One of the things I hate the most is writing about myself, not because of any amount of
modesty, rather I am afraid of what it would reveal. 

I work in the mental health
field and teach sociology at Penn State. I have worked as an Assistant to a Juvenile Court
Judge, as a Private Investigator, was Supervisor of a Sexual Abuse Investigative Unit and
I am currently a Director for a large behavioral health provider in Western Pennsylvania.


Onto writing, why do I do it? H. Beam Piper and Poul Anderson, Herbert and
Tolkien, Moorcock and Burroughs all influenced me. I would escape into their pages on
stormy days and be John Carter fighting for the Princess of Mars, or stay up late with a
flashlight and follow Corum or Elric through the ruins of some ancient city. All this
fomented some creative explosion within me, and in turn I am lucky enough to put it down
on a page or scrawl it in paint on a canvas. 

In addition I am Editor of Art and
the Sword, the annual Journal of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States. My
appreciation for the Japanese Sword as Art began in college when I found The Craft of the
Japanese Sword by Leon & Hiroko Kapp, and Yoshindo Yoshihara in the campus bookstore.


I began writing in college. While I prefer the fantasy genre, I also have
interests in Science Fiction and Suspense. I live outside of Pittsburgh with my wife
Arlene, my daughter Aubrielle, two dogs, two cats, and a pond full of many, many Koi.