Inspiration swirls around us as we wander through life and I often find myself heeding its call to create. I write, I sculpt, I cook, and I build things. Each process speaks to me in different but satisfying ways.
I grew up in Santa Paula, California, “Citrus Capital of the World.” After graduating high school, I attended the University of California at Riverside, California State University Humboldt, and Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. Over the years, I’ve worked a variety of different jobs: stock clerk, farm laborer, janitor, pot washer, computer programmer, bicycle mechanic, systems analyst, agricultural inspector, information systems administrator, and probably a couple that I’ve forgotten. Today, I’m happily married and live and write in Prescott, Arizona.
Like my work experience, my writing doesn’t stick to one thing. Inspiration for my first book, The Road to Glorieta, came during a discussion with my ageing mother. She mentioned that her grandfather was a Confederate soldier, killed in the American Civil War while serving in New Mexico. That was all that she remembered, but it was enough to launch me into a couple of years of careful and extensive research that culminated in my book.
You never know when your muse will strike. Puffernut Flies South resulted from an afternoon walk when a missing-pet flier caught my attention. Tacked up on a telephone pole I stared at a picture of a jaunty cockatiel along with the caption, “Lost Puffernut.” It wasn’t long after that I was typing away.
I have a great passion for travel and Boomers Away grew from journals that I kept while on a ramble around the world with my wife, Denise. That trip was one of the most significant experiences of our lives and we felt compelled to share it with others. If you haven’t already, take a look at the photo gallery in the Boomers Away extras section for a glimpse of our journey.
Gods of Rain and Blood is another book that travel inspired. Unlike Boomers Away, it’s a work of fiction, but at its core it’s still a book about exotic places, cultures, and adventure. I’ve lived in Mexico, and journeyed extensively in the areas depicted in the tale. To wander among Maya ruins is to be surrounded, on all sides, by stories waiting to be told.
I grew up in Santa Paula, California, “Citrus Capital of the World.” After graduating high school, I attended the University of California at Riverside, California State University Humboldt, and Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. Over the years, I’ve worked a variety of different jobs: stock clerk, farm laborer, janitor, pot washer, computer programmer, bicycle mechanic, systems analyst, agricultural inspector, information systems administrator, and probably a couple that I’ve forgotten. Today, I’m happily married and live and write in Prescott, Arizona.
Like my work experience, my writing doesn’t stick to one thing. Inspiration for my first book, The Road to Glorieta, came during a discussion with my ageing mother. She mentioned that her grandfather was a Confederate soldier, killed in the American Civil War while serving in New Mexico. That was all that she remembered, but it was enough to launch me into a couple of years of careful and extensive research that culminated in my book.
You never know when your muse will strike. Puffernut Flies South resulted from an afternoon walk when a missing-pet flier caught my attention. Tacked up on a telephone pole I stared at a picture of a jaunty cockatiel along with the caption, “Lost Puffernut.” It wasn’t long after that I was typing away.
I have a great passion for travel and Boomers Away grew from journals that I kept while on a ramble around the world with my wife, Denise. That trip was one of the most significant experiences of our lives and we felt compelled to share it with others. If you haven’t already, take a look at the photo gallery in the Boomers Away extras section for a glimpse of our journey.
Gods of Rain and Blood is another book that travel inspired. Unlike Boomers Away, it’s a work of fiction, but at its core it’s still a book about exotic places, cultures, and adventure. I’ve lived in Mexico, and journeyed extensively in the areas depicted in the tale. To wander among Maya ruins is to be surrounded, on all sides, by stories waiting to be told.
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