Scif-Fi & Fantasy writer, exploring the depths of insanity and traveling the alternate universes.
So what about story motifs, or themes? Yes, I know I’ve already stated the style of this series may be called Steampunk/Fantasy, even perhaps science fiction. But that really says very little, doesn’t it? I think so. Behind all the characters and the contrivances of the genre, there must be…
My characters. My story. In a way, it feels like I’m a journalist—I feel like I’m describing something that’s already actually happened. And that can be of help sometimes, when something bad is coming for one of my characters I rather like. I just tell myself that it’s already happened,…
When it comes to my characters, I can’t really say I have one ‘source of inspiration.’ because that isn’t true. Most of my characters are an amalgam of many people I’ve known through the years. The black priests of the Cathedral religion are, in away, one of those amalgams. I…
I joined the Air Force in 1971. After enlisting, they made me a small arms instructor. Anyway, I enjoyed the job immensely. I got to shoot with some of the finest pistol shooters in the world at that time on the Air Force Pistol Team at Lackland, and later as…
Back in the late 1960’s in Tucson, Arizona, I was an art major, but I was getting better grades in English and writing classes than I was in my visual arts classes! But for some reason, I didn’t ‘get the message’ one may say. In fact, beyond a series of…