I’m not going to fill this section with a lot of yammer about me - but everyone likes an “about me” page, so here it is. This site is more about my writing rather than the person holding the pen…but you’re here, so you must want to know something.

My name is Andrew, but you can call me “AJ”. I am 34 years old. I have a college degree, but not in writing - creative, technical or otherwise. Writing has been “my little secret” for many years. The only time I’ve ever been published doesn’t really count - it was for a county-wide annual magazine, when I was in high school. But I do remember feeling great at all the positive feedback I got from that - and I wouldn’t mind being published again. (Being published is not a priority right now - but I definitely wouldn’t turn a publishing house away if they thought they could sell me.) I guess that’s what “lit the fire”, so to speak.

I’m from a rural area in the southern part of the United States. I’m the oldest of six children - no, I’m not from a Catholic family, but a blended one. My home life was an interesting mix of “poor” and “wealthy” - that latter part I didn’t realize until I was much older. The things you don’t notice when you’re a kid is amazing, and sometimes it’s takes someone else’s point of view to show you what you’ve never seen before, even when it’s right in front of your face. Getting around to the point: I mean that my father was a farmer - but he did it as a hobby. I know - sounds crazy. Back-breaking labor as a hobby. His “day job” was as the Vice President of a fairly well-known corporation (which I won’t name). He was also slightly miserly, which is where the “poor” viewpoint comes in. If I never have to bale hay again in my life, it’ll be too soon. The surprise (discovered later in life) was that our bank account was pretty fat. What wasn’t a surprise was the wealth of love I got from my family.

Currently, my own day job has brought me to New England. I’ve noticed that the Yanks up here aren’t as friendly as the people back home - usually when you wave at people as they walk by, you don’t get looked at like you’re some kind of axe murderer, the way you do up here in New England. But the upside is that people stay out of your business. Give and take, I guess. It does take a little bit of getting used to.

So, I think that’s plenty about me - you get the idea. Now go, and focus on the important part of this site (like I’m about to do right now) - the stories.

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