I was born in a shed out on a farm back in...No, wait, let's try that again. I was born in a hospital in the city of.... Hmm... No, that seems rather dull (well, except perhaps to my mother...)

Let's just move ahead a bit. I spent my formative years (if such they could be called) gasping in the smoggy air of Los Angeles, dreaming of woodlands and castles and dragons (yes, and maidens too...). I finally found the woodlands by moving to Seattle. The trees are still here, at least until the developers chop 'em all down. So Lise and I nuture every little tree that sprouts in our yard, and we now have cedar and fir saplings all over the place. The squirrels love us. So does the moss.

As I was approaching the age of Douglas Adams' Meaning of Life, I realized that my life-long ambition to be a writer was going to be my life-left ambition unless I got off my duff and did something about it. So I dove into my drawer of accumulated story ideas (tight fit, that was…) and selected the most promising of the many thoughts that had germinated over the years and had been unceremoniously stuffed into said drawer. The Road To Kotaishi began as a couple of scribbled sentences and disjointed thoughts about characters, and ended 700 pages later as a "massive doorstop fantasy" novel.

As being a writer is not simply the production of a single work (that would make me only a writer in the past tense, as in "he wrote"…), I embarked on a sequel called The Sands Of Sabakushi. It concludes the stories of the characters from The Road to Kotaishi, unveiling the magic and mysteries from the first book. I have begun work on a third Tonogato volume, bringing onto the stage a brand new set of characters with new adventures to follow.

One of the joys of seeing my works published has been the opportunity to also create the cover art. See "The Covers" link at left for details on the process I used. In addition to my writing, I've been also expanding my skills in 3D computer art, and have been fortunate enough to not only sell a few works at local convention art shows but to also have a number of commissions for book covers and the like. Take a look under the Art link in the menu to see some of my creations.

If you would like to write to me, a link for my email address is below. And thanks for stopping by! If you haven't yet read any of The Tales of Tonogato books, I hope you'll give them a try. And if you have read them, I hope it was fun! I certainly enjoyed writing them for you!