So, what's an extraordinarily left-brained engineer doing writing fantasy stories for Dargonzine? Well, it's true, except for writing I have absolutely no artistic skills. I have always loved reading, particularly fantasy, thanks to early influences by C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and some books by a guy named J.R.R. Tolkien. Then I got into the hard stuff: Fafhrd, the Gray Mouser, Conan, Kane. You know, the usual crowd of miscreants. I was hooked.

I first started writing when I was around sixteen. It didn't take me long to realize that my writing was derivative crap, and I gave it up for almost twenty years. Then a strange thing happened. I got involved in some on-line written roleplaying at a site called The Tipsy Imp. I discovered that I really enjoyed it, particularly when a character or storyline took over and demanded to be written. When the Imp closed down, I decided to try to get something that I had written published. Along the way, I stumbled into Dargon. It didn't take me long to figure out that it was a strange and wonderful place, so I decided to stay.

Member From	6/2002 - present
Web site	None.
Weblog	None
Email Address	Liam_the_red@dargonzine.org
Age	43
Occupation	Engineering Manager
Education	Working on my MBA at Xavier
Location	Cold Spring, KY (near Cincinnati, OH)
Favorite Books/Authors	Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven, Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, J.R.R. Tolkien, Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner
Works-in-Progress	The Stone Man, Shattered Dreams, King's Key
Dargon Stories	Measure of a Man 1, DargonZine 16-2 Measure of a Man 2, DargonZine 16-3 Little Yorgai and the Beast of Leagues, DargonZine 18-1 Have You Ever Been to Northern Hope? 1, DargonZine 18-2 Have You Ever Been to Northern Hope? 2, DargonZine 19-2 The Margre Arisen, DargonZine 19-3 Journey's End 3, DargonZine 19-4 Have You Ever Been to Northern Hope? 3, DargonZine 19-4 Tough Healing, DargonZine 19-7 Taking Root, DargonZine 20-1 A Father's Gift, DargonZine 20-4
Non-Dargon Stories