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Gender
Male
Birthday
May 10 1954
Location
Bloomington Illinois. Long to live in New Mexico
About Me
I'm a 20 year Navy Veteran, having served on Submarines from 1974 through 1993, after attending training for two years. I retired from my last career/job on May 2, 2025. I still love to travel, meet new people, and enjoy photography as well as writing. I have no desire to work again, though I miss it, I do miss it.
Type of Writer
Sporadic at best. I spend more time writing/editing course materials at work than I do writing original stories or poems.
Writing Style
Whatever hits my muse to get me going.
Interests
Music (but can't get into today's music, stuck in the 60's through the 80's), writing, travel, meeting new people, helping people, and photography.
Group Memberships
Power Reviewers Group Team Captain, Anniversary Reviews Forum leader
Favorite Books
The Green Mile, IT, Insomnia, When Worlds Collide, The Day Of The Triffids,
Favorite Authors
Stephen King, Clive Cussler, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Arthur C. Clarke, John Wyndham, John Grisham, M. Night Shyamalyan,
Favorite Quote
"We spend our whole lives in unconscious exercise of the art of expressing our thoughts with the help of words." Vincent Van Gogh
Favorite Music
Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Dr. Hook; ELO; The Beatles; Alan Parsons; Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; Enigma; Meat Loaf; Playing For Change; Roy Orbison; The Traveling Wilbury's; Broken Peach,
Favorite Movies
The Green Mile, Groundhog Day, Avatar, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Evan Almighty, Return To Me, The Bucket List, Electric Dreams
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