I started painting houses for my father at the age of ten years old. He paid me $2.00 per hour. In 1973 at age fourteen my father gave me a raze, from then on, I worked part time in the winter and full time in the summer. I was first introduced to books around the same time by my reading teacher who asked me to write a paper on an author. My selection was Edger Allen Poe. I found him to be an inspiration. His stories really came to life and opened my eyes. My next taste of literature was a book called “The Hobbit” By J.R.R Tolken. This set my mind in motion to write. In the mid “80s” when I really started to write as well. So, I set out to write poems. I molded my style after Edger Allen Poe by trying to keep it short and to the point. I didn’t try to write” macabre” but what I felt. I made my own style. I wanted to write for my own amusement. I worked as foreman for my father for eighteen years till the crash of 1987 and suddenly found myself out of work. One year later I started my own Painting company. I continued to write while painting houses. In 2008 I went to school at long ridge writers’ group. This is how I got to where I am today.