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  Resume Capsule

  Awards/Honors

• 1994, Nominated, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer
• 1995, Nominated, Preliminary Ballot, 1996 Nebula Award, Short Story, “Moriarty by Modem”
• 1996, Nominated, HOmer Award, Short Story, “Moriarty by Modem”
• 1998, Nominated, Sidewise Award, Short Story, “The Rising Sun at Dusk”
• 1998, Nominated, HOmer Award, Short Story, “The Rising Sun at Dusk”

 

  Short Stories, fiction:

• "A Fireside Chat" (ALTERNATE PRESIDENTS, Tor) - January, 1992
  - Reprinted: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, Farthest Star - Apr. 1995
• "Cain's Curse" (WHATDUNITS, Tor) - October, 1992
  - Reprinted: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, Farthest Star - Apr. 1995
• "The Best Laid Schemes" (CHRISTMAS BESTIARY, DAW) - Nov. 1992
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "One For the Road" (ALADDIN MASTER OF THE LAMP, DAW) - Dec. 1992
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "The Pangaean Principle" (DINOSAUR FANTASTIC, DAW) - July, 1993
  - Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "The Battle of All Mothers" (ALTERNATE WARRIORS, Tor) - Sept. 1993
  - Reprinted: GRAFFITI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "Mind Over Matter" (ALTERNATE WARRIORS, Tor) - Sept. 1993
• "Gordian Angel" (CHRISTMAS GHOSTS, DAW) - November, 1993
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "The Wages of Sin" (BY ANY OTHER FAME, DAW) - January, 1994
• "All the Angles" (ANIMAL BRIGADE 3000, Ace) - March, 1994
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "Infernal DRAMnation" (DEALS WITH THE DEVIL, DAW) - October, 1994
• "#2, With a Bullet" (ALTERNATE OUTLAWS, Tor) - October, 1994
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "Thoroughly Modern Magic" - Galaxy Magazine, Jan/Feb, 1995
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "Cerulean Moon" (SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW Farthest Star) Apr. 1995
• "The Maddening Time" (SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, Farthest Star) 1995
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "Moriarty by Modem" (SHERLOCK HOLMES IN ORBIT, DAW) - February, 1995
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "Radical Chick" (SECRET PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS, DAW) - March, 1995
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "Algorithm & Blues" (GRAFFITI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star) - Oct., 1996
• "Curtain Call" (GRAFFITI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star) - Oct., 1996
• "Petit Mal" (DIAGNOSIS: TERMINAL, DAW) - May, 1996
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "2101: A Space Oddity" (ALTERNATE WORLDCONS, AGAIN) - 1996
  
- Reprinted: GRAFITTI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - Oct., 1996
• "The Rising Sun at Dusk" (ALTERNATE TYRANTS, Tor) - 1997
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "The Land that God Forgot" (THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS, DAW) - 1997
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "My Brother's Keeper" (URBAN NIGHTMARES, Baen) - 1997
  - Reprinted: A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August., 1998
• "His Every Need" (A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star) - Aug., 1998
• "Mind Games" (A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star) - Aug., 1998
• "Maternal Instincts" (MEN WRITING SCIENCE FICTION AS WOMEN, DAW) - Nov., 2003

  Books, fiction (short story collections):

• SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW..., Farthest Star - April, 1995
• GRAFFITI FROM THE SUBWAYS OF MY MIND, Farthest Star - October, 1996
• A WHOLE IN THE SPACE OF TIME, Farthest Star - August, 1998

  Computer Books

Prentice Hall Publishing

• The Best Book of DesqView, 1990
• The First Book of Procomm Plus, 1990
• The First Book of MS-DOS, 1991
• The First Book of DeskMate, 1991
• Portfolio in Business, 1991
• The First Book of Windows 3, 1992
• The First Book of Modem Communications, 1992
• 10-Minute Guide to MS-DOS, 1992
• The First Book of MS-DOS 5.0, 1992
• The First Book of GeoWorks Ensemble, 1992
• The First Book of Windows 3.1, 1993
• Windows 3.1, Bestseller Edition, 1994

McGraw-Hill Publishing

• A Complete PC Communications Guide, 1993

Bantam Books

• The DOS Handbook, 1993
• Friendly Excel 4.0, 1994
• Friendly Word for Windows 2.0, 1994

Random House Publishers

• Friendly Excel 5.0, 1995
• Friendly Word 6, 1995
• Slick Tricks: MS-DOS, 1995
• Windows 95 Revealed, 1995

Alexander Books

• In Plain English: Windows 3.1, 1994
• In Plain English: MS-DOS 6.2, 1994
• In Plain English: Windows 95, 1995
• In Plain English: Word for Windows, 1995
• In Plain English: The World Wide Web, 1997
• In Plain English: Communications on the Internet, 1997
• In Plain English: HTML Programming, 1997

 

  Translations:

• 10-Minute Guide to MS-DOS 5
  Spanish (HASA) - ISBN 950-528-076-0
  Greek (Ikotens European) - ISBN 0-672-22807-6
• First Book of Windows 3.1
  Spanish (Anaya Multimedia) - ISBN 84-7614-422-9
  Korean - ISBN 89-7836-003-3
  Greek (Ikotens European) - ISBN n/a
  Bulgarian - ISBN (n/a)
• First Book of MS-DOS
  Spanish (Anaya Multimedia) - ISBN (unknown)
  Greek (Ikotens European) - ISBN (n/a)
• First Book of MS-DOS 5
  Spanish (Anaya Multimedia) - ISBN (unknown)
  Greek (Ikotens European) - ISBN (n/a)
• Windows 95 Revealed
  German - ISBN (unknown)
  Portugese - ISBN 85-85766-38-7
• DOS 6.2: Slick Tricks
  Portugese - ISBN 85-85766-03-4
• Friendly Excel 5.0
  Portugese - Edicao n.: 125022/6164

  Education

1967 - 1971 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH

• Major: Communication Arts – Radio, Television and Theater Arts.
• Minor: Speech
• News Director, WFIB (campus radio station), one year.
• Music Director, WFIB, two years

  Consultant, Partial Client List

• Unisys Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Kentucky Idea Farm, Lexington, Kentucky
• International Business Machines (IBM), Tampa, Florida
• Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California
• A.T.&T., Greensboro, S.C.
• RCA Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana
• General Electric, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Santa Cruz Operations, Inc., Sherman Oaks, California
• CinCom Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Thomson Consumer Electronics, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Quadratron Systems, Inc., Sherman Oaks, California
• Comware, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
• AFL-CIO Labor Council, Cincinnati, Ohio
• ATE Management and Services, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Cincinnati Occupational Health Organization, Cincinnati, Ohio

  Author/Programmer, Computer-Based Training Courses

• Q-ONE Integrated Software (SCO Corporation)
• PC Applications Training Courses (General Electric)
• Reference Guide to PD Systems (Thomson Consumer Electronics)
• Mapper Systems User Guide (Unisys Corporation)
• Control Manufacturing System User's Guide (CinCom Systems)