Attended Indiana U. and UCLA. Employed as well site petroleum exploration geologist. Retired from TRW Space Park in 1992. Bought Windsong Ranch on the Cumberland Plateau in 1994. Have been writing since 1977. Took creative writing classes for four years at Saddleback and Irvine Community Colleges. Published "Bleed County" and "Eyeless in Luminary, magical realism genera, and a chap book of poetry, "Inside Out". I belong to three writers groups here in Tennessee and support the entree of new writers.