BIO

Age: 19

Residence: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese

Hobbies: Running, writing, researching areas of historical interest, competitive shooting.

Favorite Music: AC/DC, Dropkick Murphys, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Queen, The Offspring, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and the Assassin's Creed scores, among others.

Favorite Authors: Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, David Weber, James Fenimore Cooper, Chris Lear, Robert Heinlein, and so many more. Yes, I'm a bibliophile in this day and age. Get over it.

INTRO

Well, the bio above basically gives you the 4-1-1 on me. For the most part, I'm just your run of the mill guy who occasionally writes a few pieces of fan fiction, usually in the game genres. Started my entire endeavor writing MOH stories, but I've been branching out into more modern or esoteric stuff, like Halo or Freedom Fighters. The writing bursts are on-again, off-again, so I can't promise updates on anything approaching a regular basis. I've read just about anything and everything, from The Iliad to the Divine Comedy, from Last of the Mohicans to Harry Potter; basically, anything I lay my eyes on. If you want someone to perform a once-over for your writing, I'd be more than happy to give it a go.

Also, a note about some of the references that may pop up in my writing: I'm entering the Army on a 4 year ROTC scholarship, and know a sh!t ton and a half about weapons, military history, and the like. The goal is to become either a Military Intelligence officer or go Armor; time will tell on that score.

QUOTES From movies, books, TV shows, and, of course, my school's XC team

-Cain is for Delta and Cain is for Carlos--Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy

-When I tell you to run up a f#cking tree, you go run up a f#cking tree!--XC team captain

Victory in combat is like sex with a prostitute.--Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn

"You just set off gaydar across the entire North Atlantic seaboard."--Tony, NCIS

-"Banner is the village priest in our hypothetical 1500s English Village. Peter is the village idiot"-AP Euro teacher. "But sir, the village idiot has all the fun!"-Me

-If you wanted it easy, Sergeant, you should have joined the Air Force--Endwar

-Puritanism: The fear that someone, somewhere, somehow, is having fun.

-"Kill it with fire!" Camp Wanocksett Waterfront director (Yes, I'm a Boy Scout. Get over it.)

-"A slap to the face is an insult...to the back of the head, a wake-up call."--Gibbs, NCIS

-"This...is...SAMMICH HOUR!"--Norwich LCW instructor

-Killa, where the ladies at?--Entire XC team
-F#ck you!--My usual response

"Banner, I know this might be uncomfortable since I'm a female, but you have some balls, man!"--PL.

"Crack is whack, don't drink and drive, and DO NOT add or subtract to the population!"--Leave safety briefing, every time!

"You're a goofy motherfucker, you know that?"--Staff Sergeant.

CURRENT PROJECTS
- Through a Glass Darkly is on indefinite hiatus, pending Recognition. Review if you can, please! I'm always looking to improve my writing.

-My Endwar short story, focusing on the experiences of American and Euro troops in the Fall of Moscow, 2023. Might lead to an EndWar series
--11/15/10: "The Three Block War" was a one-shot. Will update at earliest opportunity to reflect that

-My Freedom Fighters story, focusing upon a high-school student who becomes an accomplished sniper, and must balance love, war, and school in order to survive.
--11/15/10: "Courer de Bois" is on hold, pending further inspiration and revision. It's bogging down in the details.