My first published book was a Science Fiction novel called Aeroquest. It was a story that came about because as a young teacher I liked to play pencil and paper role-playing games with kids. It started with Dungeons and Dragons in 1981, but because I was in South Texas at the time, Baptist and fundamentalist Texas, I had to change away from any game associated with dragons and demons. I turned instead to the RPG called Traveller, a space game inspired by Star Wars and other Sci-Fi of the time. Most of the characters in the book, especially the Mutant Ninja Space Babies, were actually the kids I played the games with. They are characters that were created by them and given life by me.
So, I sent this book to a new publishing company in 2007 called Publish America. They seemed excited to publish my work. They paid me…
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