Writer and Moviemaker

I've written ten novels -- three science fiction and seven mysteries of the Collinsville Crime Series. I'm currently publishing these novels through IngramSpark / Lightning Source, LLC under Wordsmyth Books, LLC. 
For details, click on:  h/ttps://wordsmythbooks.com.

My college thesis was a science fiction novelette, later expanded into Time Tracks. I took a correspondence course from Writer's Digest during which I developed the first chapter of Mars Material. My third science fiction novel, Clone Rebel, went through a number of versions.

While science fiction was my first love, I also found myself reading mysteries. I delved into crime fiction and wrote six novels set in the fictional college town of Collinsville, Colorado. Each book features a different main character in the local law enforcement community.

I've also written 22 short stories. Five are science fiction and are published in a book entitled "SF Stories," which includes my near-future novella, The Test of Time. The other 17 -- a wide variety of subjects and styles -- are published in a book entitled "Seventeen Short Stories."

As a longtime member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Pikes Peak Writers, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop, I usually attend their annual conferences and have taken hundreds of their seminars and classes. I participated in a screenwriters' workshop for twelve years and a novel critique group for two. And I've served as a judge for several contests.

I see all of my longer fiction as movies and established a motion picture company, Stage One Productions, Inc. -- Where Imagination Mingles with Matter (R).  I've written, directed and produced two shorts and two mid-length video dramas and am raising money to shoot my first feature, Bono-Boy, about a genetic cross between human and bonobo, written with input from Chad Michael Crawfurd.
     I've written two other original screenplays: Headlock, about a dyslexic college wrestler, and Booth People, a comedy about staffers in an exhibit hall at a convention, created in collaboration with Kevin J. Morton.
     To watch the four past projects and see details about the movies in      development, visit:  https://stage-one-movies.com.