Look and Listen

Biography

Writing Credits and History BOOK CREDITS:    Auto Repair Shams and Scams (Forward--Ralph Nader), 1990, Price Stern & Sloan, Los Angeles--226 pages, non-fiction, consumer warning book.  Garage Sale Mania, 1988, Betterway Publications, Crozet, Virginia--190 pages, non-fiction book—1988. Word Wars, a SF novel, to Rain Publishing, Canada—May, 2007.  Once Upon a Goddess, a Fantasy novel, to Rain Publishing, Canada—January, 2008  Planet Janitor—Custodian of the Stars, a SF novel sold to Engage Books, May 2009 Gate Walker, a Paranormal Fantasy, sold Lyrical Press—January, 2009. The Wolfen Strain, a fantasy thriller sold to LBF Books, February 2009   MAGAZINE—SHORT FICTION: Stellar by Starlight, to Amazing Stories, 1988. The Lonely Astronaut, to Amazing Stories, 1988. Temperamental Circuits, to Gordon Linzner of Space & Time, 1989. Things that go Clump in the Night, to Richard Fawcett of Doppelganger, 1989. Dance the Macabre and Dance it Well, to Erskine Carter of Ouroborous, 1989. Future School, to Chris Bartholomew of Static Movement, January 2006. The Incredible Mr. Dandy, to Not One of Us. Planet Janitor The Moon is not Enough, to Engage Books, 2-12-2012 Other magazine appearances from 1988 to 1991 include, Alpha Adventures, Small Press Writers and Artists Organization, and Sycophant, and four non-fiction articles to Dollar Stretcher Magazine   RADIO PLAYS: The Summit, 15-minute horror play to Night Sounds, Embassy Cassette Inc, Santa Ana, California—1990 Night of the Moa, 13-minute horror play to Night Sounds, Embassy Cassette Inc, Santa Ana, California—1990.   AWARDS: Finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, for Temperamental Circuits, 1987. First place, grand prize winner in the YA novel writing contest for Entranced Publishing.   JOURNALISM: 350 newspaper profiles, stories, and interviews to Sunset Publishing, Anaheim, California, appearing in The West Coast Jewish News, The Senior Citizens Reporter, and The Military Review.  From 1988 to 1991. CONTENT WRIING Over 1,500 non-fiction articles for major content site, including subjects for automotive, home and garden, engineering, marine, aircraft, construction and machinery and off-road vehicles and trailers. Grammer score = 4.2, with research score of 4.4   ORGANIZATIONS/POSITIONS: Served as content editor of Sunset Publication (see above) for three years.  Responsible for all writing assignment content, filler and artwork.  President and founder of Heartland Writers Group, Huntington Beach, California, from 1987 to 1991 AGENT Presently represented by the Sara Camilla Agency. Books in Agents inventory include Dispossessed Incorporated, Fusion, Screamcatcher, The Girl They Sold to the Moon, and The Ice Age Discoveries of Hemet California.

Inspiration

My inspiration comes from the late great Poul Anderson and Alan Dean Foster. They instilled in me a wonder about science fiction.