Month: February 2022

For some inexplicable reason, at the age of 52 I have decided to try my hand at golf. I have never really played golf—maybe the miniature kind now and then, and I think once like 15 years ago I might have played a round of actual golf really poorly. So believe me when I say, I suck at it. I’ve been hitting a local golf range for about two weekends now as I am in no way ready to actually play the game of golf. Still, I’ve been going on each weekend morning around 6:45 a.m. to hit a couple …

Where did you get the idea for this novel? You know, I wish I could remember. I just know that I wanted to write a story about a young man struggling to overcome a health-related issue and somehow rising above it to realize some kind of destiny. I didn’t set out to write a superhero origin story; the story just kind of evolved into that. Right now my writing is very much geared toward fantasy, and for now I need to follow that path, so even when I have an idea about overcoming a health issue, it blends with my …

This morning I did something I haven’t done in a while. I went to my community’s skatepark in the early morning – before the kids and teens get there – and just had some fun riding my old school street board around the park. Didn’t do tricks (I don’t know how to Ollie or any of the other tricks that come once you learn the Ollie). Quite honestly, at this stage the best I can do on a board is cruise and carve. I also have found the skatepark a little intimidating because I’m not a skilled skateboarder. I didn’t …

It has been a busy summer with the release of my book, Guardian’s Nightmare, through my publisher, Divertir Publishing. I have enjoyed doing a series of book presentations at local libraries throughout the Valley, to the Brawley Rotary Club, and a book signing in San Diego. I have appreciated all the support and again I would like to thank all of those who have purchased a copy of the book. But Guardian’s Nightmare is only one reason the summer has been busy. For two years I have been working on a young adult book that I have given two working titles to—Recipe for a …