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Ever since I was a kid, there were only two things I wanted to be when I grew up: a soldier and a writer. I mean, my teens were nothing but Platoon, Red Dawn and Stripes on the screen and Stephen King on the page. It was awesome. After earning an associate's degree in electronics, I joined the active Army and started what ended as a twenty-year career. After six years of active duty and a tour in West Germany, during which I got see see the red menace more formally known as the Soviet Union fall, I joined the Iowa National Guard as a mechanized Combat Engineer, where not only did we get to shoot guns and play cards, we got to blow stuff up. I had found my home for the next fourteen years. During my time in the National Guard, I deployed twice, to Honduras in 1996 and Afghanistan in 2004. In the civilian world, I took a position with the government, where I continue to toil away hoping I can retire to my desk in a few years, making writing my full-time occupation. I live in Eastern Iowa with my family, our three cats, and a German Shepard named Sadie. My wife and I stay busy keeping them all feed and happy. We enjoy being home bodies, camping and we're always trying new recipes or putting our spin on the classics.
