Born and raised in Michigan, I attended Long Beach State College in California after high school. Moving back to Michigan after seven years, I spent twenty-six years in law enforcement, before relocating to New Mexico and adding another five years with a local department.
I enjoyed writing in high school, excelled in English (although I didn't like the subject). I continued writing the first couple of years in college, and was advised by several people to submit items to publications, although I never did. Then, it was a matter of "life getting in the way" of my writing, and any literary future was put on the back burner--way back.
About seven years ago I was getting ready to give it another go when my daughter became seriously ill and I was derailed again. Finally, last year I took the plunge; I figured God must be getting pretty impatient with me.
I've had a couple of short stories published and won the "Silver Quill Society Best Short Fiction 2011." So, although I've been really slow off the starting line, it's time to get going--to "keep on keeping on."
Current Project
Currently, I'm "amassing" a number of short stories with the ultimate goal of putting together an anthology of the best of them. Of course, as with all writers, the idea of "the great American novel" is lurking in the back of my mind--ideas for said novel already peculating in those inner recesses...