I was born in England in 1973, but moved to America when I was nine years old. My father was in the Army so I moved around a lot while growing up. In 1995, I graduated from UCLA with degrees in political science and psychology and served in the US Army for four years, until I was honorably discharged in 1999. I was married briefly to a girl I met in college, but she died of breast cancer in 1998.

Currently I live in Redbird Junction, MT, a town that is so small it hasn't officially been incorporated yet, so it doesn't appear on any maps yet. I own a small used books store called Blaine's Books, which occupies most of my free time. It's the only bookstore in town and it's just recently started turning a profit.

I'm currently seeing a wonderful girl named Kristen, who serves as my inspiration and motivation for most of what I write. Without her, I would be nothing but a simple book salesman.

My Likes

Besides writing erotica, I enjoy outdoors activities and intellectual pursuits. I enjoy hiking, camping, and fishing on the weekends when the weather is good and cross-country skiing in the winter when there's enough snow (which is most of the season in the mountains where I live). I like to discuss politics, philosophy, and read in my spare time. I enjoy healthy sexuality and the beauty of the natural human body.

My Dislikes

I do not like e-mails asking me for sex (phone sex, cyber sex, naked pictures of myself, etc.). Although I do like receiving requests for story topics, I do not write about underage sex, bestiality, incest, or non-consensual sex. Finally, I do not like copyright infringement. All of my stories have been copyrighted as per the internationally recognized Bern Convention so I have legal recourse against plagiarizers regardless of what country they are in.

Why I Write Erotica

Our society has an unhealthy lust for sex. It is cheaply portrayed in movies, on television, or in popular music, and advertisers take advantage of it to make money. And, of course, who can ignore the plethora of pornographic sites on the Internet. Sex in and of itself is not a bad thing, but it can have negative effects when people allow their sexual appetites to overcome their rational minds.

Sex can be either positive or negative, but too many people have sex purely for the gratification of their urges and not as an expression of love for their partner. I think there's a difference between making love and purely having sex. Sex is related to the body and physical desires while making love is related to the emotions and our spiritual side. Making love is probably the closest two people will ever come to each other, for a moment their two separate bodies are united into one flesh. I can't think of any more beautiful expression of love than that. Animals have sex. Humans are set apart because we have the capacity to make love

Sex is beautiful, not dirty. But too often this view is lost in popular culture because of how cheaply sex is portrayed. I cannot improve its portrayal on television or in the movies, but I can work to improve things through literature. Although I don't pretend to be the finest author ever to take up a pen, I do work hard to write stories that are more works of literature than most of what one finds out there. I'm trying to make erotica respectable and something that appeals to the reader's intellect in addition to his or her prurient senses.

Is respectable erotica possible? Probably not and I'm probably fighting a losing battle, but its one I enjoy fighting.