Style: Novels, Short Fiction

Interests: His children and grandchildren, art, history, anthropology, archeology, biology

Samples:
  *  Excerpt from Dreamstorm
  *  Star Trek short: The 31st Rule

When I was younger I always enjoyed reading the bookjacket bios of my favorite authors. It seemed that the prerequisites for being a famous writer were to have had about a dozen different jobs and to have experienced the full spectrum of the "human condition".

Now when I look back on my own life I see that I have been a librarian, a clothing salesman, a police officer, a draftsman, an HR manager, a juvenile crime authority, a healthcare executive, and an artist. I have been married for twenty-eight years and have three daughters and two grandchildren. My marriage and family alone have provided me the true essence of the "human condition" not to mention the various careers I have successfully pursued.

I have always had a great love for books. I've been a Science Fiction and Fantasy fan since reading Asimov's Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter in grade school. My interest in writing stems from my great love of science fiction and fantasy. I have built my own worlds and my own tales of the human condition - and now I want to share them.

Favorite Books/Links

Any list of favorites is too short, and would change depending on what day you ask. Today it looks like this:

Fantasy:

• Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
• The Earthsea Trilogy - Le Guin
• The Amber Series - Zelazny
• The Rift War Saga - Feist
• The Shadow of the Torturer - Wolfe

SciFi:

• Dune - Herbert
• Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein
• The Mote in God's Eye - Niven/Pournelle
• Ender's Game - Card
• Steel Beach - Varley

Horror:

• It - King
• Interview with a Vampire - Rice