How did it happen?

So, how in the world did this happen? How did a mechanical engineer ever get into writing paranormal romance?

I still wonder myself. This past year plus a couple of months has been a fascinating ride into discovering a talent I never knew I had. A creative part of me that I didn't know existed.

To put things in perspective ... I'm 40 years old, and before last year I had done any creative writing since high school. So, my wife started reading a few series of books -- True Blood by Charlaine Harris; Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward; and the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. She got me to read True Blood because we started watching the TV show and I did find them incredibly enjoyable, but she never got me to read the others.

Then, she started in a role playing group with the Dark Hunter series, and she seemed to be having a good time with it. So, I decided to give it a try, and did a blitz through the Dark Hunter Companion so I knew what the heck I was writing about. Created a character, and was off and running ... and immediately found that I had a creative voice. I had stories to tell, and this was just one venue to do it.

As I met various levels of writers within this community ... and that's really what it is ... I had an opportunity to submit a story that Patricia Laffoon and I had worked together on, and I took the chance and did. And it, by some miracle, was selected to get published.

Who knows what will happen next? To think that something that really started out as just a hobby, that people read it and enjoy it ... it means a ton to me. I hope to be able to do more ... and I hope people will continue to enjoy it. For the moment, I'm enjoying this first publication ... but there are still more stories to tell. Stay tuned to find out what they are.