I've been writing since ... well, since before I could write. When I was a toddler, I used to draw squiggly lines on a sheet of paper and insist that I was writing something. Those epics have not been preserved. The desire and need to put words on paper have survived, however.
In spite of which, for a long time I dabbled in writing, fiddled around with it, started stories and didn't finish them. Then I stopped doing even that. Instead, I whined about my desire to be a writer. One day, after listening to me whine, my wife, Leonore, said, "So why don't you write?"
It was as though a light had gone on. Well, yeah, why didn't I write? So I finished some stories and managed to sell a couple of them, and then I finished a novel and sold it to a major publisher. I was a writer. (I'm leaving out the hard parts, but they're rather boring, really.)
The published stuff is listed below. Click on the titles for more information about each work.
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At Home with Solar Energy (out of print) The Dead Hand of Mrs. Stifle Dust Net Once a Jew, Always a Jew? The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed Self-Publishing Tools, Tips, and Techniques When We Landed on the Moon: A Memoir |
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Damon the Caiman |
A very long story — or, if you prefer, a very short novel — combining suspense, psychological drama, and a strong hint of The Twilight Zone. I published it as a standalone e-book. Click here for the details.
In the early days, some of my short stories were published in men's magazines, and I don't mean Playboy. They were all pretty good stories, in my opinion, with science-fictional or fantasy elements, but that wasn't what attracted the editors. Later, I sold some to more standard genre outlets. The e-book revolution has inspired me to put those and a few unpublished stories together as a collection, published as an e-book.
For more details about the collection, click on this link: Earthmen and Other Aliens.