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Spencer.
I started life in a small New England town the son of a firefighter and a nurse. My education wasn't anything special. In 1965, I joined the United States Air Force. Twenty-one years later, I retired from the most interesting job I have ever held. A dozen or so stressful jobs later, I had a heart attack. Confined to a bed I started to write.
Eleven year passed and I finished my first novel. It seemed the novel lived in some phase of revision. I attended conferences and honed my writing skill. A lot of practice, a lot of mentoring and a ton of writing later I am where I am today. Within is months of releasing my first mystery to be followed by my first fantasy in the fall.
People ask me all the time how I write. I don't have a formula. I try to write everyday but I don't beat myself up if I can't do it. It isn't work for me. Work is slogging along behind a snow blower in below freezing weather. I start with a situation; I put people I know in that situation. The book evolves from there to a probable ending that I envisioned. Whatever I am doing, it is fun!