I've been writing, or scribbling, since my childhood days, into high school, and then college. Although I took as many creative writing classes as possible, I always knew, however, it would take more than years of dedicated work to become the next “overnight sensation” in the literary world. In other words, I understood that creative writing by itself wasn’t a career track that would help pay the bills. So I bounced around in a few post-college jobs until March 1985 when I started working for Abacus Software in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Abacus Software was a successful publisher of books ranging from computers (do you remember the Commodore 64?) to photography but perhaps gained its greatest success in publishing add-on software and books for Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Train Simulator.

After a stint in sales and customer service, I moved into the editorial department at Abacus where I rediscovered my passion of writing and editing — particularly editing and writing books, manuals, newsletters, blogs, magazine articles, and brochures. In addition to editing/writing books, I also wrote articles and reviews for Flight Simulator World magazine.

I remained at Abacus until the evolving home computer market finally caught up with us and the business closed on December 31, 2012. It was a mixed blessing because even though I knew I’d miss the office environment, it gave me the opportunity to strike out on my own and begin my own “publishing empire.” The first book was The Vodka Story. Since then, I’ve continued releasing other books that you can discover by clicking either RAILROAD BOOKS, AVIATION BOOKS, or ADDITIONAL BOOKS from the main menu bar. I'll be working through the remainder of 2026 releasing and updating many more titles so return often.

When I'm not in front of my computers, I enjoy photography and "film noir" movies. I'm also an avid fan (and part owner) of the Green Bay Packers. Whenever I can, I'll also put away the computers and watch The Flintstones. YABBA DABBA DO!