I publish elsewhere as Jack L Knapp, a fairly open secret by now. Graysapien is the pen name I chose when I decided to try writing fiction, in May of 2013.
I was 73 years old, bored because I was forced to remain close to my terminally ill son in case he needed me. It happened occasionally, but working in my shop with noisy saws, lathes, routers, etc, was definitely out! Combat Wizard was the first, and for a while I was also writing Darwin's World and serializing both as soon as I finished a chapter, anywhere from 2500 to 3500 words at a time. I was lucky to find an editor, PCBondsman, and we worked together until his death a year ago.
He worked with others, but he asked his cousin to list me in his epitaph. I still miss the collaboration.
So: Hybrids is novel 25, and at age 83 I think I'm finally done working. Soldier, Teacher, Writer, and in between farmer, horse breeder, woodworker and metalworker, woodcarver, knight, founding baron, MP of the SCA, member of Mensa, the Science Fiction Writers of America, Western Writers of America, and for a year the Writers Guild.
And of those, only my books will remind people twenty years from now that Jack L Knapp once existed.
Think about it, all you who have yet to take that leap of faith...