I was raised in a small town and began writing in second grade on a toy typewriter my parents gave me for Christmas. When fate gave me teachers who taught reading through phonics and syllables, I fell in love with the English language, and the affair has never ended.
In my twenties I had the good fortune of meeting an old pilot who had taught cadets flying in WW II and who had then crop dusted following the war. His influence led to my getting a pilot's license and, more importantly, to my writing more...
