At the moment, single-pedestal oak, stained a warm brown, five feet wide by almost three feet deep. The drawers are that deep as well. Two small drawers at left and center, three taller drawers down the right side. On it are The American Heritage College Dictionary (4th edition), Pressfield's The War of Art, Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary, Stanbrough's Beyond the Masks and Hemingway's Complete Stories: The Finca Vigia Edition.

When I was five, I began describing things I saw from the side window of the back seat of my father's '57 Chevy.

It's a collection of short fiction. I enjoy writing short fiction because it's a dying art. However, I'm also working on a post-apocalyptic novel that contains not even one zombie, vampire, etc. Humans are difficult enough without throwing in things that can't be killed or won't remain so.

My good friend Harvey Stanbrough led me to Smashwords. He insisted. Here I am.

The challenge of saying things in a new way. The knowledge that a great story will stick with the reader.

Whatever story occurs—the world is full of them, you know—and that novel I mentioned. Or another one.

Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Jack Williamson.

The lack of whiskey or the lure of the pen.

Fishing, hunting, experiencing life and doing everything I can to annoy those who believe for some reason they're entitled to a "fair share" without earning it.

It was a silly story about how Capitol Hill was formed. Difficult to recall exact details. I was six.

I sit, I write. When I get stuck, I write the next sentence, then write the next sentence. As a result, my subconscious has realized I won't allow it to get stuck, so it doesn't anymore. I and my friend Gervasio Arrancado have this in common.

Harvey Stanbrough designs all my covers for me, both for ebooks and print.

Anything by my friend Gervasio Arrancado, anything by Hemingway, anything by Ron Wick (I love mysteries but don't care to write them). I also enjoy the poetry of Howard Nemerov, Anthony Hecht, Wilfred Owen and William Baer. I heartily recommend them. If you want to become a great fiction writer, learn the ropes of poetry, and I don't mean broken prose.

What's an e-reading device?

I just write. The more stories and other works I have out there the more easily readers can find my work.