Fiction is my first love.  Something about being able to delve deeply into interesting characters in interesting situations appeals to me.  How do they react?  How SHOULD they react?  What do they do when confronted with difficult choices we all struggle with like Duty versus Desire? 

An interesting trend I noticed while thinking about some of my favorite books:

• "Shadow of the Wind" is poetry wrapped in a mystery.
• "Dune" is philosophy + religion masquerading as Science Fiction.
• "Stranger in a Strange Land" is a commentary on society and our Mores - also cloaked in Science Fiction.
• And finally "Atlas Shrugged", though thinly veiled is a socio-political masterpiece.

I guess I like the incongruity of Popular Fiction carrying a deeper message to the discerning reader.

My friends often ask me if my fiction is in any way autobiographical.  The answer is most definitely not.  Though I draw from my experiences and people I have met, it is often an amalgamation of skills or personalities that make up a character.  But even then, any similarities quickly end when the characters face their first real struggles.  I am interested not in how people I know reacted, but what would have happened if they had chosen a different path. 

Want a taste?  Click -here- for a couple of chapters of "Cascade".

I've also written about Leadership, Technology, Analysis of IRS, SOX and SEC regulations, and of course written Technical Training Guides.