year as author of "Bits & Pieces"; has published one book of collected columns; has a second in the works; and has in print a book of short fiction. He has two book-length poetry mss crying for publication, and one novel without a home; but his main focus is a trilogy -- three linked novels,begun as one -- on the Viet Nam War, recently completed and in the hands of an agent. Married 51 years, Herself and he have four children, ten gc, and five ggc. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications, a Master's in English, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from George Mason University following military retirement. His hobbies are reading and good food; his compulsion is writing." |