Writing has been a journey in self-discovery where flowers in scented fields became more appealing than flowers in air-conditioned shops.
My career evolved from an impoverished childhood in the Chi...view moreWriting has been a journey in self-discovery where flowers in scented fields became more appealing than flowers in air-conditioned shops.
My career evolved from an impoverished childhood in the Chicago inner city to a lifestyle of comfort in commodious downtown high-rises and international locales. A professional profile depicts service in the U S Army as a military and a civilian operative, an information technologist, and an international consultant. It has been humorously suggested that work experience as a project manager preparing status reports was ideal training for a fiction writer. This is arguably true in a sense because the research and communication skills required for this position are assets in presenting information interesting, clearly, accurately, and concise.
The factor of 2: I am two people, who I was, and who I am; embodied in 2 people, a son and a daughter.... From a 'perfect' family ----2 brothers, 2 sisters, 2 dogs, a Father with 2 jobs and a Mother who was 2 people ---- my mother and best friend.
I am presently terminally single, successfully managing Depression and resisting the inevitable sentence of senescence.view less