After graduating from Rutgers University, I became many things: a landscaper, factory worker, darkroom manager, security systems technician, college writing instructor, military logistics and communications systems technical writer, sole proprietor, husband, father, grandfather, occasional alien, and wise protector, as my birth name, Ramon, would indicate. Over the years, writing stories has helped me become a more compassionate person, though no less a realist. I was conceived in the gorgeous, bagpipe-loving Celtic region of northwestern Spain known as Galicia, born and raised in Newark, NJ-USA, the firstborn son of Spanish immigrants who taught me how to be human.
Recently completed my third book (second novel), Beneath An Alien Sun, a post-apocalyptic/time travel tale of epic scale that keeps getting back to the heart of the matter: Who the heck are we, anyway?
You may find my post, Building Y, of interest. It addresses in a curiously unique way my love of books and the special connection formed between writer and reader. You may also enjoy reading A Labor of Love? which describes a crowded family gathering and thoughts about writing Beneath An Alien Sun.