I was 2 1/2 when I read it (according to my mother). It was the Barenstain Bears' Big B Book. It got me reading.

I think it was what could only be described as a Star Wars fan fic, only with pictures as much as words (I was about 8 at the time).

My dad was in the military for much of my early life, so we did a lot of base-hopping while I was in elementary school. I did a little bit of fan-fic-like writing, but mainly my first love was (and still is) music. I loved to sing and perform and learned how to play the piano, but not very well. I wrote up to 30 songs from my junior high and high school years, but couldn't find anyone to play in a band with me. That was my main creative outlet. My story writing got destroyed in third grade by THE WORST teacher. My reading of books kind of went that way too. That, and my ADD, and the fact that many of the books in school put me to sleep, kept me from reading as much as I should have. I stumbled onto a Star Wars fan message board right around the time that I decided that the music thing just wasn't going to happen. I began writing short stories on their little fan fic board, and everything seemed to take off from there. The story writing that had all but been destroyed at age 9 came back, and I channeled my music and lyric writing into that.

I began seriously writing around 1999-2000, mainly on the Nightly.net message board in their fan fic board. My first novel was written between 2001 and 2003, with several short stories scattered through that time and for several years since.

I tend to favor sci-fi and fantasy authors, but not always. I like Tolkeen, J.K. Rowling, Terry Goodkind (before he went all Ayn Rand on us), and a few others of that ilk. I really don't read as much as I should.

My alarm clock! That and a wife and kid that need to go to work and school.

I don't have one. I need one. Can you recommend where I can get one?

Lack of any knowledge or help in becoming a non-indie author.

Still working on that aspect of book publishing. I suspect my covers will change from time to time as I hit on better ideas.

I have a novel out in paperback, which I will upload to Smashwords shortly, titled Starchild: Prophecy. Besides putting my other short stories on Smashwords, I am in the middle of writing the sequel to my novel, which will be titled Starchild: Regency

Chaos!