Writing
At roughly eleven years old, I wrote my first short story about a police tactical team assaulting a middle school.
It took me eight more years to write my first novel. It wasn’t very good. A spinoff of Terry Brook’s Sword of Shannara, in which a group of young teens stow away on a ship, leaving their tiny isolated island, in search of a flower with the power to heal their people. The first draft was 160,000 words. I dropped it down to 125,000. It still wasn’t very good.
I went to college for Professional Writing and graduated having learned a ton more about the craft. I’ve attended seminars, workshops and online courses to better my understanding of what makes story so compelling and maybe more importantly, how I could create that connection for people in my stories. I want to write stories that keep people up far too late at night because they -have- to know what happens next.
Since my first novel, I’ve written eight more novels. None of which I’ve attempted to publish until the end of 2023, when I decided I was ready to make a go of writing books as a career.
My first novel, The Genesis Project, is a military psychological thriller. It was initially published in April of 2024 on Kickstarter, then officially published everywhere books are sold June 11, 2024.
Rock Climbing
Outside of writing, I clear my head and keep fit by rock climbing and running (it doesn’t hurt that I teach fitness too). I fell in love with climbing when my son Matthew joined the Coyote Rock Climbing gym and made the pre-comp team. He’s already much better of a climber than I am. I love every minute I’m in the gym, and moments with him are extra special.
Father
Life threw a few obstacles my way that I never saw coming. Thankfully, despite tough times, Matthew is a wonderful kid and I couldn’t be prouder of him. We rock climb, play video games and go camping together.