My name is John. I am a father of three. Two boys and a girl. I recently celebrated my 16-year anniversary with my beautiful wife. I enjoy reading, writing, the outdoors, and spending time with my family. I am a US Army veteran who spent a year in Iraq. After the Army, I went to college for cyber security and worked for several years as a Linux system administrator until I opted for early retirement 3 years ago. I started writing as a child to escape from the harsh world I was living in, but as I got older, my writing slowed down and eventually stopped altogether. I have recently begun to rediscover my love of writing and I am thoroughly enjoying it so far. I am currently working on several fiction books and a non-fiction account of different traumas I've endured in my life. I really hope that telling my story will help someone else who may be going through similar situations.