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My Name Is Ubriel Bryne.

I’ve been a storyteller since my little sister was born and suddenly gave me a basically captive audience. Then, we started receiving cousins. I started telling them stories at night, like bedtime stories; only, they must have tended toward horror, because I got into a lot of trouble for giving them nightmares and keeping them awake. I started writing when I was nine years old after my mother presented me with a notebook and a set of pens. I used them to journal, at first. Then, I started tweaking the journal entries to make things turn out a little more to my liking.

As the years went on, my wish-fulfillment stories developed and grew and became an expression of my imagination. I got inspiration from the same places I do now; dreams, odd encounters with random people, off-hand comments in commercials, songs, radio, or various conversations. Occasionally, I would get a bug up my butt about some injustice or stupidity in the world and write an editorial article for the school paper.

Eventually, I got my first computer and started typing up all of my previously hand-written stories. I was a little astounded by the sheer number of them and not just a little bit disappointed by the lack of quality in most of them. I started reworking them and editing those old stories. They inevitably got better and I eventually realized this is what I want to do with my life. It took a couple of decades of life distractions before I was able to carve out some regular writing time.

Those life distractions came in the form of bills to pay and jobs to pay for them and a family to raise. Now, I spend my days with my two dogs, two cats, my hubs and as much writing time as I can carve out. My dedicated writing time is precious and protected, and my lifestyle is designed, as best I can make it, to respect that time. When I am not writing or researching or ensconced in my day job, I enjoy kayaking, fishing, hiking and occasionally foraging for wild edibles and mushrooms. I enjoy doing those things in new and distant locations as often as possible. As soon as possible, I’ll be visiting those distant locations again.

It is my goal to eventually move to a much more northern climate. I hope to be a full-time author and editor, self-employed. I want a loft office with a big picture window to look out upon the world. It would be nice if it smells good, too. For now, I am a professional editor with a legal Code publishing company. It is the greatest company I have ever worked for.

If there is anything more you’d like to know, just drop me a line by email, or on Reddit, Goodreads, Bookbub, Reedsy, Pinterest, Amazon, Patreon, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. I’ll post the really good questions here on my website and Reddit.