I joined the U.S. Army in 1985, at the age of 19 to be a cavalry scout. The official job description read 'reconnaissance specialist' and I had no idea what that meant, but I was young so tanks and guns sounded cool. I enjoyed my career, during which I was deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Storm. I also met my wife, Brooke, during my time in the Army and we are still married and best friends to this day. Eventually, time and age caught up with me and I retired from the U.S.

Army in 2008, after a fantastic 23-year career. After retiring, I found a job that matched my skill set, and then I was approached by another organization offering much better compensation for virtually the same job. Taking that job was an easy decision. However, it was a new team and it failed to meet expectations, which resulted in me being laid off at the end of 2011. I had never really been forced to inventory my individual skills and desires to figure out where I excelled and what I would enjoy doing. Writing had always come easy to me and I enjoyed it, but serious writing was always on the 'someday' list. Someday came at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 when I figured out that writing is what I want to do. I started Echoes of Immortality, in December 2011 and published it on Brooke's birthday in September 2013.

I also wrote a 100-page screenplay during Script Frenzy in April 2012, titled Echoes from Enchantment, which is the back-story for Echoes of Immortality, and is expected to be released in Summer 2014 as the second book in the Echoes Trilogy. Another day job found me in the spring of 2012, but I am plugging along and plan to eventually shed the daily grind in favor of the glamorous life of a full-time writer.