A life long reader of all variations of the fantastic, I was also merely a dabbler in the field of writing until I made a New Year's resolution in 1992 to write on a daily basis. Since then, while being a house husband and home schooling my only daughter, I have written several novels and self published two of them. My influences range from the Beatles to Frank Zappa, Steinbeck to Stan Lee and currently favor Stephen King, F. Paul Wilson, Jim Butcher and anything else that catches my fancy. more...