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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.
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 | The Dead Gate (J.J. Eliyas) STORY DESCRIPTION The world of Carn is aflame with war. Six Outlanders, once ordinary college students, have been thrust into an exotic world of intrigue, betrayal and brutality. Now flung to the four corners of this strange world, they must rely on their wit and skill at arms to solve the riddle of this land and find a way home.
And an ageless evil has reawakened, those thought to be enemies have become allies and a fallen brother a betrayer.
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