: About Me

I am currently working on a memoir project and a novel (I'll be in need of an agent when these are ready for publication). I took some time off work to really focus and try to get these two projects ready for the market by the beginning of 2008. I'm interested in Freelance Writing as well, but one thing at a time.

I consider myself a keen observer of people in a sociological sense and find myself writing with thematic patterns that relate to hopeless romantics trapped in bureaucratic systems that threaten to suck the life out of them. My stories are diverse, but this theme is observable.

My memoir project is the result of finally being able to laugh at my childhood. I'm hoping to stretch that ability to relate to more recent events in my adult life as well. I like writing fiction that allows me to suspend current reality to some degree, so I tend to write either futuristic, sci-fi, or fantasy pieces. I think this is a direct result of the fluidity with which I observe the world.

I am a complete cynic, but surprise myself often by contiuing to place hope in others-after all these years!

My passion is ...

understanding how things and people work and fit together

I know too much about ...

Linguistics and Evangelicalism

My parents always told me ...

"Get a job," and "Do the dishes."

My childhood ambition ...

To be an animator

My favorite memory ...

the first time I made love to my current girlfriend

Why I write ...

to share my insights and observations with others

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

memoirs, novels, how-to writing books

My first job ...

construction laborer-I worked for my grandfather

My best moment ...

deciding to go for broke and be a published memoirist/novelist

My inspiration ...

the perception that reality is an ever-changing product of my creation

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Travel

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The brochure said "bear-proof storage" was available. This is a reality check, a truth that militates against the propaganda of children's literature, an invitation to understand that children's books are more entertainment than exposition. Just as an example, consider the infinite patience of parents in such stories-sufficient evidence that children's literature is significantly skewed. Children's books are especially no good for campers. Read children's storybooks and you are tricked into thinking bears and hippos are benign creatures with no more mal intent than steeling picnic baskets ...

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