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"the story's never been done before to any degree of authentic-
ity", he thought it commercially viable. After discovering that
the rooms at the brothels were equipped with listening devices,
he began meeting the women at other locations on "out calls,"
which he paid for by personal credit card. In 1994, during the
months of January, February, April, May, June, and July, peti-
tioner spent anywhere from 1 to 6 days per month in Nevada on out
calls with prostitutes. He successfully encouraged 10 prosti-
tutes to leave their profession. As of the trial date, peti-
tioner had not yet completed "Nevada Nights, San Joaquin Dawn".
Some time after a contract had been signed for the publica-
tion of "Searchlight, Nevada", petitioner submitted another
manuscript to Northwest for consideration; i.e., "Lightning at
Dawn", which was about 450 pages in length. He was under the
impression that Northwest required a joint venture payment for
first novels only, and that, if Northwest agreed to publish
"Lightning at Dawn", he would have to pay nothing. Petitioner
also attempted to market "Boys and Girls Together", but he ceased
his efforts when he was told that there was no need or market for
short stories at that time.
On May 1, 1996, 4 months after "Searchlight, Nevada" had
been on the market, Northwest filed for bankruptcy protection.9
9Northwest filed for reorganization under ch. 11 of the U.S.
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