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I spent four years writing Uly Quits His Job (his name is pronounced “YOO-lee”). I also designed the cover.

I live in Georgia a two-hour drive south of Atlanta. I was born in Alabama. Growing up, we had dogs and cats. I had a special Sheltie named Rocky. I love dogs, but they aren’t allowed under the current feline regime. Two cats have me well-trained.

A while back I missed the first day of a week-long online course on marketing for authors. We knew each other but the facilitator didn’t. She asked the authors to take turns introducing each other to her.

Nicola MacCameron, author of the “Leoshine” science fiction series, chose to introduce me. Though I wasn’t there, I watched the recording later.

When she introduced me, Nicola mentioned the work I did on Stealth, a WW2 historical novel by our mutual friend, Robert Stermscheg.

Here is some of what She said.

“I will pick Travis because he is such a collaborator with me. He lives in Georgia and he’s written Uly Quits His Job, which is Southern fiction, which is its own genre and has its own cultural markers.

“He is a graphic designer and has designed a fantasy alphabet for me for my book. It’s just absolutely stunning. He’s very creative. He’s done book covers … He has influenced every book cover that Siretona has produced since last summer. He has an amazing eye for detail and he copy edits as well. Doesn’t he?”

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Travis