I live with my beautiful wife on a small horse farm in North Carolina. We cleared and developed the raw land, built the house and barn, established the pastures and put up the fencing. When we are not taking care of our farm and animals, we enjoy trail riding. We have one son who is a proud Navy veteran. My other interests include supporting our church, hunting, target shooting, traveling and, of course, writing. I recently retired after a forty-year career in the nuclear power industry and find myself constantly wondering how I ever had time to work.