Science fiction and fantasy author. Former soldier, former technologist, current skeptic of complicated solutions. I write about humans meeting the impossible.
The Journey
I first wanted to write when I was a young teen. Somewhere I got the advice that to be a writer I had to experience life, so I did exactly that. I joined the Army, saw the world, and earned my honorable discharge. I met incredible people, both in uniform and out. I experienced cultures far beyond my home state of Arkansas. The experience taught me that there are many perspectives, even if only one is right. Take people as you find them and try to understand them. Most importantly, it filled me with stories.
I was always a storyteller—the South is a storytelling culture, as is the military. I’ve got an anecdote for any occasion. Too many, if you ask my friends. The hard part was writing them down.
Now in my 50s? As Doc Holliday said in Tombstone, “I’m in my prime!”
Why Science Fiction
They say to write what you read. I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction and fantasy movies. But it was Orson Scott Card, Alan Dean Foster, L.E. Modesitt, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Iain M. Banks who showed me what these genres could really do. They used alien worlds and impossible magic to examine very human truths.
That’s the power of science fiction and fantasy: we can strip away the familiar and see ourselves more clearly.
For Readers
If you’re looking for stories that trust your intelligence and respect your imagination, welcome home. Adventures without assault. Romance without raunch. Clear moral stakes where choices matter and endings satisfy.
