galveston Bay. Bill’s father was a man of the sea, and taught Bill how to fish, sail and operate boats at a young age. Like his father, many of his father’s friends were commercial fishermen or involved in the maritime industry. Bill was a child of both worlds, the city and the coastline, which has been crucial to his ability to paint this picture of a way of life, capturing the drama and intrigue of a coastline that is in the shadow of a thriving metropolis. In addition to having written a number of short stories, Bill has also been a professional musician in his life. He is an avid sailor, as well as spending time in the technology world. He raised two children, who, like his father and Bill himself, are very much connected to the Gulf of Mexico. The warm southerly breezes, brilliant sunsets, the coastal food and bar scene, thousands of boats in every shape and color are the word pictures that Bill loves to paint. The specter that is Houston with its bristling seaport, a landscape of glass and steel, money, power and drama, also deeply inform Bill’s writing.