I have read and written all my life. I started with science fiction and fantasy as a boy on my father's farm. Later I moved to classic philosophy and the biographies of famous people. Then came thrillers like those of Ludlum, Clancy, Childs and most recently Greaney. For me, books are both an escape and an inspiration. They are a vision of the possible and the undefeatable in the human spirit.

I have been many things:  a house painter, a real estate broker, a restaurant manager, a serial entrepreneur and for the last ten years my day job has been as a professional martial artist. My business partner and I founded Austin Kula Karate ten years ago and we regularly teach over 150 kids a semester. .
 

Then some years ago when our daughter was a freshman in high school and when our son went off to college I heard a quote, "If not now, when?"  It was from an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis.  it hammered in my head for a long time as I came to the conclusion that I had finally learned what I should do when I grew up. Since then, I have been hell-bent on learning the craft and the business of writing.