Born in Los Angeles in the middle of the last century, Brian Jackson has always wanted to be a writer. After decades spent working in the computer industry, Brian retired early and began to pursue his dream of being published. But there was a problem: publishers!That's right, although Brian found it to be relatively easy to write a decent novel his attempts to have his work published were not eagerly embraced by the publishers in New York.Enter Smashwords.Brian is now publishing everything that he writes via Smashwords. He's writing a little bit of everything in the hopes that everyone will find something of interest (and because everything interests him).Brian now lives in the California foothills with his wife, a published author named Melanie Jackson, Alpine the dog, and Snowy the cat.