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Gender
Male
Birthday
September 24 1964
Location
The southern foothills of the Ozark Mountains
About Me
I am recently retired and have ambitions of becoming a writer, a pundit, an explorer and a gentleman farmer
Type of Writer
I like writing about politics (hence the blog in my portfolio), but I have some ideas about fantasy and alternate history
Writing Style
Eclectic
Interests
Eclectic (use that word a lot, don't I?)
Favorite Genres
Eclectic
Favorite Books
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, The Kite Runner, A Christmas Carol, The Charwoman's Shadow, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Moon Goddess and the Son, How Few Ramain, Agent of Byzantium, Team of Rivals, 1776, The Guns of August
Favorite Authors
Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Heinlein, Molly Ivins, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Harry Turtledove, Barbara Tuchman
Favorite Poets
Robert Frost, A.E.Housman, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling
Favorite Quote
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -- Mark Twain
Favorite Music
Classical, Country & Western, Holiday
Favorite Movies
Second Hand Lions, Angel and the Badman, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Tombstone, It's A Wonderful Life, It's A Beautiful Life
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