Tim Chapman Writes About Sweet Home, Chicago
Tim Chapman is the author of A Trace of Gold. You can find out more about him here, see his books here, and read his latest post here. Over the last thirty years, I’ve worked for the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Tribune, and Chicago City Colleges. I’ve drunk Prosecco in her overpriced restaurants and G&Ts in her jazz clubs. Chicago is the standard by which I compare other cities when I travel. When I write my little stories, Chicago appears as one of the characters. A while back, I was asked to write a short essay about using place as character and…