Look and Listen

Biography

You might say I was born a writer; my storytelling career started as soon as I could talk. At age six, I discovered "share time" and my imagination was off and running. I persisted in the invention of fantastic stories throughout my childhood. I honed the practice as a teenager in a most often vain attempt to impress the girls. I grew up in Compton, California. I was nineteen, and trying to distance myself from the gang life, when I met the woman I would marry. Short of my twenty-first birthday we eloped and began a life together that has endured for fifty plus years. Our children came quickly; five in all. The commitment of marriage brought the realities of life into sharp focus for me. I was not able to pursue a college education, but I read, wrote and dreamed nonetheless. During a span of fifty odd years I have read voraciously. Twenty years ago I had the time to take my writing seriously. I have attended adult education classes and completed a course of study with the Long Ridge Writers Group. I continue my education at every opportunity. To date I have completed one novel, soon to be released, and published a collection of short stories.

Inspiration

Many different writers have influenced my style. Mickey Spillane, John Sanford, Lee Child, Stephan Hunter, Ernest Hemingway and Louis L'Amour to name a few.