About J. T.

He loves science fiction and action adventure stories. His first story took 3 years to write, the second one was a year and a half, but then he was hooked . . . 24 novels and still going strong.

J. T. is passionate about mainstream Military Sci Fi, Space Opera and Action Adventure, but always with a bit of a twist. He likes to throw a curve into each story to make it interesting and unusual while staying true to the genre and his readers - his goal is to always have readers enjoy the thrill of adventure.

Some of his heroes have enormous character arcs - that clearly bothered some readers based on their reviews - you decide . . .

He weaves in his personal experiences into the story when he can, whether from travels, climbing, flying, making stuff or creative exploits - for J. T., writing is an amazing and wonderful journey.

Seven fun facts about J. T.:

• He has a science degree which may explain a bit why he likes science fiction so much. 

• He likes sports cars. Well, lets fix that. J. T. feels all sports cars are cool - but he absolutely loves Alfa Romeo cars - and owns a vintage 1972 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 in burgundy. He drives it in the back-country roads - through farms, ranches and vineyards - where he lives.

• At the end of Covid, he bought a wrecked airplane and did a ground-up restoration. It flies great.

• He likes working with his hands, sculpture, oil paint landscapes and, of course . . . writing.

• He has a mild obsession with hats, specifically fedora hats similar to what Indiana Jones wore. You tell us . . . is 5 an obsession?

• He also has a passion for fountain pens. Well . . . maybe more than just a 'passion'. He spent a few years making them. J. T. likes how they feel, how they write, and the inks he can choose. He uses one every day.

• He is very fortunate to live in the gorgeous Willamette Valley in Oregon, near the western coast of the United States.

About the stories:

J. T. loves the story flow and character arcs of Sci Fi master Robert Heinlein and Action Adventure author Clive Cussler.

How they craft their heroes, show their growth and engage the other characters is huge to him. He likes that they both often start with action to grab our attention quickly, then hold it, escalating the tension and flow to their stories block-buster end. 

He invented the Trigellian Universe to solve a bunch of 'technical' problems we'd face in this universe. He didn't want his heroes to spend a hundred years traveling from one star to another, nor having to wait a hundred years to receive a message from another star system. So he created a distinctive faster than light Jump drive based on the novel technical work of quantum physics and how the real tunnel diode works - invented in August 1957. He then leveraged the work many scientists are doing today to create and use quantum entangled photons that can interact instantly at a distance. With that he created the QET (Quantum Entangled Transceiver) used by all of the alien races in his stories.

One thing you'll see in his stories is that the sentences, paragraphs and chapters tend to be shorter in length. That is very intentional and he spends a lot of editing time trying to get that flow right. His goal is to engage your attention and keep it connected to the story with action, adventure and flow that is quick. He wants to entertain his readers, not have them slog through a ton of text. Reader reviews support that. Yes, there are a bunch of genres where text heavy sentences and paragraphs are important, he just doesn't follow that for his Military Sci-Fi and Space Opera Action Adventure stories. His goal is to pleasantly distract you from whatever is going on in your life and around you. He wants your reading time to be fun and entertaining.

He has also fallen in love with a number of works by his contemporaries. J. T. believes it's an unbelievable honor to share the bestseller lists with them and it makes him work harder and harder with each story he writes - to stay up with their incredible story telling skills.

Take a moment and check out his stories.

Oh . . . yeah . . . the mountain picture. From a few years ago - that is the eastern approach to Mt. Whitney (14,505 feet, 4,421 meters) in California, United States. He is standing at about 12,500 feet (about 3,800 meters) at the base of the north chimney behind his left shoulder. That is his ice axe in his right hand.