ABOUT WALLY T
Wally's Background
Wally (AKA Thomas) started his life as an only child in the Metro Detroit suburbs. Growing up he always had an active imagination and enjoyed telling and writing stories. Never being strong in the language arts it was his story writing that helped him pass his 8th grade language arts class when he turned in a short novella about the destruction of earth and mankind moving on in space for extra credit. The teacher gave him an A++. Sorry to say the original of this story was lost over the years. Wally’s family loved traveling thus giving him a multitude of experience’s from coast to coast. In 1999 Wally married his kindergarten sweetheart. They have a pair of boys who are now starting their adult lives. The pair enjoy cruising and traveling when life allows.
Everyone thought Wally would end up a movie producer because at the age of 10 he would make silent movies using his father’s 8mm film camera. He learned how to do stop action filming using Star Wars action figures and army men. He would also use firecrackers and bottle rockets for special effects. Afterwards he would edit by hand with a manual film editing station that included cutting and splicing along with hand drawing in each frame laser blasts. Unfortunately and heartbreaking these films were destroyed in a house flood.
Wally ended up following a couple different paths as he grew up as he first started as a grounds worker for cemetery’s before moving on to manage the family business, the Fraser Q Club, a billiard hall. After that he followed his dream to work in the recording business and completed an apprenticeship in a recording studio. After working a couple year in the studio he continued his education by attending Full Sail University where he received his degree in Audio Engineering. Throughout the years Wally has at times taken positions outside this industry, briefly he was an IT project manager and has also managed a couple bowling centers. (Because he and his wife enjoy bowling. Wally has one perfect game 300, but his wife bowled in the US open a way bigger honor!) A large part of his life has been managing Audiovisual events for full service hotels and working as a freelancer in recording studios as an editor / engineer.
Wally may not be a trained author but his stories still bring enjoyment to many. He enjoys exploring “What If” type stories like in his prior writings. When you compile his past Wally has a ton of information and real life experiences to pull from for his stories.
Hope you enjoy,
Wally
Member Space Coast Writers Guild https://scwg.org/
The Love of my Life
Wally met his wife in Kindergarten but she moved away and they didn't cross paths again until the mid 80's. After being close friends and dating others they finally ended up together in 1995 and married in 1999. They have two young boys who are now young men who are now beginning their own lives. Big fans of critters they have two rescued dogs and enjoy feeding the wild lizards on their deck on Florida’s space coast. They love cruises and the above picture is from their favorite destination Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic.
Side Note; His wife Debbie created his book series covers! Great Job!
My Style
As mentioned above you know what started me on this path and the above picture is that Quad Runner!
My approach to writing is I want the reader to use their imagination. I am not overly descriptive. Example, I will tell you they are wearing a red button down shirt. Unless it pertains to the scene I don't tell you if it has a pocket, or if it is bright red or dark red, tucked in or not. I let the reader imagine their character. This is the type of books I like to read so this is what I give in return. I also like to toss in some real life fun and camaraderie to my characters. After all they are human.