John Nichols

I am happily married. My wife, Shawn, and I are blessed with 2 daughters, Amanda and Michelle. Both daughters are through college and on their own, but thankfully, we live close enough to visit often.

I majored in engineering and invested much of my life in product testing, circuit design, and software development. That career has been an adventure but I recently decided to step away to focus more fully on writing. The change is more than a midlife crisis. I am now planning and preparing for the second half of my life, assuming I make it to 112.

I love to garden and never tire of having my hands in the dirt. I volunteer, occasionally, to help others with their gardens. My shop is in a state of constant chaos as I design and build projects. The ladies in my life are vibrant sources of ideas and inspiration. I am an avid “re-cycler” or “up-cycler” and use materials destined for craigslist or the landfill as the basis for many new ideas.

My intentions as a writer are to work hard and create something worth sharing through my blog, my articles, my stories, and my books.

I wanted to be an astronaut but suffer from severe motion sickness so that did not pan out. I got a guitar and a burning desire to play rock’n’roll music for screaming fans but started mowing lawns instead. In high school I wanted to be an auto mechanic and build hot rods.

I did very well in math classes and some well-meaning guidance counselor convinced me engineering was a great place for a math wizard. After three years of college, I realized engineering had nothing to do with driving trains. Through it all, I have always loved telling stories.