The Author

I was born and raised in Whittier, California. At eighteen, I went to the college as far from Los Angeles as I could and still be in the state, Humboldt State University. I graduated with degrees in History and Psychology as well as a teaching credential. Then I earned a Masters in Instruction. Over the next twenty-five years I was a teacher, presenter, consultant and teacher trainer all across the United States.

I started writing historical romances on a dare. One day I couldn't find anything new to read and Joy, the love of my life, suggested a historical romance, Jude Deveraux's The Princess. I enjoyed it and started reading more. I realized that most of the SF, comedy, Historicals, and mysteries I liked had a romance in them: the Dorsai series, the four volume Man of his Word fantasy series, The Sebasitan St. Cyr series, The Dog Tails mysteries, even P.G.Woodhouse's Leave it to Psmith and Richard Powell's comedy Don Quixote, U.S.A. I have been a Napoleonic enthusiast since I was young, so the Regency period appealed to me.

I read a few excruciatingly bad romances, amazed that they'd been published. So one day, I said, "I can write better than this" as I flung one such book in the trash. Joy gave me that look of hers. "So, why don't you?" The rest is history...romances. I found the Romance genre quite a challenge. I discovered there is a lot more to them than flowery words and kissing. Who knew?

I chose the time travel romances because it allows me to show the contrasts between time periods in a way a straight-forward historical can't. So much of a period's culture is common knowledge and often unconscious. No one would think to describe or discuss universally shared beliefs and conventions. It is rather unnatural to have characters discuss such things as why there is a commode cabinet in the dinning room or why there were women following the army on campaign. It is hard to avoid weird information dumps. But plop someone into that culture from another time and contrasts, culture shock and explanations ensue. I find it a lot of fun, though I enjoy writing ‘straight’ historical and contemporary romances too.

I also chose time travel stories because of a personal frustration of mine. In too many novels, the time traveler realizes they have traveled in time one page after it happens and accepts the fact in the next paragraph. I try for a more realistic approach to such an impossible and cataclysmic event in a person’s life.

I write because it is fun, hard work to be sure, but enjoyable. My wife provides a lot of inspiration. My goal is a simple one: Provide an entertaining reading experience.

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