Michael spent the last 35 years fitting in his writing around job and family obligations. He began writing his first novel in 1978 while a small-town police officer working night shifts. When things quieted down after 0300 AM he would park his police cruiser near an intersection where he could keep an eye on the town and fill his pad up with text. Toward the end of his shift he would go to the office and type it up before heading home. He usually produced about 2,000 words of material per night and the first draft of his first book (Time Loves a Hero- a science fiction novel) more...
