I developed a fascination for speculative fiction as a boy. Hot Texas summers were filled with baseball, fishing, and reading. In college, I was a mediocore student, studying writing, classical literature, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. Struggling with finances, I dropped out my senior year and enlisted in the Navy, serving two...
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I developed a fascination for speculative fiction as a boy. Hot Texas summers were filled with baseball, fishing, and reading. In college, I was a mediocore student, studying writing, classical literature, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. Struggling with finances, I dropped out my senior year and enlisted in the Navy, serving two tours of duty with the Seventh Fleet in the closing years of the Vietnam War. Afterwards, I returned to school to complete my first degree and subsequently landed a position as a teaching fellow in the English Department at North Texas State University. It was either that or go to Fiji with the Peace Corps. To be honest, I always regretted that decision because I'm sure I would have preferred Fiji.
I have worked as a teacher, technical writer, systems analyst, martial arts instructor, and various other odd jobs. For a while, I thought I might end up as a musician, but music would have been a poor career move, sort of like choosing to be a fiction writer.
My stories are primarily in the science fiction genre, depicting characters under stressful and extraordinary settings. Presently, I write for Bridwell Publishing and Cooper's Press. Cooper's Press is a cooperative publishing venture geared towards speculative fiction.
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