: About Me

Let's see.. about me, eh? Well, in regards to writing, I wrote my first autobiography at age 10 as a classroom assignment and have had the need to write ever since. That same year I was editor of a class newspaper. Years later, in high school I found myself not only the Editor of the Creative Writing section of our school paper.. but also a chief editor for an underground creative writing newspaper that ran for three years. (First as the 'Tamale-Taco Prezz' but more known later as the 'GMBLL Tribune') Mostly satire, parody, that sort of thing. Also took my first stab at a sci-fi romance story that year. (1980)

For a while wrote some theological essays. Not too much readership in that, though I believe in writing for passion's sake, not purely for commercialism's whimsy. If you're going to write, write with substance dammit.

I took my first haitus during the 80's then fired up with a vengeance in the 90's. During that time I wrote about a hundred articles on dating, romance, relationships, etc. Much of it from personal anecdotes and observations. I also took up poetry like a fiend, sometimes scratching out poetry in my car during a rainstorm because that was when the mood hit me. Other times in the late evening.

This followed by another haitus and I am now back to writing, though focusing back to the short story again. I believe the best stories have at least one foot in personal experiences and now that I've been on many adventures I have some fertile ground to plow for many tales yet to be written. But write them I shall as I get the time here and there.

My passion is ...

People, logic, passion, love, cooking, writing, my kids and friends.

I know too much about ...

the pain of love.

My parents always told me ...

that I was the one born with, "the good brain". Ha!

My childhood ambition ...

to write screenplays I would direct into film.

My favorite memory ...

far too many to list.

Why I write ...

mostly, because I need to. I need the carthesis.

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

I don't like most television, refuse to have satellite. I prefer DVDs and Indie films.

My first job ...

Working at a photo hut in a really small town.

My best moment ...

doing the right thing, even though it cost me.

My inspiration ...

in writing.. E.A. Poe, Rod Serling, Epstein Brothers and Hemingway.

Relationships & Family > Friends & Peers (Other) Who make the best friends: Men or women?

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Not to sound immodest but I cannot think of one guy I know who has had as many years of experience with female friends as myself. Over the last 24 years I have had a variety of female friendships under varying conditions . I have had female friends while being married, single and engaged . Some of these female friendships have spanned over fifteen years . What I have learned over these years has come with both heartache and experience. If you find yourself embarking into these waters anew, I believe you would be doing yourself a favor to first take some time now to learn the ground rules a...

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