I spent my school days in Cleveland, Ohio and joined the
navy during the Vietnam War. During those years, I was
either in military schools or serving as a reactor operator on
a nuclear submarine. Submarine duty isn’t as rigorous as it
once was, but there are many patrol hours aside from the
assigned duties that must be endured. I used to take a gym
bag filled with books and during those ninety plus days away
from home, I lived vicariously with a paperback in hand and
permitted the author to transport me to distant lands and
often in eras far removed from the current day. The reading
habit gave me a solid appreciation for a tale well told and
colorful characters that were well cast for the role the author
designed for them. That appreciation pushed me closer to
the magic line where I decided to become to write stories of
my own.
I became a family man in the late 60’s and with it came
responsibilities and priorities that pushed my desire aside
while I worked to pay the bills and provide financial security.
The creative writing urge first surfaced when I began writing
stories for my children. At my daughter’s request and with the
teacher’s permission, I told stories to her second-grade
classmates. This added to my frustration to write and I
eventually changed jobs, switching from power plant
operator to a business consultant for the utility industry. I
spent years doing technical writing only to find out that
pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs were strictly forbidden,
and prepositional phrases were discouraged. While this
kept food on the table and seed money for a college
education, it inhibited my creative spark.
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Creative writing is my
passion. There's always a
work in progress. The next
one is titled, 'What Made My
Father Cry'. It's a family saga.
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Time passes, but the desire remained and the advent of the
personal computer fanned the internal flame to write. My first
attempt at writing a whole book was a syrupy romance that I
titled: Love’s Sweet Embrace”. If the title doesn’t make you gag,
the writing certainly would. I hate a lousy book. When I looked
critically at my first effort I realized that there was a lot more to
creative writing than banging on a keyboard. I began studying,
and attending writer’s conferences while I continued writing and
applying what I learned.
For ten years, I labored and produced one book after another.
The creative engine roars on and I invite you, the reader, to tag
along with me. I am your tour guide, your safari leader, and I
realize you place your trust in me to spin a tale that’s worth the
expense and time to read. If you’re still not convinced that writing
is my passion, you should know that I’ve sold my books for
seven years. I’m a big guy and I don’t move very fast. So far, I’m
very pleased to tell you—no one has hit me with a tomato for
what I’ve written.
Contact me for author signed copies of my books
at a reduced rate.
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