Alan Updyke is a retired journalist. At the time of his retirement, he was the publisher of a community newspaper that reached 10,000 weekly readers.His tenure included photo journ...view moreAlan Updyke is a retired journalist. At the time of his retirement, he was the publisher of a community newspaper that reached 10,000 weekly readers.His tenure included photo journalism, feature writing, and editing. His purpose with the newspaper was to inform the public and to assist his readers in promoting their community projects. He often helped those who suffered personal tragedies by printing insightful reports and promoting fundraisers.His passion now is to write novels that inspire.After more than forty years of working as a reporter, editor and newspaper publisher, his goal in writing is to be provocative, controversial, and insightful.view less