About the author
I'm old enough to have read Heinlein, Laumer, and Norton in their prime, but not Burroughs, Wylie, or Wells.
I live in a shack in the middle of a swamp (rainy season) / desert (dry season) at the end of a dirt road. Generally, regular folks can't find my house, but the government knows exactly where I live.
I have two degrees from accredited four year universities, a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Spanish and French, but sadly I neither program nor speak either language.
Most of the time I'm a farmer, sometimes I'm a construction worker, generally I'm a writer.
In the Spring and Fall, I tend to spend a lot of time in the activity depicted in my photo.
I write Fantasy and Science Fiction novels and short stories. I generally have a target audience in mind when I write and often that audience is not broad. I like action and adventure in my reading and favor it in my writing. If it's got elves, vampires, or unrequited love, I'm not reading it and I sure as the devil did not write it.
I have published fantasy and science fiction across five series and several stand-alone worlds. The Key to Magic is a seven-book epic fantasy. Inconvenient Magic is a comic-fantasy series whose fifth book, Not This Side of Never;, publishes July 14, 2026. The Holes Universe is science fiction built on portal and time-travel through “holes through the universe.” Chronicle of the Rider is fantasy with a harder edge, and Rider’s Fate is being serialized free on this site. The Colossi currently has two published volumes, The Wall and The Factory, with The Tower planned for September 2026.