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Ron Russell acquired a major physical disability at age ten. Ron narrates the story about his undergrad years in college. He tells about his friends and his romantic involvements that involve joy and tragedy, and the enemies, petty and mortal, that he must vanquish.

Erotica,Romance,Suspense/Thriller,Other

Ron begins with a bizarre scene from his freshman year and segues into a brief explanation of his work to overcome his disability.

The University of Northern Colorado, circa 1970

No

Overcoming Monster/Villain,Tragedy

Coming of Age,Twist

Nudity, Language/Profanity

Name: Ron Russell

Age: 19 (and about 40 at the end)

Gender: Male

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Heartthrob,Insecure,Masculine,Modest,Skillful,Funny,Aspiring,Faithful,Gracious

Name: Audrey Lyle

Age: 20-21

Gender: Female

Role: Emotional

Key Traits: Charming,Complex,Confident,Decisive,Empathetic,Engaging,Faithful,Heartthrob,Romantic

Name: Ellen Sparks

Age: 20-22

Gender: Female

Role: emotional

Key Traits: Charming,Complex,Flexible,Educated,Sexy,Outspoken,Romantic,Seductive

Name: Mike Holmes

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Role: sidekick

Key Traits: Aspiring,Complex,Faithful,Honorable,Masculine,Modest,Selfless,Funny

Fred Waiss was born and raised in Colorado. Once he learned the wonderful and world-expanding skill of reading he became permanently addicted. As a youngster his idea of reading the newspaper was reading the comics page and the sports page, and he proudly admits that in that particular he has not matured at all—but now his "newspaper" is on line. At age ten his father introduced him to science fiction and Robert Heinlein in particular, which led to his reading science fiction for pleasure almost exclusively for the next ten years. The "almost" means he also read Tolkien, Howard, De Camp, and others in the fantasy genre. Like so many sf fans, he started writing the stuff as well as reading it. He graduated from college with a degree in Education with majors in English and physical education, but teaching high school had more stress than reward so he chose another career path. He still misses the coaching aspect, but not the classroom. He and his wife live in Wisconsin along with one small dog (it used to be three) that believe laps were invented for their benefit. When he's not working or handling the necessary home chores he writes mostly speculative fiction and romance both in short stories and novels. He also writes a blog and miscellaneous on his website, www.fgwaiss.com. He says the best things about technology is the internet for research and email for submitting writing.

Age: 18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Information not completed

Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: Gome on Pig Productions

Year Published: 2016

Yes

978-1-365-37202-5