I started writing this in the third person, and I felt fairly silly doing it, so I started over.

I have always had a passion for communications. My degree is in journalism. I worked for a newspaper for a couple of years straight out of college.

Then I ran the marketing department at a financial institution for 17 more. I was transferred to run the lending department, and I stuck that out for 5 years. It wasn’t my thing, so I resigned in 2011.

For the next couple of years, Kim and I owned a staffing franchise and worked from home. That wasn’t my thing either.

That’s about the time I started writing “Stories of a World Gone Mad.” I also got back into marketing, working with a single client. I decided to expand, so in early 2017, I founded White Oak Advertising and Public Relations.

That pretty much covers my professional journey. Kim and I have been married since 1988. I think I’m going to stick around. I sure hope she does. We have a son, Grant, who is pursuing a freelance writing career in NYC. Every time I’m tempted to tell him to get a real job, I think about how the world would be different if someone like John Lennon’s dad would’ve told him to get a real job. So, I keep my mouth shut.

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PS - The cover photo is from one of my favorite secluded places. If I told you where it was, you would tell two friends, and they would tell two friends, and so on and so forth. Then it wouldn’t be secluded anymore.