Growing up in Akron, Ohio the author never thought about writing. He worked and attended classes at the University of Akron. He wrote technical papers and work instructions with part numbers and th...view moreGrowing up in Akron, Ohio the author never thought about writing. He worked and attended classes at the University of Akron. He wrote technical papers and work instructions with part numbers and the steps of a process, machine programs for automated equipment, things that make industry go. His family has been an important part of his life and when industry slowed, he found time to write something from imagination, without the order or logic of machine language.view less