My experiences as a cowboy on ranches in Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico for the first half of my life, and experiences as a lawman in the Texas Panhandle during the second half have influenced my first published novel, Hands of Fate, PageFree Publishing,Inc., September 2006, which is available on Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and other major book seller's websites. I am currently well underway with my second novel, Tennessee Stud, which I hope to have published in 2007.

From 1995-1996 I produced and directed four musicals, in which I composed or arranged all of the music. These musicals were produced as fundraisers for local charities, and also the National Make-A-Wish Foundation, and garnered close to $60,000 in donations. For my work in these projects I recieved the Golden Nail Award from the Amarillo Arts Committee.