: About Me

Hello! Here's a little info about me... I am a Christian; husband; father; writer; athlete; motorcyclist; and 'virtual' native Californian. I played high school and college basketball and took up motorcycling in earnest in 2003.
 
I love to write, and enjoy many types of writing, including copyrighting(business plans, web content and marketing materials); fiction; and consumer-oriented ruminations and recommendations.
 
I am currently at work on my first novel, a fictional thriller about a high-flying technology company launching revolutionary new software that promises to change the way people work and live. The billionaire founder has a vast global empire and exerts tremendous influence over business and government leaders. But what is his real agenda?

My passion is ...

My family; writing; sports & fitness; reading; and motorcycling

I know too much about ...

Basketball & motorcycles

My parents always told me ...

They were proud of me

My childhood ambition ...

To be a professional basketball player in the N.B.A.

My favorite memory ...

The look on my daughter's face upon seeing her dog for the first time

Why I write ...

As a creative outlet to express myself, and it's challenging

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

Political/military novels/dramas & basketball/pop, rock & Christian music

My first job ...

Inventory control

My best moment ...

The birth of my children

My inspiration ...

The Bible

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Suspense

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VIRTUAL CONTROL Prologue The eight men and two women waited in the richly appointed executive boardroom, each deep in thought and restless with anticipation. The room took up the entire top floor of the thirty-story, ultra modern corporate office, affording its occupants a commanding view of Scottsdale, Arizona's McDowell Mountains. At dusk on this late spring evening, the sunset cast a fiery hue of red, orange and pink across the cloudless western sky. Known to Phoenicians as the Valley of the Sun, visitors were invariably struck by the stark beauty of the Arizona desert landscape, and en...

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