Just unveiled my new photography website: One Way Street Production. Please check it out!

About me:

I'm a Christian, I'm a man and I'm an author.
I value those qualities in that order.

As a Christian I belong to God alone, and all my talents and blessings are because of him. As a man, I am fallible and pray to learn from my mistakes. As an author I strive to be heard. I wonder how much meaning my words carry onto my readers, and my every effort is to create images and characters that become real to my audience.

I've recently found a passion for photography, which allows me to view the world through the frame of my camera. I've taken thousands of photos while deployed to Iraq in 2008, and I've been improving my craft ever since. I've done wedding photography, family photos and artistic shots. For more information on my services, please click on the Photography link to the left.

New photography website: One Way Street Production.

Writing Achievements

~2009~

Internship with Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (News reporting & Photography)
Keith L. Ware Journalist of the Year Award (Army-wide Journalism)
Brumfield Military Journalist of the Year Award (Journalism)
"Black Coats (at the Cheyenne Diner)" -- Daikaijuzine (Short Story)
"Amidst Traffic" -- Ampersand Review [Vol. 3] (Short Story)
"Brick Wall Giants" & "Son of Man" -- Sybil's Garage (Poetry)
"The Tin Can Mind" -- Brand Literary Magazine (Short Story)

~2008~

"The General's Backup Seat" -- The Whitefish Review (Nonfiction)
"The Weapon was on Safe" -- Collision (Nonfiction)
"Midnight" -- Wet Ink (Short Story)
"Lost in the Night" -- Eric Hoffer Award Finalist (Short Story)
"Lost in the Night" -- Best New Writing 2008
Assignment Editor & Photojournalist -- The Mountain View (Army)
Copy Editor -- The Dog Faced Daily (Army)

~2007~

Submissions Editor -- The Writers Post Journal (Literature Mag)
Freelance writing -- G.I. Jobs Magazine
"Child, Hold Me" -- Lulu (Memoir)
"The Tin Can Mind" -- Lulu (Poetry)

~2006~

Worked as a ghostwriter for Dr. Dan Pompa on "Generation Toxic"
Silver Pen Award -- Military Police Magazine
Staff Writer -- The Checkmate (Army)

~2005~

"Breathing God" -- Publish America (Novel)
"The Duct Tape People" -- The Writers Post Journal (Short Story)
"The Problem with my Shoes" -- Peridot (Short Story)
"The Follower" -- Balance Anthology (Short Story)

~2004~

"Out of a Dream" -- Cafe Irreal [issue 11] (Short Story)