Look and Listen

Biography

My life certainly didn’t pan out the way I had expected. I fought for my life and nearly died from cancer at the age of 23. From that point forward, everything changed. However, change is like a glacier and it moves at its own plodding pace.

My experience with cancer taught me a valuable lesson – don’t allow life to just “happen” around you. Make changes, take risks and be true to your own heart.

After 11 years, I’m finally acting upon those lessons learned. I left a comfy career in my hometown to travel the world as an enterprise consultant. My wife and I lived in Vietnam for a month while we adopted our son. And I’m now listening to that ever-present voice telling me I’m an artist. Words and stories are my craft, and I hope you find some joy and surprises in my fiction. I’ll leave you with perhaps my all-time favorite quote that personifies how I feel when I write:

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” -Maya Angelou, Poet

Inspiration

My inspiration to write comes from a very deep and quite real NEED to create and share stories. I often refer to myself as a "storyteller" and I think it is a fitting title. As far as specifics, I draw inspiration from my own imagination and my life around me.