Lyman Rate

I live in Kansas with my lovely wife and two dogs, Joplin and Zeus. In my spare time, I enjoy photography as well as playing with Christmas lights. My wife challenged me to write a book one year and this is where my writing career started. She's talented and is also a writer by trade. When not doing photography or any of my other hobbies, I'm usually cooking or doing something with wood.

To me, writing has really helped me find a way to be creative without the worry of the time spent. There are many things that a person can do that is creative; yet, after many hours, days, weeks, or even months, they might not have much to show for what they have done. Writing is different. When you finish writing you have a series of words that make sentences, merge to form paragraphs, and those come together to create pages and then chapters. Putting all of this togther, you have this glob of pages and chapters, and somehow, from that brain of yours, you were able to create a story that makes sense. It's pretty amazing.

Writing in different genres allows me to be more than a one genre writer. I want to share my abilities and my writing skills and challenge myself to learn how to write differently to fit different types of books. It's not easy, but I have enjoyed doing this. My military fiction is different from my fantasy writing and I am really enjoying working on both series'.

"Writing is about feeling and words. Without the words, there is no way that feeling can come out. Without feeling, the words mean nothing."