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Age: 71

Location:
Aiken, SC

Relationship Status Married

Children: Proud Parent

Occupation: Freelance Writer

Interested In: Poetry, Fiction, Non Fiction

About Me: A wealth of life’s experience, an insatiable curiosity and voracious reading habit has prepared me for the path I have chosen to follow in my later years. Working each day to improve the skills I have developed over the past fifteen years is my primary goal. I have published several short stories in non-paying markets and now offer a collection of short stories in eBook format. Screwing the Pooch is available at Smashwords.com for the paltry sum of $2.50. My novel, The Empty Empire made the cut to the semi-finals of Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel competition. Unfortunately, I withdrew from further consideration for personal reasons. My short story, Hank Straker, SA won honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition of 2007. The forces that drive me are basic in nature: A positive mental outlook, persistence and nose for research. I have studied the marketplace and have a clear view of the audience I want to reach.

What I Write: Fiction...novels, novellas, short stories

Credits & Accomplishments: I have helped raise five children all of which are productive members of our society. I have completed one novel, The Empty Empire, which received good reviews by Publishers Weekly as well as Amazon's top reviewer. Four of my short stories were accepted for publication by The Jimson Journal. To date I have nine other novels under construction.

Hobbies Writing, Reading, Painting, Golf

Music: Rock and Roll of the 1950s and the Big Band sound of the 1940s.

Favorite Movies: The Heist, Open Range, Second Hand Lions, The Italian Job

Favorite Television Shows: Dexter, Sopranos, Supernatural, The Shield, Burn Notice, Raising the Bar, Criminal Minds, House.

Favorite Books & Authors: Greg Iles, Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, James Lee Burke, John Sanford...book written by all the above

Heroes: My Father, Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan, Barry M. Goldwater, Donald E. Mosher

Education: Some College

Income From Writing: No Sales

Years Writing: 20+ Years