About Me
Writer
Storytelling is like baking bread. It requires mixing life experience with structure, kneading it gently, dusting with humor, then kneading/resting/punching/rising and baking.
I conquered improv, performed standup, and acted in a movie. I studied ballet, piano, violin, French (which I've mostly forgotten), crochet, and woodcarving.
I spent a few years as Chairman of the Board for a symphony, volunteered at a library, and spent eight weeks unable to speak due to laryngitis.
To round things out, I also studied neuro-linguistic programing, interpersonal communication, human reaction to change, and (just for fun) string theory.
Every aspect finds its way into my writing. If you're writing, your experiences should find their way in too.
Electrical Engineer
A couple degrees and twenty-six years later, my career took me on intellectual rides solving complex conundrums. They ran the gamut from technical, logistical, process modification/creation, program execution (on time/on schedule/on spec), proposal development, and profit/loss to solving personnel problems, managing change, setting visions, and building teams.
As the problems became larger, my need for knowledge expanded. Solutions required educating myself in the areas of mechanical engineering, software engineering, simulation, optimization, project management, and a few topics I'd rather forget.
Artist
I'm a horrible artist. Can't draw, can't paint. But I do it anyway.
Partly because it's good for the brain. Mostly because, no matter how bad the result or difficult the process, I learn something.