My mother was a writer. She came close to being published, but never made it. Strange, but she didn't encourage me to write or read. At age 15 I was writing poetry that I hoped would become lyrics and would be picked up by some of the rock and roll artists of my day--Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Buddy Holly, etc. The comic books ads lured me with the coupons "turn your poetry into lyrics." They were scams and always wanted money. I didn't have any. With the fading of that dream, I didn't write until I was 28 and then it was non-fiction for denominational magazines and business publications. I self-published a book in 1974 in conjunction with my ministry of holding bus ministry seminars for churches.  In 2009, I co-wrote a devotional journal, The Great Adventure, under contract with Barbour Publishing. In April, 2011, my first historical fiction was published by Bound by Faith Publishers. I am busy marketing this book at this time. I love speaking to middle and high school creative writing classes and writing groups. I want to encourage them to exercise their God given talent of writing.

All of my achievements, certifications, and awards came from my years as an insurance agent/financial planner. The most reward from my writing is that Night of the Cossack is #22 in the action & adventure category on amazon.com and #28 in Historical fiction.

I will be doing a amazon.com book launch on Dec. 8th. I speak whenever and wherever I get a chance.

Night of the Cossack
This is my book site, which I hope will soon be the home of my blog, which currently is on Blogger.

The Write Trail
This is my blog where I interview other authors and writers and occasionally post information about my journey. Visit and register to follow.

The Genesis Project
This is a site that tells of my life journey in the hopes of helping others who were sexually abused as children.

Night of the Cossack
This is my Facebook book page. I hope you will visit and like my page. Send me a friend request.