Poet. Author. Public Speaker. Teacher. Not always in that order. My first book is a regency romance based on Jane Austen's book "Persuasion" called "The Curate's Brother". My second book is "The Planets: a scifaiku poetry collection". I am mainly known as a speculative poet and am active in the speculative poetry community as a published poet, poetry anthology editor and speaker. I've been nominated for two Elgin Awards for best speculative poetry book of the year, two Pushcart Prize nominations for poetry, and nominated for a Dwarf Star Award (speculative micro poetry).