Paul Bussard Email and Phone Number

By the time I started reading science fiction, Jules Verne had been dead nearly fifty years. Not only had language evolved since his time, but culture as well. Combine that strangeness with the fascinating ideas Verne proposed in his stories and I was forever hooked on science fiction. No surprise, then, that I would choose that genre when I began writing.I worked in the aerospace industry during the height of our space program. Drawing on that experience, I wrote my first science fiction story, Beyond Hercules. I didn't know the first thing about writing marketable fiction at that time. I just had a story in me that needed to be told. Once the story was completed, I began thinking about sharing it. Only then did I discover how very little I knew about writing. I had made all the mistakes every beginning writer makes. Beyond Hercules was not publishable.I was extremely fortunate to find a group of aspiring writers in much the same predicament as I--have story, can't write. Together, we learned about writing, critiqued each others' work, and provided one another with the support and encouragement needed to become published authors. Stinger Stars resulted from that fraternity and was published October, 2013. Its modest success motivated me to re-write Beyond Hercules, applying my newly-acquired writing skills. I'm happy to say it's now been accepted for publication late 2014 or early 2015. I hope you enjoy reading my stories as much as I enjoy writing them.You can find me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Goodreads, and my website: http://www.pabwriter.com. I welcome your comments, questions, and feedback.