I learned that I like to write when I was around forty years old or young (point of view). As a result, I self published "A Bull in a Glass House" (abullinaglasshouse.com). It is my account and view of the corporate world where I spent twenty years of my life. Or as I like to put it: the true story of an ex-Marine and his battle for sanity in an insane corporate world.

I am here to hopefully get some articles published and keep my writing improving and in shape.

I have three children and I live in South Jersey.

I am accessible and approachable.

My passion is ...

Writing and training

I know too much about ...

Human nature if that is even possible

My parents always told me ...

Grow up

My childhood ambition ...

To grow up

My favorite memory ...

The birth of my daughters

Why I write ...

I am transported when I write

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

I am reading Plato's Collected Dialogues (not an easy read)

My first job ...

Security guard

My best moment ...

Still working on it...

My inspiration ...

The ability to live

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Self reflection

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Darkness lives. It doesn't matter whether my eyes are open or closed. Trapped in this cell from which escape is but a momentary thought; a fleeting possibility. I crawl in the dark to all four corners of my world and find only emptiness. My days and nights are spent in search of an opening.

I am lost within the shutters of my mind. I am bathed by the waves of my pulsing blood and my thumping heartbeat is my only ally. Occasionally, a fissure appears on the black walls of my cell and a glimmer of light shines through. I quickly glance at the vague shadow of my existence and it disappears ...

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