Please note: Now that I have a bona fide novel under my belt, I am actively seeing representation by a literary agent. If you actively represent the supernatural suspense/thriller genre and are seeking new talent, please email me at the address below, or contact me via this site. I’d be happy to send you all or a portion of my completed manuscript, or allow you to access it directly from this site in PDF format.

I enjoy working with computers. It’s both my “real job” and a hobby. In that respect, it almost feels like I’m cheating. I (sometimes) get paid for doing what I love.

I’m a computer/network technician, sporting a few certifications (A+, Microsoft MCSE NT4/2k/2k3). I’m also a Linux enthusiast, using it both at home and in the workplace on occasion. I’m a huge fan of Debian and primarily use Kubuntu.

I currently run my own small business, Definition Computers. I also publish a weekly computer health article in my local newspaper. It’s called “Ask the Geek,” and it is archived here on this site.

I love to read. Stephen King has been one of my favorite authors since high school. I finished off all of John Grisham’s about a year ago, and now I’m focused on enjoying Terry Pratchet’s Discworld series. All in all, I live a rather peaceful life enjoying family, friends, games and technology. I’m happy.

I’ve been writing since I was very young. My mother taught me to read at an early age. Some of my first memories are of going to the library with mom and coming home with stacks of books to read. In pre-school, I was reading the same books that my teacher was reading to the class.

My father always challenged me to do fun, new things. He bought our family’s first computer, an old “Trash 80″, which he spent hours playing with. I took an interest as well, and somehow caught on faster than he did. He was the most technical truck driver I have ever met. If he was home, chances are he was in his workshop with a soldering iron in his hand and some electrical component in several pieces in front of him. My father, who died when I was nineteen, never got to see me become a professional computer guy, but he left me with the tenacity to persevere, to experiment, and to pursue my hobbies as my career.

I pursue writing simply for the fun of it. I’m thirty-three years old as of this writing and I finally earned an associates degree in English in 2003. I’ve had two short stories published in a magazine, and two poems published by a university publication (and it wasn’t a university that I have actually attended, so, bonus!).

One of the most important things in my life is my family. I’ve got three kids at home who I adore and a wife who has put up with my crap for over fifteen years now, for better or for worse. She deserves a medal, or psychoanalysis, or both.

This web site is a central place for me to locate the things I write. I welcome any comments or critiques of anything posted here. Above all, thank you for visiting, and thank you for reading!

–Kevin L. McDonald
kevin {dot} mcdonald [at] writerscafe {dot} net
Last Updated July 3, 2008