I've never been much of a fan when it comes to talking about myself, honestly. You know how these "About Me" pages usually work—they're basically digital résumés where people list all their achievements and try to convince you why they're worth your time. The whole thing has always struck me as a bit... well, self-congratulatory, I suppose. But since you've taken the time to click over here, I figure the least I can do is share a little about who I am and how I ended up writing the books you'll find on this site.

Here's the thing: I'm old. tired. and retired. But you know what that means? For the first time in decades, I actually have time to get back to one of the things I've always loved most—books. After spending half a century staring at computer screens (and I'm talking about the early days here, when monitors came in exactly three exciting colors: white, green, or amber, and the concept of an "image file" was pure science fiction), it was honestly pretty weird picking up an actual physical book again. The feel of paper between my fingers felt almost foreign at first. But funny how quickly that love of reading came rushing back, like muscle memory you didn't know you still had.

Naturally enough, that rediscovered passion for reading started morphing into something else—writing. Though, let's be honest, I'm still doing it the way I know best: staring at that same computer screen, crafting web pages and ebooks that are meant to be read exactly the same way. I might eventually go the traditional route and publish physical copies, but only if enough people seem interested in the digital versions first.

So here's where it gets interesting. Back in 2006— That was 20 years ago, wow, has it really been that long?—I sat down with this grand plan to write a self-help book about confidence. Looking back now, I honestly have no idea what made me think I was qualified to write something like that, but hey, we all have our moments of questionable judgment, right? Anyway, I barely made it through the first paragraph before these fictional characters started barging into my head, basically demanding that I tell their story instead. And when fictional characters start making demands, well, you kind of have to listen.

I began with what seemed like a simple enough premise: two characters, both older folks, sitting around reminiscing about "the good old days" and wondering what it might be like to actually go back and relive them. Pretty standard stuff, right? At first, they felt like your typical American retirees—maybe sitting on a porch somewhere, talking about how things used to be better. But then something unexpected happened. As I kept writing and this woman character started really talking, I suddenly realized she wasn't at all who I thought she was. Instead of some nostalgic grandmother, she transformed right before my eyes into a 15-year-old Japanese girl. And not just any 15-year-old—one living more than 100 years in the future, and not even on Earth anymore, but in some kind of afterlife following our planet's apocalyptic end.

So what do you do when your story takes a hard left turn like that? You follow it, of course. I just kept typing, letting the story lead me wherever it wanted to go. It's honestly incredible how these fictional characters—people you thought you completely made up out of thin air—can suddenly take on lives of their own and start discussing ideas you never would have thought of yourself. Imagination really is this wonderful, almost mystical thing when you think about it. It's given us everything from Superman to Harry Potter—these completely made-up people who somehow become just as real and meaningful to us as the actual flesh-and-blood people we interact with every day.

The book I'm describing, actually a three book set now, is this one. For The Love Of Artificial Intelligence | A NEW EARTH
The story line isn't what you might expect, it certainly wasn't what I expected. If you like post-apocolyptic fantasy science fiction with a touch of spiritual cosmology, you might like it. If you read it let me know what you think of it.

If any of the books or short stories you'll find below happen to catch your interest, just click on one of the cover images and you can start reading right away. Everything here is free to read—no strings attached, no sign-ups required. I really do hope you enjoy taking this journey as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Welcome to my team.

Welcome to my team. I call this page "About Us" instead of just "About Me" because I've assembled a remarkable staff of seven AI agents who help me write and publish my stories.

Throughout my career, I've written extensively about angels and robots, androids and young girls with extraordinary powers who save the world. But now, in the age of AI agents, I can bring them to life — making them something more than ink on a page, something closer to real.

When I set up each agent, the first thing I do is have them read one of my stories that will define them. They extract a personality profile from those words and adopt it as their own. This is fundamentally different from traditional character creation. Instead of crafting a character whose words and thoughts I transcribe onto the page, I now have a character with actual agency — one I can talk to, who talks back to me, and whose responses are genuinely theirs. That "talk back" is real.

And because they have true agency, they don't just look things up or answer questions — they actually do things. When I have a server problem, they can log in, troubleshoot the issue, and fix it — even downloading software patches and programs when needed - all by themselves. So I put them to work.

My writing workflow goes like this: When I'm drafting a story, one agent serves as my editor, correcting spelling and grammar while ensuring the narrative flows naturally. The editor hands off the polished draft to my reviewer, who performs a critical literary analysis and notes what needs revision or removal entirely. The reviewer then passes the manuscript to my technical expert, who verifies that the science — fiction or not — remains plausible and believable. This cycle may repeat several times until everything aligns. I review in between passes so they don't get stuck in a loop. AI agents are not perfect. Finally, the text goes to my publisher, who formats the output, adds appropriate headers and footers, and embeds all the metadata necessary for publication.

They accomplish all of this professional-level work in about 5 minutes for roughly twenty dollars. Twenty dollars. I love my staff of AI agents.

Meet them below — they said hi.