Doc Crandall

What kind of crazed fool writes as much as I have in a relatively short time?

Maybe this will help you. Understand that I’m not used to writing about myself in the third person; so I won’t even try.

First of all, please understand that I consider myself just the chronicler. I have the opinion that they're not my stories, it’s theirs; I just get to write about the various worlds they inhabit. I live in Salem, Oregon with my partner Traci. My day job is with the State of Oregon. I have several doctorates-a Dp.Th in Biblical Counseling, a D.Min in Interdisciplinary Studies, as well as an M.Div. My third doctorate-this one a Ph.D-is long completed; I graduated having written the dissertation for it in the middle of writing what is now the first four volumes of The Cosantóirí Chronicles. I’m a longtime member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and was able to go to Ireland in 1997 with the Northbrook, Il. New Tradition Chorus. That trip ignited an interest in my own background and history; I have British, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh in my family history-along with some Swedish and a few other surprises. (In other words, at best I’m a walking civil war.) I also went to Japan as a very young child; this ignited a life-long interest (some have called it a love affair) with the country, its language, customs and history, and culture...and especially its popular culture.

In addition I was in marching band, concert choir and vocal ensemble in high school and concert choir, concert band, and chamber chorale in the community college I attended. I also spent time in both the Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle corps and the U.S. Navy. My history and my travels help fuel my writing, making me look for details I can use.

Finally...writing is something of a family affair. My grandmother, Mary Ford, was also a writer. She wrote nine books for Avalon Press in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. My father also wrote a small tome on the odds of winning at gambling; he was self-published and sold a fair number of copies. I’d like to think they’d have loved the e-book market these days; especially Nana Ford.