I write fantasy and science fiction. I write fantasy because it keeps us imagining. I write science fiction because it teaches us to dream about the future. I spent most of my childhood indoors reading, since going outside meant the sun might kill me. Some of my favorite authors are Edgar Rice Burroughs, J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Patrick O'Brian, and Madeleine L'Engle. All this reading made me want to write stories myself, so I did. When I'm not writing, I might be doing one of these other things: oil painting, graphic design, photography, singing, perfecting my Gollum voice for everyone's amusement, or enjoying nature. Once somebody thought it was a good idea to give me a black belt and a teaching license in Shindoryu Aikijutsu. I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana but moved up to Boston to eat snow.